Unbroken Will: The Extraordinary Courage of an Ordinary Man The Story of Nazi Concentration Camp Survivor Leopold Engleitner, born 1905

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“”This book is a milestone in recording the horrors of National Socialism. It is essential reading, and I am delighted that the translation has already received such keen attention in the United States.””

-Heinz Fischer, president of the Republic of Austria

“”This book is not only an enthralling read; every detail in it has also been thoroughly researched. From a scientific point of view, it is among the most reliable biographies of a victim of National Socialism.””

-Professor Walter Manoschek, political scientist, University of Vienna

“”You have given current and future generations a priceless gift by recording Mr. Engleitner’s life story. His experiences remind us of the strength of the human will to overcome even the most horrible and challenging circumstances.””

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor of California

WHEN LEOPOLD ENGLEITNER WAS NINE YEARS OLD, an event of historical significance for the world that initiated the First World War took place in his hometown. Moreover, even if Leopold Engleitner and his contemporary Adolf Hitler, who was sixteen years his senior, grew up in the same province (Upper Austria) and shared the same cultural background and educational system, the convictions and attitudes they developed were diametrically opposed. Whereas Adolf Hitler caused untold suffering to millions as a merciless mass murderer, Leopold Engleitner devoted his life to peace, refusing to buckle even in the face of death.

The unusual farmhand found the atypical courage to follow his moral sense. He refused to serve in Hitler’s army and did not even use the Nazi greeting “”Heil Hitler!”” Suffering unspeakable cruelty in three concentration camps he grew so thin that he weighed less than sixty-two pounds. Yet nothing and no one could break his will. Astoundingly, he could easily have had his freedom: all he had to do was sign a paper renouncing his religious convictions as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, but he steadfastly refused. And he never lost his optimism. In the concentration camp, he even bought a suitcase for the journey home it seemed inconceivable he would ever make.

His unshakable faith in God helped Engleitner to lead a full and happy life despite constant rejection, and he never lost his zest for life as he became the oldest and some of the best known male concentration camp survivors on the planet. His unexpected rehabilitation was achieved thanks to an atypical friendship. Though already far advanced in years, he travelled more than ninety-five thousand miles across Europe and the USA, between 1999 and 2012, testifying as a witness of history to make sure the past is not forgotten; as such, he became a model of tolerance and peace.

Letters written by Engleitner throughout his internment and believed lost for nearly sixty years were discovered; and their combination with original minutes of police and court proceedings, reports from the concentration camps, and personal accounts of traumatic childhood incidents from one hundred years ago constitutes an impressive firsthand history.

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