All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler

by Rebecca Donner

Ernst and Harro trade a few witticisms. Then Ernst grows serious. He tells Harro that his activities in the resistance are dangerous. And more—they’re treasonous. He is committing “a crime.” Harro’s winning smile fades. His eyes harden. “Inactivity,” Harro says, is “the greatest crime of all.”