Defiance (book)
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Defiance is a book, first published 1951 in Calcutta, by Savitri Devi. It is a memoir of her arrest, trial, and imprisonment on the charge of distributing National Socialist propaganda in Germany
in 1949.
The book is dedicated to Hertha Ehlert and opens with quotations from the Bhagawad Gita and Adolf Hitler
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in 1949.
The book is dedicated to Hertha Ehlert and opens with quotations from the Bhagawad Gita and Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
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Contents
- The Empty Train
- The Arrest
- Questions and Answers
- On Remand
- The Glorious Day
- The Doors Close
- Humiliation
- Clandestine Conversations
- More Secret Joys
- The Search
- Anguish
- The Way of Absolute Detachment
- "We Shall Begin Again"
External links
- Full text of Defiance at the Savitri Devi Archive.