This is the story of Leopold Engleiter, who was born in 1905 and survived the Nazi concentration camps. Now he still lives in Austria, in July 2011 he turned 106 years old.
In September 2009, 104-year-old Leopold Engleitner visited Moscow to participate in the presentations of the Russian publication of the book held in the Central House of Journalist (09/19/2009) and in the Bibli-Globus Book House (09/20/2009). Many media, in particular, “Literary Gazeta” wrote about presentations. A press release in Russian and photos from presentations can be found on the author’s website.
“The book makes us recall the words of the prophet Avvakum:” The righteous will live due to his fidelity “(2: 4).
As befits the righteous, Leopold Engleitner was free from hatred of his enemies. So, for example, the former object of persecution of the Austrian police in the 30s inspired by the Catholic clergy, he forgave his persecutors. And already after the Anschlus, when he happened to work with D …
Author
Rammerstorfer Bernard
Translator
Ilyin Sergey Borisovich
Publisher
Special book, 2011
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