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Most people wouldn't recognize her face or her name, but this Wisconsin woman's story stretches far beyond our borders.
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This week, <a href="http://www.channel3000.com/wisctv/index.html">WISC-TV</a> (News 3) will take an in-depth look at Milwaukee native and University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus <a href="http://www.international.wisc.edu/fish-harnack.asp">Mildred Fish Harnack</a> and her amazing journey into Nazi Germany — a journey that started with a chance meeting on the UW-Madison campus.
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After earning bachelor's and master's degrees at UW-Madison, she met her husband, German-born Arvid Harnack, while lecturing in Bascom Hall. After moving to Germany, she became a pioneer in the study of American literature and eventually a major force in the underground resistance to the Nazis.
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In the end, Fish-Harnack was the only American woman executed on the direct orders of Adolph Hitler.
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"Mildred Fish Harnack: Back to Berlin" will air each night at 10 p.m. from November 13-15 on News 3.
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The series presents the school named after her in the former East Berlin, the memorial at Plotzensee Prison where she was executed, and the places in Berlin that became a part of her life. It also explores the ways in which her name was exploited by both the East and the West during the Cold War.
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The series also examines the true scope of her involvement with the Red Orchestra — learned only recently when CIA and KGB files were opened.
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Informing the series are expert interviews with: Johannes Tuchel, director of the German Memorial Resistance Center; Andreas Sander, curator for the Topography of Terror (former Gestapo Headquarters); and Art Heitzer, the Milwaukee civil rights lawyer who continues to push to make certain Wisconsin does not forget this German-American hero.
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The series runs in conjunction with a major Web component about her life and the people she encountered along the way.
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The <a href="http://www.international.wisc.edu/">Division of International Studies</a> and <a href="http://www.law.wisc.edu/gls/">Global Legal Studies Center </a>host an <a href="http://www.international.wisc.edu/fish-harnack.asp">annual human rights lecture series</a> in her name.
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This week, WISC-TV (News 3) will take an in-depth look at Milwaukee native and University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus Mildred Fish Harnack and her amazing journey into Nazi Germany-a journey that started with a chance meeting on the UW-Madison campus.
WISC-TV to air series on UW-Madison alumnus, Nazi resister
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