Arvid Harnack

Arvid Harnack was a German historian and resistance leader who played a key role in the anti-Nazi movement in Berlin during World War II. Born in 1888, Harnack was educated at the University of Berlin and became a prominent historian in his field. He married Mildred Harnack in 1905, and the couple became involved in the resistance movement in the 1930s. Arvid was arrested by the Gestapo in 1942 and executed in 1943. He was a key figure in the Red Orchestra, a network of resistance fighters who worked to undermine the Nazi regime.