Shortly before eight p.m. on December 22, 1942, Arvid was hanged, along with six other men in the Red Orchestra case, including Harro Schulze-Boysen, Hans Coppi, and Kurt Schumacher. Arvid spent the last hour of his life in his prison cell writing a letter to Mildred. She has the letter now; Schwarz gave it to her. She has read it countless times, and still she can’t quite believe Arvid is dead. It’s not possible. She can’t be a widow.
