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Harnack

American  
[hahr-nahk] / ˈhɑr nɑk /

noun

  1. Adolf von 1851–1930, German Protestant theologian, born in Estonia.


Harnack British  
/ ˈharnak /

noun

  1. Adolf von. 1851–1930, German Protestant theologian, author of the influential History of Dogma (1886–90)

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Donner’s biography of Mildred Harnack, who was executed by the Nazis in 1943, uses archives, interviews, diaries and other sources to present a textured account of her life as a resister.

From New York Times Aug. 23, 2022

At its center is Donner’s great-great aunt, Mildred Harnack, an American woman executed by the Nazis for leading an underground resistance group in Germany during World War II.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2022

Arvid Harnack did have a PhD, but he essentially worked as a bureaucrat in the Reich Ministry of Economics.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2021

On a third table, Pommer identified Arvid Harnack, another member of the Red Orchestra who had been a key informant for the American Embassy as well as the Soviets.

From Slate Dec. 10, 2017

It may be noted that the division of the Didachē into chapters is due to Bryennius, that into verses to A. Harnack.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

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