Prison elite : how Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg survived Nazi captivity /
After the Anschluss (annexation) in 1938, the Nazis forced Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg to resign and kept him imprisoned for seven years, until his rescue by the Allies in 1945. Schuschnigg's privileged position within the concentration camp system allowed him to keep a diary and to wr...
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2021]
Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : [2021] |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. In isolation : living under the enemy's eye
- 2. The Sachsenhausen household : living en famille
- 3. The comfort of religion
- 4. The consolation of books
- 5. Music to his ears
- 6. The use of wit
- 7. Cherishing memories
- 8. Schuschnigg's political reminiscences
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter one In Isolation: Living under the Enemy's Eye
- Chapter two The Sachsenhausen Household: Living en famille
- Chapter three The Comfort of Religion
- Chapter four The Consolation of Books
- Chapter five Music to His Ears
- Chapter six The Use of Wit
- Chapter seven Cherishing Memories
- Chapter eight Schuschnigg's Political Reminiscences
- Conclusion
- Appendix Chronology
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index