Arvid Harnack
German jurist, economist, and resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (1901–1942) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arvid Harnack (German: [ˈaʁ.vɪt ˈhaʁ.nak] ⓘ; 24 May 1901 – 22 December 1942) was a German jurist, Marxist economist, Communist,[1] and German resistance fighter in Nazi Germany.[2] Harnack came from an intellectual family and was originally a humanist. He was strongly influenced by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe but progressively moved to a Marxist-Socialist outlook after a visit to the Soviet Union and the Nazis' appearance.[3] After starting an undercover discussion group based at the Berlin Abendgymnasium, he met Harro Schulze-Boysen, who ran a similar faction. Like numerous groups in other parts of the world, the undercover political factions led by Harnack and Schulze-Boysen later developed into an espionage network that supplied military and economic intelligence to the Soviet Union.[4] The group was later called the Red Orchestra (Rote Kapelle) by the Abwehr. He and his American-born wife, Mildred Fish, were executed by the Nazi regime in 1942 and 1943, respectively.
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Born | (1901-05-24)24 May 1901 Darmstadt, Germany |
Died | 22 December 1942(1942-12-22) (aged 41) |
Nationality | German |
Education | Friedrich Schiller University London School of Economics University of Wisconsin University of Giessen |
Known for | Member of the Red Orchestra ("Rote Kapelle") |
Spouse | Mildred Fish (m. 1926) |