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All The Frequent Troubles Of Our Days

By Rebecca Donner

This episode explores the profound human capacity for quiet, persistent resistance against overwhelming adversity, and the personal cost of upholding one's moral convictions.

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“This episode explores the profound human capacity for quiet, persistent resistance against overwhelming adversity, and the personal cost of upholding one's moral convictions.”

— Rebecca Donner, All The Frequent Troubles Of Our Days

What it is about

Moral Courage, Historical Resistance, Personal Integrity

Who it is for

If you've ever felt the quiet pressure to conform, or wondered how personal integrity holds up against overwhelming external forces, this exploration of courage will resonate, and this will help you see what to do next.

The author

Rebecca Donner, great-great-niece of Mildred Harnack, brings an intimate, meticulously researched perspective to a story of quiet defiance, revealing the human cost of resistance through family archives and newly declassified documents.

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Rebecca Donner

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