TY  - GEN
T1  - Prison elite : how Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg survived Nazi captivity
A1  - Rummel, Erika, 1942-
LA  - English
PP  - Toronto ; Buffalo ; London
PB  - University of Toronto Press
YR  - 2021
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1240820011
AB  - "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 write letters which were smuggled out to family members. Drawing on these records, Prison Elite paints a picture of a little-known aspect of concentration camp history: the life of a VIP prisoner. Schuschnigg, who was a devout Catholic, presents his memoirs as a "confession," expecting absolution for any political missteps and, more specifically, for his dictatorial regime in the 1930s. As Erika Rummel reveals in fascinating detail, his autobiographical writings are frequently unreliable. Prison Elite describes the strategies Schuschnigg used to survive his captivity emotionally and intellectually. Religion, memory of better days, friendship, books and music, and maintaining a sense of humour allowed him to cope. A comparison with the memoirs of fellow captives reveals these tactics to be universal. Studying Schuschnigg's writing in the context of contemporary prison memoirs, Prison Elite provides unique insight into the life of a VIP prisoner"--
OP  - 215
CN  - DB98.S3 R86 2021
SN  - 9781487527600
SN  - 1487527608
SN  - 9781487527594
SN  - 1487527594
SN  - 9781487527570
SN  - 9781487527587
SN  - 1487527578
KW  - Schuschnigg, Kurt, : 1897-1977.
KW  - Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp)
KW  - Schuschnigg, Kurt, : 1897-1977
KW  - Statesmen : Austria : Biography.
KW  - Statesmen : Austria : Diaries.
KW  - Statesmen : Austria : Correspondence.
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KW  - World War, 1939-1945 : Prisoners and prisons, German : Diaries.
KW  - World War, 1939-1945 : Prisoners and prisons, German : Correspondence.
KW  - World War, 1939-1945 : Concentration camps.
KW  - Hommes d'État : Autriche : Biographies.
KW  - Hommes d'État : Autriche : Journaux intimes.
KW  - Hommes d'État : Autriche : Correspondance.
KW  - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 : Prisonniers et prisons des Allemands : Biographies.
KW  - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 : Prisonniers et prisons des Allemands : Journaux intimes.
KW  - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 : Prisonniers et prisons des Allemands : Correspondance.
KW  - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 : Camps d'internement.
KW  - HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary
KW  - Internment camps
KW  - Statesmen
KW  - Austria
KW  - 1939-1945
KW  - Biography
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Diaries
KW  - Personal correspondence
KW  - Biographies.
ER  -