| PART I. 1902 - 1929: Wisconsin, U.S.A. |
1902.beginnings |
1921...back in Wisconsin. |
1922 - 1924.Wisconsin Literary Magazine. |
1921 - 1925.pieces of UW-Madison life. |
1926 - 1927...life style changes. |
| PART II. 1929 - 1943: Germany. |
1929...easing into life in Germany. |
1920s & 1930s.a passion for the literary. |
1939 - 1941.foreshadowing of danger. |
1942.Arvid's parting. |
1943.Mildred's parting. |
| PART III. 1943 - Present: |
Late 1940s.a memorial's failed attempt. a relative's story. a friend's poem. the media's slant. the FBI's files. |
1970s - Present.media recognition. |
Present Day.memorial remember. |
PART I.
1902 - 1929: Wisconsin, U.S.A.
1926 - 1927... life style changes.
After Mildred graduated in 1925, she applied and was accepted into the University of Wisconsin - Madison's Graduate School of Letters and Science. During her graduate studies, she taught literature at the University. Shown here are her UW-Madison employment records, as well as those of her future husband, Arvid Harnack.
Courtesy of UW-Madison Archives |
Courtesy of UW-Madison Archives |
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During her time at UW-Madison, Mildred met, fell in love with, and married Arvid Harnack, a German man on fellowship at the University. The photo, taken in more recent years, shows the house in which the Harnacks lived while working at the University between the years of 1926 and 1927.
[Photograph (black and white): copy] Mildred Fish (1926) Copy courtesy of Arthur Heitzer |
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[Photograph (color)] The Harnack's Home in Madison, Wisconsin, 1926 - 1927 Photograph courtesy of Arthur Heitzer |
[Photograph (black and white), page 30: scan from book] Arvid Harnack (year unknown) Blank, Alexander S., and Julius Mader. Rote Kapelle gegen Hitler. Berlin: Verlag der Nation, 1979. Copy courtesy of UW-Madison Memorial Library |
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UW - Madison Archives and Records Management Services
B134 Memorial Library
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Background images were derived from reprinted photographs originating from the following sources:
Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand Material (Berlin: 17.2, 10/91),
exhibit materials on loan from Arthur Heitzer and
University of Wisconsin - Madison Badger yearbooks (1924 and 1925).
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Background images were derived from reprinted photographs originating from the following sources:
Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand Material (Berlin: 17.2, 10/91),
exhibit materials on loan from Arthur Heitzer and
University of Wisconsin - Madison Badger yearbooks (1924 and 1925).
All materials on this site are under copyright and meant for educational use only.
They may not be otherwise used without obtaining the expressed permission of the copyright owner first.
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Prepared by: Jenifer Ihde
Last update: 30 January 2001