One of the Great Overlooked Dramas of the Nazi Era

September 22, 2014 - 10:07 PDT

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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (September 22, 2014) - My Battle Against Hitler (Image, Oct. 21, 2014), the memoirs and essays of Dietrich von Hildebrand published for the first time in English, offers a glimpse into the heart and mind of one of the 20th century's most important Catholic thinkers and the Nazi's public "enemy number one" in Vienna.

Von Hildebrand, a German-Catholic philosopher and theologian, was a vocal opponent of Hitler and Nazism from the onset of the political movement in the early 1920s.

Upon Hitler's rise to power in 1933, von Hildebrand fled from Germany to Vienna, Austria so he could devote himself entirely to the intellectual and cultural battle against the Nazi ideology.

In Vienna, with the support of Austrian chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, he founded and edited the premiere German-language anti-Nazi weekly paper, Der Christliche Ständestaat (The Christian Corporative State). For this, he was sentenced to death in absentia by the Nazis.

"It is rare today that an important new story full of vivid detail should come to light from the already much-documented Nazi period," notes John Henry Crosby, translator, compiler, and editor of My Battle Against Hitler.

"His story might well have been lost to us," writes Crosby in a letter to readers, "were it not for a memoir, penned near the end of his life at the request of his wife, Alice von Hildebrand."

"I am honored to present this book to a global audience," writes Crosby, "first as one of the great overlooked dramas of the Nazi era, and second as a gripping story of one man's readiness to risk everything to follow his conscience and stand in defiance of tyranny."

Praise for My Battle Against Hitler
"At this moment in history, no memoir could be more timely than Dietrich von Hildebrand's account of how and why he risked everything to witness against the spreading evil of National Socialism. With much of today's world silent as Christians face increasing persecution, many good men and women are asking themselves what they can do. This remarkable book will challenge and inspire them."
--Mary Ann Glendon, Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard University and Former US Ambassador to the Holy See

"There is but one man who can stand with Dietrich Bonhoeffer, both in intellectual brilliance and in bravery toward the Nazis; that man is Dietrich von Hildebrand. I am privileged to strongly recommend this important book as a superb introduction to this great hero of the faith. May it spawn a new generation of devotees and champions of his extraordinary thought and life."
--Eric Metaxas, New York Times bestselling author of Bonhoeffer, Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy and Miracles

"Dietrich von Hildebrand, unlike so many European Christians of his time, was an early and vigorous critic of National Socialism; a man of brilliant intellect and articulate pen who spoke out forcefully against Nazi hatred of the Jews; a scholar who defended the Christian understanding of society and the human person at immense personal cost. This wonderful collection of his writings acquaints us intimately with an extraordinary man of faith. It's mandatory reading for anyone interested in a fuller understanding of a profoundly important era."
--Charles J Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia

About the Author
DIETRICH VON HILDEBRAND (1889-1977), born in Florence, was the son of renowned German sculptor Adolf von Hildebrand. A leading student of the philosophers Edmund HusŹserl and Max Scheler, he took up the "great questions"--about truth, freedom, conscience, community, love, beauty--with a freshness that allowed him to break new ground, espeŹcially in ethics, but also in epistemology, social philosophy, and aesthetics. His conversion to Catholicism in 1914 was the decisive turning point of his life and the impetus for important religious works. His opposition to Hitler and Nazism was so outspoken that he was forced to flee Germany in 1933, and later across Europe, finally settling in New York City in 1940, where he taught at Fordham University until 1960. He was the author of dozens of books, both in GerŹman and English. He was a major forerunner of Vatican II through his seminal writings on marriage, on Christian philosophy, and on the evil of anti-Semitism.

JOHN HENRY CROSBY (b. 1978), is a translator, writer, musician, and cultural entrepreneur. He is founder and director of the Hildebrand Project, which fosters deep cultural renewal through publications, events, fellowships, and online resources that draw on the continuing vitality of Dietrich von Hildebrand's thought and witness.

For more information, visit ImageCatholicBooks.com

To request a review copy or to schedule an interview with John Henry Crosby, please contact Katie Moore, publicist, kamoore@penguinrandomhouse.com, 719-268-1936.

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http://http://www.imagecatholicbooks.com/
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Katie Moore - Publicist, (719) 268-1936

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Dietrich von Hildebrand, John Henry Crosby, Image Books, My Battle Against Hitler,

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