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This is the book that discovered Franz Ja?gersta?tter and his inspiring story of unyielding resistance to Nazi orders and his commitment to the dictates of conscience even at the cost of life itself. When German troops moved into Austria in 1938, Ja?gersta?tter was the only man in his village to vote against the Anschluss (Annexation of Austria). Although he was not involved in any political organization and did, in fact, undergo one brief period of military training, he remained openly anti-Nazi and declared he would not fight in Hitler's war. This twentieth-century martyr, a husband and father of three, was beheaded for his refusal to serve a ruler his conscience could not accept.… (más)
As a faith-based nonviolent person, I knew of Franz Jagerstatter for years before finally reading the book that brought his story to the world. I am awed and inspired by his courage and faithfulness. ( )
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This book is humbly dedicated to the memory of Franz Jägerstätter and to all the others who, like him, stood alone and said "No" -- many of whose stories have been completely lost to history, at least as it is kept and written by men.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Franz Jägerstätter was born on May 20, 1907, in St. Radegund, a small village in Upper Austria.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
The reader is free to choose which he considers the more meaningful statement of Franz Jägerstätter's act of rebellion retold in these pages -- but he should remember that to the believer they will be the same.
This is the book that discovered Franz Ja?gersta?tter and his inspiring story of unyielding resistance to Nazi orders and his commitment to the dictates of conscience even at the cost of life itself. When German troops moved into Austria in 1938, Ja?gersta?tter was the only man in his village to vote against the Anschluss (Annexation of Austria). Although he was not involved in any political organization and did, in fact, undergo one brief period of military training, he remained openly anti-Nazi and declared he would not fight in Hitler's war. This twentieth-century martyr, a husband and father of three, was beheaded for his refusal to serve a ruler his conscience could not accept.
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