On the Rope

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-912208-84-5
Verlag: Haus Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 90 Seiten

The compelling story of how the quiet artisan Reinhold Duschka (1900-1993) came to save two lives in Vienna during the Nazi rule. Duschka managed to hide Jewish mother Regina and her daughter Lucia in his workshop for four years. The three of them were tied together with an invisible rope, surviving by luck and mutual trust. What happened afterwards is explored and the humble and honest Duschka is why this story touches so much.

This story wouldn’t exist without the promise that Lucia Heilman gave to herself: To honour the passionate alpinist Reinhold Duschka who saved her and her mother from the deportation to a Nazi-German concentration camp. Based on Lucia’s memories, Erich Hackl covers the dramatic if monotonous years in the hide out, to the immediate present. Hackl’s exact language, which is glowing with passion, not only brings to life saviours and saved – it forces us to acknowledge the current relevance of this story, living in a Europe where civil courage is needed more than ever

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hackl, Erich

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Antisemitismus, Pogrome, Shoah
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte Deutsche Geschichte: Holocaust

Über Autor(innen)

Erich Hackl was born in Steyr, Austria in 1954. His writing is based on true stories and has received numerous awards, including the 2017 Human Rights Award of Upper Austria and the 2015 Anton Wildgans Prize awarded by the Federation of Austrian Industry. Stephen Brown is a playwright, translator, and cultural critic. His translations from German include Joachim Sartorius's The Princes' Islands and Birgit Haustedt's Rilke's Venice.