Woman's Face of Resistance By Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer Translated and Afterword by Lowell A. Bangerter

A poet, two scholars, a nun, an unidentified Gypsy woman, a tailor's apprentice, a teacher, and a laborer — all of them are Austrian women who perish as victims of Nazi oppression. Their respective stories provide deep insight into the impact of German fascism on the inner lives of individuals. Through the eyes of the characters or observers of their suffering and heroism, we are given almost direct contact with timeless struggles to maintain human dignity, improve the basic circumstances of life, establish valid and constructive purpose for fundamental interpersonal relationships, and define the inherent worth of the individual.