The Resistance in Austria


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Fires In The Night


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This book is a factual account by a man who witnessed some of the events occurred between 1938–1945. It aims to commemorate the tens of thousands of men and women who gave their lives for Austria and for the victory of humaneness, justice, and freedom over the bestial Nazi tyranny.







The Austrian Resistance 1938-1945


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This is the English translation of Neugebauer''s acclaimed Der österreichische Widerstand 1938-1945, which the author has enlarged and thoroughly revised to reflect recent research findings. In the 'Anschluss'' of March 1938 Austria was annexed by Hitlerite Germany. While many Austrians were involved in the National Socialist regime and its crimes against humanity, others - both left-wingers and conservatives - formed courageous resistance groups to fight for a free Austria. By defying the murderous repression inflicted by the Gestapo and the NS courts and concentration camps, they ultimately.




Country Without a Name


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The Years of Darkness


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The Vienna Gestapo, 1938-1945


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The Vienna Gestapo headquarters was the largest of its kind in the German Reich and the most important instrument of Nazi terror in Austria, responsible for the persecution of Jews, suppression of resistance and policing of forced labourers. Of the more than fifty thousand people arrested by the Vienna Gestapo, many were subjected to torturous interrogation before being either sent to concentration camps or handed over to the Nazi judiciary for prosecution. This comprehensive survey by three expert historians focuses on these victims of repression and persecution as well as the structure of the Vienna Gestapo and the perpetrators of its crimes.