A.S.H. Smyth

Why did the Allies dismiss the idea of a German resistance movement?

The courage and dynamism of Mildred Harnack in Berlin to organise anti-Nazi resistance were tragically disregarded by the West, says Rebecca Donner

Arvid and Mildred Harnack. [Getty Images]
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  • All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the Woman at the Heart of German Resistanceto Hitler

    Rebecca Donner

    Canongate, pp. 576, £16

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