Book Description
Another totalitarian system began vigorously marching across the borders of Central Europe. The violent collectivization, mandatory atheist education, crude interrogations and imprisonment were just a few of the many experiences that profoundly affected the life of Slovak people. Cardinal Korec’s book leads us vividly in the middle of this reality. Night of the Barbarians is an honest and sincere account of events as they began to unfold in front of the author's eyes beginning the night of April 13, 1950 and ending December 8, 1968.
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Text: English (translation)
The Night of the Barbarians FROM THE PUBLISHER
Another totalitarian system began vigorously marching across the borders of Central Europe. The violent collectivization, mandatory atheist education, crude interrogations and imprisonment were just a few of the many experiences that profoundly affected the life of Slovak people. Cardinal Korec's book leads us vividly in the middle of this reality. Night of the Barbarians is an honest and sincere account of events as they began to unfold in front of the author's eyes beginning the night of April 13, 1950 and ending December 8, 1968.
Special Features ﾽ English version ﾽ New Foreword ﾽ Introduction ﾽ Notes ﾽ Epilogue ﾽ Indicies ﾽ Bibliography ﾽ Cardinal's Bio-Bibliography ﾽ Color Photographs
SYNOPSIS
Korec recounts how he was secretly ordained as a priest in 1950, consecrated a bishop the next year at age 27, and sentenced to 12 years in prison in 1960. He was named a cardinal in 1991. There is no mention of the publication of the original Od barbarskej noci, which was translated by Peter-Paul Siska and others. The forewords are by Pope John Paul II, Vaclav Havel and Theodore Cardinal McCarrick. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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