Priestblock 25487: a Memoir of Dachau
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In May 1941, Father Jean Bernard was arrested for denouncing the Nazis and deported from his native Luxembourg to Dachau's "Priest Block," a barracks that housed more than 3,000 clergymen of various denominations (the vast majority Roman Catholic priests).
Priestblock 25487 tells the gripping true story of his survival amid inhuman brutality and torture.
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This inspiring book, originally published in Germany in 1963, was adapted into the award-winning film The Ninth Day in 2004.
Now translated into English for the first time, Priestblock features a Preface by Sean Cardinal O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston, and an Introduction by Robert Royal.
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