Parody Shmarody. Did you know that February 23, which should be observed with the same solemnity as Pearl Harbor, is the anniversary of the execution of Mildred Harnack, a member of one of the most effective resistance units in Nazi occupied Europe, The Red Orchestra? The Nazis beheaded her in a Berlin prison in 1943. Harnack was born in Milwaukee, moved to Germany in 1929 with her husband Arvid, where they laterled a group that helped Jews flee Germany, documented Nazi crimes and distributed anti-Hitler propaganda. In words that might have been uttered by Gary Fouse, she died saying "And I loved Germany so much."
Born 1945 in Los Angeles. Worked from 1998-2016 as adjunct teacher at University of California at Irvine Ext. teaching English as a second language.
Served three years in US Army Military Police at Erlangen, Germany 1966-68.
1970-1973- Criminal Investigator with US Customs
1973-1995 Criminal investigator with Drug Enforcement Administration. Stationed in Los Angeles, Bangkok, Milan, Italy, Pittsburgh and Office of Training, FBI Academy, Quantico, Va. until retirement.
Author of Erlangen-An American's History of a German Town-University Press of America 2005,
The Story of Papiamentu- A Study in Slavery and Language, University Press of America, 2002, and
The Languages of the Former Soviet Republics-Their History and Development, University Press of America, 2000.
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Parody Shmarody. Did you know that February 23, which should be observed with the same solemnity as Pearl Harbor, is the anniversary of the execution of Mildred Harnack, a member of one of the most effective resistance units in Nazi occupied Europe, The Red Orchestra? The Nazis beheaded her in a Berlin prison in 1943. Harnack was born in Milwaukee, moved to Germany in 1929 with her husband Arvid, where they laterled a group that helped Jews flee Germany, documented Nazi crimes and distributed anti-Hitler propaganda. In words that might have been uttered by Gary Fouse, she died saying "And I loved Germany so much."
What a coincidence! Today is Feb 7.
You wouldn't want me to surprise you at the last minute, would you?
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