Arvid’s cousin Ernst von Harnack has been arrested. Until recently, he was mayor of the town of Merseburg. Ernst has upheld the Harnack tradition of challenging dogma, drawing around him a swirl of controversy by arguing vociferously against the Nazi Party; it’s the reason he was ousted from his job. Now he’s under suspicion as an enemy of the state after voicing his support for several Social Democrats and union leaders who have been incarcerated and tortured in concentration camps. The family is horrified. No one knows if Ernst will be sent to a concentration camp and tortured too.
