Woman's face of resistance

the long version

A poet, two scholars, a nun, an unidentified Gypsy woman, a tailor's apprentice, a teacher, and a laborer - all of them are Austrian women who perish as victims of Nazi oppression. Their respective stories provide deep insight into the impact of German fascism on the inner lives of individuals. Each "report" conveys an intimate contact with the atmosphere of the times and a sense of the relationship between the protagonists and people who face the same social and political problems in the contemporary world. Through the eyes of the characters or observers of their suffering and heroism, we are given almost direct contact with timeless struggles to maintain human dignity, improve the basic circumstances of life, establish valid and constructive purpose for fundamental interpersonal relationships, and define the inherent worth of the individual.