Podcasts about frequent troubles

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Calling yourself a Christian is not the same thing as following Jesus. Almost every day we see clips of pastors and politicians using the name of Jesus to justify opposing ideologies. How do we decipher who is right? How do we know we are following Jesus? Join us today as Zach W. Lambert concludes our Sermon on the Mount series talking about the narrow Way of Jesus! We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you'd like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect. Resources Referenced: Love Matters More by Jared Byas All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner Strange Glory by Charles Marsh The Collected Sermons of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Isabel Best

  Marcia Franklin talks with author Rebecca Donner about “All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days,” which chronicles the life of Mildred Harnack, her great-great-aunt. Harnack and her husband helped found one of the largest resistance groups against the Nazis. They were both discovered, however, and killed. Mildred is the only known American woman to be executed on the direct orders of Hitler. Don't forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter!  Originally Aired: 11/4/2022 The interview is part of Dialogue's series, “Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference,” and was taped at the 2022 conference. Since 1995, the conference has been bringing together some of the world's most well-known and illuminating authors to discuss literature and life.

Ao quinto episódio, lançamo-nos à espionagem feminina ao longo da História. Objetivo da missão: revelar papéis preponderantes de mulheres na resolução de grandes conflitos, recorrendo à Antiguidade e à extraordinária Josephine Baker (essa mesmo); lembrando as corajosas Mildred Harnack e Virginia Hall no combate pela Liberdade, mesmo no coração do nazismo; e ainda espreitando (QED) o extraordinário caso das D Day Girls, fundamentais para o desembarque aliado na Normandia e para a Europa que conhecemos - e vivemos - hoje. Saber mais: «Every time you went to answer a question, you were answering for your entire sex. It may not have been true, but certainly you felt that way. You were different and the object of curiosity.» Ruth Bader Ginsburg Rainha Gorgo de Esparta: Heródoto, The Histories, edição Robert Strassler, The Landmark Herodotus, Quercus, Londres, 2008. Sun Tzu, The Art of War, tradução de Samuel B. Griffith, Edição Ilustrada, Watkins Publishing, Londres, 2005, capítulo 13. Ioanna Iordanou, Venice's Secret Service, Organizing Intelligence in the Renaissance, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2019. Edward N. Luttwak, Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire, The Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. e Londres, 2009. Helen Fry, Women in Intelligence, The Hidden History of Two World Wars, Yale University Press, New Haven e Londres, 2023. Odette Sansom: Sarah Rose, D-Day Girls, The Spies who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World II, Crown, Nova Iorque, 2019 Virginia Hall: Sonia Purnell, A Woman of No Importance, The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WW2's Most Dangerous Spy, Virago, Londres, 2019. Josephine Baker: Damien Lewis, The Flame of Resistance, The Untold Story of Josephine Baker's Secret War, Quercus, Londres, 2023. Mildred Harnack: Rebecca Donner, All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days, The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler, Back Bay Books, Nova Iorque, 2021.

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Author Rebecca Donner discusses her book “All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler.”

Conversations From the Sun Valley Writers' Conference on Dialogue returns for its 15th season. Marcia Franklin talks with author Rebecca Donner about “All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days,” which chronicles the life of Mildred Harnack, her great-great-aunt. Harnack and her husband helped found one of the largest resistance groups against the Nazis. They were both discovered, however, and killed. Mildred is the only known American woman to be executed on the direct orders of Hitler. Originally aired: 11/11/2022

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, To Catch a Raven, Babel, and more great books. Follow All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. And sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy  The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna Aphrodite and the Duke by JJ McAvoy All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days : The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner (paperback) To Catch a Raven by Beverly Jenkins Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. Kuang The Sleepless by Victor Manibo A Dreadful Splendor by B.R. Myers  Hoodoo for Everyone: Modern Approaches to Magic, Conjure, Rootwork, and Liberation by Sherry Shone Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Beyond the Page, host John Burnham Schwartz talks with Rebecca Donner, winner of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award for biography for “All the Frequent Troubles of our Days.” The story of Donner's great-great aunt, Mildred Harnack, who as a young midwestern grad student moved to Berlin and became one of the leaders of the largest underground resistance group to Hitler in the 1930s and 40s, All the Frequent Troubles is both an intimate portrait of a courageous young woman and also the story of how a charismatic demagogue captured a country. Donner shares Mildred's story and also talks about the dogged scholarly research that helped her piece together her aunt's amazing life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new memoirs distilled from fragments and legends of past generations: Rebecca Donner "All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days" and Maud Newton's "Ancestor Trouble."   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mildred Harnack war führendes Mitglied des Widerstandsnetzes, das die Gestapo "Rote Kapelle" nannte. Geboren in Wisconsin, kam sie 1929 mit ihrem Mann Arvid nach Deutschland. 2021 zeichnete ihre Urgroßnichte Rebecca Donner ihren Weg in den Widerstand in einer Biografie nach, und ich hatte das große Vergnügen, für die Frauen von damals mit ihr zu sprechen. Hier hört ihr das Interview mit deutscher Simultanverdolmetschung. Diese Folge enthält Werbung für Rebecca Donners Buch. Erwähnte Literatur: Shareen Blair Brysac: Resisting Hitler: Mildred Harnack and the Red Orchestra. New York 2000. (Auf Deutsch erschienen als: Mildred Harnack und die 'Rote Kapelle', übers. v. Klaus Kochmann, Augsburg 2003). Rebecca Donner: All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days. The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler, New York 2021. Norman Ohler: Harro und Libertas, Köln 2020. Memoiren: Greta Kuckhoff: Vom Rosenkranz zur Roten Kapelle, Berlin (Ost) 1978. Maria Gräfin von Maltzan: Schlage die Trommel und fürchte dich nicht. Erinnerungen, München 1986. Elfriede Paul: Ein Sprechzimmer der Roten Kapelle, Berlin 1981. Auch empfehlenswert: Henning Fischer: Überlebende als Akteurinnen. Die Frauen der Lagergemeinschaften Ravensbrück: Biografische Erfahrung und politisches Handeln, 1945 bis 1989. Konstanz 2018. Frauke Geyken: Wir standen nicht abseits. Frauen im Widerstand gegen Hitler, München 2014. Florence Hervé (Hg.): Mit Mut und List. Europäische Frauen im Widerstand gegen Faschismus und Krieg, Köln 2020. Claudia Koonz: Mothers in the Fatherland: Women, the Family, and Nazi Politics, New York, 1987. +++ Unterstütze die Frauen von damals mit einer Einmalzahlung auf Ko-Fi oder einem freiwilligen Abo auf Steady. Wenn du eins der vier verschiedenen Abos abschließt, erhältst du einmal im Monat den Newsletter "Centralblatt der Frauen von damals" direkt ins E-Mail-Postfach! +++ #frauengeschichte #frauen #nationalsozialismus #widerstand

Mildred Harnack war führendes Mitglied des Widerstandsnetzes, das die Gestapo "Rote Kapelle" nannte. Geboren in Wisconsin, kam sie 1929 mit ihrem Mann Arvid nach Deutschland. 2021 zeichnete ihre Urgroßnichte Rebecca Donner ihren Weg in den Widerstand in einer Biografie nach, und ich hatte das große Vergnügen, für die Frauen von damals mit ihr zu sprechen. Hier hört ihr das Interview in der englischen Originalfassung. Diese Folge enthält Werbung für Rebecca Donners Buch. Erwähnte Literatur: Shareen Blair Brysac: Resisting Hitler: Mildred Harnack and the Red Orchestra. New York 2000. (Auf Deutsch erschienen als: Mildred Harnack und die 'Rote Kapelle', übers. v. Klaus Kochmann, Augsburg 2003). Rebecca Donner: All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days. The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler, New York 2021. Norman Ohler: Harro und Libertas, Köln 2020. Memoiren: Greta Kuckhoff: Vom Rosenkranz zur Roten Kapelle, Berlin (Ost) 1978. Maria Gräfin von Maltzan: Schlage die Trommel und fürchte dich nicht. Erinnerungen, München 1986. Elfriede Paul: Ein Sprechzimmer der Roten Kapelle, Berlin 1981. Auch empfehlenswert: Henning Fischer: Überlebende als Akteurinnen. Die Frauen der Lagergemeinschaften Ravensbrück: Biografische Erfahrung und politisches Handeln, 1945 bis 1989. Konstanz 2018. Frauke Geyken: Wir standen nicht abseits. Frauen im Widerstand gegen Hitler, München 2014. Florence Hervé (Hg.): Mit Mut und List. Europäische Frauen im Widerstand gegen Faschismus und Krieg, Köln 2020. Claudia Koonz: Mothers in the Fatherland: Women, the Family, and Nazi Politics, New York, 1987. +++ Unterstütze die Frauen von damals mit einer Einmalzahlung auf Ko-Fi oder einem freiwilligen Abo auf Steady. Wenn du eins der vier verschiedenen Abos abschließt, erhältst du einmal im Monat den Newsletter "Centralblatt der Frauen von damals" direkt ins E-Mail-Postfach! +++ #frauengeschichte #frauen #nationalsozialismus #widerstand

Concluding part of our double podcast episode about Mildred Fish-Harnack, the US-born woman at the centre of the underground resistance to Nazism in Berlin during World War II. In conversation with Rebecca Donner, Mildred's great great niece and author of All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days. Our podcast is brought to you by our patreon supporters. Our supporters fund our work, and in return get exclusive early access to podcast episodes, bonus episodes, free and discounted merchandise and other content. Join us or find out more at patreon.com/workingclasshistory In this part we cover a terrible blunder which transpired, repression, aftermath, the response of Allied powers, and the historical legacy. Get Mildred's book here: https://bookshop.org/a/80203/9780316561693 Full acknowledgements, photos, sources, more information and eventually a transcript on the homepage for this double episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e63-64-mildred-fish-harnack/ Acknowledgements Thanks to our patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Stone Lawson. Episode graphic courtesy of the Donner family. Our theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here. Or stream it here. This episode was edited by Jesse French.

In a time when democracy ruled, women had all the freedoms, people went to college and news sources were plentiful and trustworthy Wisconsin native Mildred Fish Harnack and her husband, Arvid, chose to begin their newlywed lives in the fun city of Berlin. Have you heard of it? Beth may have mentioned she has been there. That was Berlin in the 1920's. Things were about to change. Laws were passed to keep certain people down, the rich and poor gap was widening, Mildred got let go from her professorship, and two men, Hitler and Goebbels, were really making a name for themselves talking about the ills of democracy. And Mildred from Wisconsin saw the whole city and country unravel. But instead of hightailing it back to the midwest, Mildred and her sweetheart stayed in Berlin and headed the resistance efforts. Listen as Beth and Kelly discuss the similarities of Hitler's efforts and those of the current opposition parties trying to undermine America today. Fun times on Strange Country. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Commonwealth Club of California. Mildred Harnack/American Grad Student/Berlin Resistance Leader. Sept. 17, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRGtZb7N6bg Donner, Rebecca. All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days. Little Brown and Company, New York. 2021. Wisconsin Women Making History. Mildred Fish-Harnack. https://womeninwisconsin.org/profile/mildred-fish-harnack/

Rebecca Donner is the author of All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days. Mildred Harnack was twenty-six when she enrolled in a PhD program in Germany and witnessed the meteoric rise of the Nazi party. In 1932, she began holding secret meetings in her apartment—a small band of political activists that by 1940 had grown into the largest underground resistance group in Berlin the Rote Kapella. She recruited Germans into the resistance, helped Jews escape, plotted acts of sabotage, and wrote leaflets that denounced Hitler..When war broke out Mildred became a spy, sending top-secret intelligence to the Allies. On the eve of her escape, she was ambushed by the. On February 16, 1943, she was strapped to a guillotine and beheaded. Mildred Harnack was the only American in the leadership of the German resistance. In this episode, Rebecca Donner tells the story of her great-great aunt Mildred.Find out more about the author here --> https://www.rebeccadonner.comIf you enjoyed this ad-fee episode, please consider one time donation of any amount ---> https://www.paypal.me/thelivedrop Get bonus content on Patreon Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

First in a double podcast episode about Mildred Fish-Harnack, the US-born woman at the centre of the underground resistance to Nazism in Berlin during World War II. In conversation with Rebecca Donner, Mildred's great great niece and author of All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days. Our podcast is brought to you by our patreon supporters. Our supporters fund our work, and in return get exclusive early access to podcast episodes, bonus episodes, free and discounted merchandise and other content. For example, our supporters can listen to part 2 of this double episode now: https://www.patreon.com/posts/e64-mildred-fish-64573851 Join us or find out more at patreon.com/workingclasshistory In this part we cover the background, Mildred's early life, the Nazis' rise to power, the resistance, and the beginnings of her involvement in international espionage. Get Mildred's book here: https://bookshop.org/a/80203/9780316561693 Full acknowledgements, photos, sources, more information and eventually a transcript on the homepage for this double episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e63-64-mildred-fish-harnack/ Acknowledgements Thanks to our patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Conor Canatsey, Shae, James, Ariel Gioia, Stone Lawson, and Fernando López-Ojeda. Episode graphic courtesy of the Donner family. Our theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here. Or stream it here. This episode was edited by Jesse French.

In this edition of Madison Book Beat, David Ahrens speaks with Rebecca Donner, author of a compelling and deeply-researched biography about her great-great-aunt Mildred Fish Harnack, a Wisconsin woman who went on to lead an anti- Nazi espionage ring in Berlin.It's titled "All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler," (Little, Brown and Company, 2021), was an instant New York Times bestseller, and has since received multitudinous honors, including being listed for a 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award, a New York Times Notable Book of 2021, and a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Best Book of the Year.Rebecca Donner is the winner of many awards and is the recipient of a 2022 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. She is also the author of the novel Sunset Terrace and Burnout, a graphic novel about ecoterrorism. Ms. Donner is a member of the National Book Critics Circle, and has taught writing at Wesleyan University, Columbia University, and Barnard College. She is the great-great niece of Mildred Harnack.

Maud Newton has written for The New York Times Magazine, Harper's, The New York Times Book Review, and Oxford American. She grew up in Miami and graduated from the University of Florida with degrees in English and law. Her debut memoir is called Ancestor Trouble. Recommended Reading: All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez Of Water and the Spirit by Malidoma Patrice Somé Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, I'm joined by Carrie and Amy from the podcast, The Perks of Being a Podcast Lover and we discuss some of our favorite recent reads, crochet and sweating in closets. Books Discussed:The Murmur of Bees by Sofia SegoviaAll the Frequent Troubles of our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca DonnerPerestroika in Paris by Jane SmileyWave by Sonali Deraniyagala Good Rich People by Eliza Jane Brazier What We're Reading Next:When We Lost Our Heads by Heather oneillThe Rot by Siri PetersonThe Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. Carrey Insta: @PerksofbeingabookloverpodWebsite www.perksofbeingabooklover.comFacebook: perks of being a book lover page Email me at booksaremypeople@gmail.comThis episode is sponsored by betterhelp.com/listenerSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22705533)

American Mildred Harnack-Fish was a key resistance figure in Nazi Germany — she fed secrets to the allies, and was ultimately killed on Adolf Hitler's direct orders. Her Canadian-born great-great niece Rebecca Donner tells the story in her new book, All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days.

Rebecca Donner talks to Neil about her great-great-aunt Mildred Harnack and her part in the German Reistance to Hitler, in her new book All The Frequent Troubles Of Our Days. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rebecca Donner's essays, reportage and reviews have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Bookforum, Guernica, and The Believer. All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days is her third and latest book; she is also the author of a novel, Sunset Terrace, and Burnout, a graphic novel about ecoterrorism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mildred Harnack, born and raised in Milwaukee, was a Ph.D. candidate studying in Berlin in 1932 when the Nazis began their rise to power. Donner describes how her great-great-aunt Mildred began holding secret meetings in her apartment. Her small band of political activists grew into the largest underground resistance group in Berlin by 1940. Harnack recruited working-class Germans, helped Jews escape, plotted acts of sabotage, and collaborated on leaflets that denounced Adolf Hitler and called for revolution. At night her co-conspirators would slip those leaflets into mailboxes, public restrooms and phone booths. When World War II began, Harnack became a spy, providing top-secret intelligence to the Allies. On the eve of her planned escape to Sweden, she was arrested by the Gestapo. A Nazi military court sentenced her to six years at a prison camp, but Hitler personally overruled that sentence and ordered her execution. On February 16, 1943, Mildred Harnack, the only known American member of the German resistance, was guillotined. Donner draws on extensive archival research in Germany, Russia, England, and the United States, as well as on newly uncovered documents in her family's archive, to tell Harnack's story. She has woven those letters, diary entries, notes smuggled out of a Berlin prison, survivors' testimony, and a trove of declassified intelligence documents into an epic story of moral courage. SPEAKERS Rebecca Donner Author, All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler In Conversation With George Hammond Author, Conversations With Socrates In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on September 7th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mildred Harnack, born and raised in Milwaukee, was a Ph.D. candidate studying in Berlin in 1932 when the Nazis began their rise to power. Donner describes how her great-great-aunt Mildred began holding secret meetings in her apartment. Her small band of political activists grew into the largest underground resistance group in Berlin by 1940. Harnack recruited working-class Germans, helped Jews escape, plotted acts of sabotage, and collaborated on leaflets that denounced Adolf Hitler and called for revolution. At night her co-conspirators would slip those leaflets into mailboxes, public restrooms and phone booths. When World War II began, Harnack became a spy, providing top-secret intelligence to the Allies. On the eve of her planned escape to Sweden, she was arrested by the Gestapo. A Nazi military court sentenced her to six years at a prison camp, but Hitler personally overruled that sentence and ordered her execution. On February 16, 1943, Mildred Harnack, the only known American member of the German resistance, was guillotined. Donner draws on extensive archival research in Germany, Russia, England, and the United States, as well as on newly uncovered documents in her family's archive, to tell Harnack's story. She has woven those letters, diary entries, notes smuggled out of a Berlin prison, survivors' testimony, and a trove of declassified intelligence documents into an epic story of moral courage. SPEAKERS Rebecca Donner Author, All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler In Conversation With George Hammond Author, Conversations With Socrates In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on September 7th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U.S. woman Mildred Harnack-Fish was a key resistance figure in Nazi Germany, who fed secrets to the allies, and was ultimately killed on Hitler's direct orders. Her Canadian-born great-great niece Rebecca Donner tells the story in her new book All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days.

Her American nationality could have offered her protection from the Nazi Regime. Instead, she used it to benefit the resistance movement. Mildred Harnack and her German husband, Arvid, began their underground resistance group in Berlin in 1932. Both contributed bravely to what was later known to the Gestapo as the Red Orchestra, also taking part in espionage, until their capture and execution. In this episode, Rebecca Donner explores the extraordinary life of Mildred, who also happens to be her great aunt. Rebecca's New York Times bestseller on this topic is called ‘All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tune in to a special episode of Common Ground on Sept. 15th, which is the birthday of the protagonist of Donner's new book about an American heroine in Nazi-era Berlin.

In her new book, “The Brilliant Abyss,” Helen Scales writes about the largely unseen realm of the deepest parts of the ocean. On this week's podcast, she talks about the life down there — and how long it took us to realize there was any at all.“It wasn't so long ago, maybe 200 years ago, that most people — scientists, the brightest minds we had — assumed that life only went down as far as sunlight reaches, so the first 600 feet or so,” Scales says. “But what's so fascinating is that life does go all the way to the very, very bottom; down to seven miles, which is the deepest point, just about. And there are ways in which life has found adaptations to all of these crazy, extreme conditions in the deep, and that's what we're really doing a lot of the time, as marine biologists working in the deepest, is finding that stuff and asking the question: ‘How are you here?'”Rebecca Donner visits the podcast to discuss her new book, “All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days,” which recounts the story of Mildred Harnack, Donner's great-great-aunt, an American woman executed in 1943 for being a member of the German resistance to the Nazis during World War II.“She most definitely saw herself as a resistance fighter, and she certainly did not see herself as a spy,” Donner says. “She engaged in acts of espionage in order to undermine the Nazi regime, but she never met with a control officer, she never accepted money. She worked in an unofficial capacity.”Also on this week's episode, Tina Jordan looks back at Book Review history as it celebrates its 125th anniversary; Elizabeth Harris has news from the publishing world; and Gal Beckerman and John Williams talk about what they're reading. Pamela Paul is the host.Here are the books discussed in this week's “What We're Reading”:“Four Thousand Weeks” by Oliver Burkeman“Ghettoside” by Jill Leovy“Last Best Hope” by George Packer

In conversation with David Clay Large, professor at the Fromm Institute, University of San Francisco, Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies, U.C. Berkeley, and author of ten books including Berlin, Where Ghosts Walked: Munich's Road to the Third Reich, and Nazi Games. Rebecca Donner is the author of the ''remarkable debut'' (Baltimore Sun) novel Sunset Terrace, the story of a community of single mothers and kids in 1980s Los Angeles. Donner's other work includes the graphic novel Burnout, as well as essays, reviews, and articles that have appeared in a variety of publications, including The New York Times, The Believer, and Guernica. The recipient of a fellowship at the Leon Levy Center for Biography, Donner has taught writing at Columbia University, Wesleyan University, and Barnard College. In her latest book, Donner explores the remarkable life and brutal death of her great-great-aunt Mildred Harnack, the leader of one of Nazi Germany's most successful underground resistance groups and the only identified person from the United States to be a leader in the German resistance. Books available through the Joseph Fox Bookshop (recorded 8/9/2021)