CHRIST IN THE DEATH CAMP - LEONHARD STEINWENDER

The book "Christ in the Death Camp" is a shocking testimony to the courage and faith of Father Leonhard Steinwender, who steadfastly opposed the emerging National Socialism. His determination to fight the ideology that violated human dignity and his unwavering conviction that National Socialist views could not be reconciled with the Catholic faith led to his arrest by the Gestapo and imprisonment in the Buchenwald concentration camp. These memoirs provide a unique insight into religious life in the extreme conditions of the camp, showing the power of grace and the spiritual resilience of the prisoners.

• Moving memoirs of Father Leonhard Steinwender from the Buchenwald concentration camp
• Testimony of courage and faith in the face of the cruelty of National Socialism
• Unique insight into religious life in the concentration camp
• Description of the traces of grace that gave strength to believers in the most difficult moments
• Documentation of unimaginable evil and the spiritual strength of prisoners
• Answer to the question "Where was God then?" - He was there, among the prisoners

This book is not only a personal processing of the author's experiences, but also an attempt to understand and document something that escapes human understanding. Leonhard Steinwender resolutely fought the emerging National Socialism, strongly warned against this ideology that violated human dignity, and tirelessly emphasized that National Socialist views could not be reconciled with the Catholic faith. He spoke out against the annexation of Austria by Germany and for the construction of a Christian state.

Steinwender's memoirs are a deep insight into the fates and extreme situations, into the immensity of evil and at the same time the spiritual strength of people who are touched by grace in their greatest suffering. It is an attempt to present religious life in the concentration camp and to trace the traces of grace that gave believers secret strength in the most difficult years of their lives. Whoever asks today from the perspective of time: Where was God then? - he gets the answer on every page of this book: He was there! His grace lived among the prisoners.

AA Publishing presents this moving account in a new edition that brings the courage and inflexibility of the spirit of Father Leonhard Steinwender closer to today's generation. This book is an important testimony of history, which reminds us of values such as faith, hope and love, even in the darkest times. It is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the limits of human endurance and the power of spiritual resilience.

Technical parameters: Pages: 192, Format: 145x205 mm, Year of publication: 2022, Cover: paperback, Publisher: AA.