AKA Mildred Elizabeth Fish

Born: 16-Sep-1902
Birthplace: Milwaukee, WI
Died: 16-Feb-1943
Location of death: Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Germany
Cause of death: Execution
Remains: Buried, Städtischer Friedhof I, Berlin, Germany

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Spy, Scholar

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Guillotined by the Gestapo

Father: William C. Fish
Mother: Georgina H. Fish
Sister: Harriette
Sister: Marion
Brother: Marbeau
Husband: Arvid Harnack (m. 7-Aug-1926, d. 22-Dec-1942, execution)

    High School: Western High School, Georgetown, VA (1919)
    University: George Washington University
    University: University of Wisconsin at Madison (1925)
    University: University of Wisconsin at Madison
    Professor: Goucher College (1928-29)
    Professor: University of Berlin (1930-32)
    University: PhD, University of Giessen (1939)

    Daughters of the American Revolution
    Tortured
    Espionage convicted 1942, retried 1943, sentenced to death
    Treason convicted 1942, retried 1943, sentenced to death
    Guillotined

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