{"product_id":"the-priest-barracks-dachau-1938-1945-paperback","title":"The Priest Barracks: Dachau 1938-1945 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGuillaume Zeller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the Nazi concentration camp Dachau, three barracks out of thirty were occupied by clergy from 1938 to 1945. The overwhelming majority of the 2,720 men imprisoned in these barracks were Catholics--2,579 priests, monks, and seminarians from all over Europe. More than a third of the prisoners in the priest block died there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of these men, which has been submerged in the overall history of the concentration camps, is told in this riveting historical account. Both tragedies and magnificent gestures are chronicled here--from the terrifying forced march in 1942 to the heroic voluntary confinement of those dying of typhoid to the moving clandestine ordination of a young German deacon by a French bishop. Besides recounting moving episodes, the book sheds new light on Hitler's system of concentration camps and the intrinsic anti-Christian animus of Nazism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuillaume Zeller \u003c\/b\u003eis a French journalist. He is the former editor in chief of I-Télé, a national news television channel in France. His other two historical books are \u003ci\u003eUn prêtre à la guerre\u003c\/i\u003e about a French paratrooper chaplain and \u003ci\u003eOran, 5 juillet 1962\u003c\/i\u003e about the Algerian War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42735127658559,"sku":"9781621640998","price":23.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/dd2fcdc72d1cd4c15dbff2442d69fac8.webp?v=1765142342","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-priest-barracks-dachau-1938-1945-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}