MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin woman’s amazing story stretched beyond America’s borders to Nazi Germany, where she became a major force in the underground resistance to the Nazis and personally caught the attention of Adolph Hitler.
In the 1920s, her courageous journey into Nazi Germany started with a mix-up in Madison. Graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1925, it’s easy to pick her out of the yearbook. Mildred Fish is the only one with her picture in profile, and with her beauty and poise, those who knew her said Mildred stood out.
Staying to attend graduate school, she shared an office on the third floor of Bascom Hall and taught modern American literature.