Austrian Chancellor's Son Tells How Catholic Faith Helped Him Survive Nazis

[Catholic_Press]

Kurt von Schuschnigg Jr., son of the former chancellor of Austria, says that his Catholic faith helped him get through difficult times during World War II and now guides the way that he looks back at past events.

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[JimG]

From the article:

“She realized that the story of Austria’s takeover by the Nazis was not being taught in schools, and she decided to record the events that her husband had recounted.”

This sentence struck me, because failure to teach actual history as well as the practice of historical revisionism is so common in the schools of many nations, resulting in global historical illiteracy. I never get rid of any book published before 1950, because often those are the only ones which are historically accurate. So I’m glad to see this one published, even though it had to be a sort of grass roots effort.

 

[JimG]

Okay, this is one reason why CAF is costing me money. I see a book recommendation, such as this one. I checked the book on Amazon, saw that it was pretty cheap as a Kindle book, and bought it with one click! Somebody’s got to keep this economy going.

And this isn’t the first one. There have been any number of CAF contributors who have cost me money!

 

[grannymh]

Okay, this is one reason why CAF is costing me money. I see a book recommendation, such as this one. I checked the book on Amazon, saw that it was pretty cheap as a Kindle book, and bought it with one click! Somebody’s got to keep this economy going.

And this isn’t the first one. There have been any number of CAF contributors who have cost me money!

 

[Dakota_Roberts]

From the article:

“She realized that the story of Austria’s takeover by the Nazis was not being taught in schools, and she decided to record the events that her husband had recounted.”

This sentence struck me, because failure to teach actual history as well as the practice of historical revisionism is so common in the schools of many nations, resulting in global historical illiteracy. I never get rid of any book published before 1950, because often those are the only ones which are historically accurate. So I’m glad to see this one published, even though it had to be a sort of grass roots effort.

I’d like to point out that almost any book published before 1950 in the US on the Middle Ages is excruciatingly wrong

 

[JimG]

I’d like to point out that almost any book published before 1950 in the US on the Middle Ages is excruciatingly wrong

Yes, and not only that. I’ve skimmed some of my neices’ school textbooks and they are all written in a politically correct manner so as to put only a modernist secularist spin on all of history.

 

[DaveBj]

Yes, and not only that. I’ve skimmed some of my neices’ school textbooks and they are all written in a politically correct manner so as to put only a modernist secularist spin on all of history.

Yeah, I have a feeling that if I had kids in school these days, we would be having counter-culture sessions in the evenings. “Son, I know that you have to put this on the test in order to pass the course, but here is the way it reallly was.”

I am a student of WWII, and I have to say that I really admire Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg. He was in an untenable situation, and he handled it with honor.

 

[grannymh]

Yeah, I have a feeling that if I had kids in school these days, we would be having counter-culture sessions in the evenings. “Son, I know that you have to put this on the test in order to pass the course, but here is the way it reallly was.”

I am a student of WWII, and I have to say that I really admire Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg. He was in an untenable situation, and he handled it with honor.

It was my privilege to be a student of Professor von Schuschnigg when he taught at St. Louis University. He never stopped using his talents for others.

 

[DaveBj]

It was my privilege to be a student of Professor von Schuschnigg when he taught at St. Louis University. He never stopped using his talents for others.