Philippe Sands

The heroic couple who defied Hitler

Norman Ohler describes the courage of Harro Schulze-Boysen and his wife in infiltrating the Nazi hierarchy to aid the German resistance

Harro Schulze-Boysen and his wife Libertas sailing on Wannsee. Credit: The German Resistance Memorial Centre, Berlin

  • The Infiltrators: The Lovers Who Led Germany’s Resistance Against the Nazis

    Norman Ohler

    Atlantic Books, pp. 293, £20

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