Bernard, Jean, 1907-1994 Deborah Lucas Schneider, Tr.

Priestblock 25487: A Memoir of Dachau / Jean Bernard; translated by Deborah Lucas Schneider - Bethesda: Zaccheus Press, 2007 - p.177

Table of Contents:
- In prison
- Arrival at Dachau
- The first two weeks
- In the main camp
- First mass in the camp
- Recollections from the first few months
- The "good times" come to an end
- Winter approaches
- Christmas 1941
- Ten days' leave and my return to Dachau
- "Transport commando Praezifix"
- Easter week 1942
- Hunger
- Visitors in the camp
- At the end of our strength
- The infirmary
- Dead end
- Renewed hope
- Released.

In May 1941, Fr. Jean Bernard was arrested for denouncing the Nazis and imprisoned in Dachau's "Priest Block," a barracks that housed more than 3,000 clergy (the vast majority Roman Catholic priests).
Priestblock 25487 tells the gripping true story of one remarkable priest's survival amid the inhuman brutality and torture of a Nazi concentration camp.
In 2004, this important book was made into the award-winning film The Ninth Day. Introduction by Robert Royal. Preface by Cardinal

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Autobiography of Jean Bernard
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