Prisoner of Liberte, the Story of a Transylvanian Martyr

Name: Prisoner of Liberte, the Story of a Transylvanian Martyr
ISBN: 9780914914181

Description

The true story of Transylvanian minister-scholar Rev. Dr. Imre Gellerd. This "literature of witness" tells of one victim of Romanian Communism.

Table of contents 70 entries

Prologue: Vertical Time 1
Chapter 1 2
1. The Shepherd p. 8
2. The Power of Excellence p. 10
3. The First Dilemma, Then the Rest p. 11
4. The Years of Intellectual Thriving p. 13
5. Dance Macabre p. 14
Chapter 2 12
1. The War Loses Its Sting p. 17
2. The City Lost Its Innocence p. 18
3. We Either Win Him Over or Destroy Him p. 20
Chapter 3 18
1. In Love p. 23
2. Princess in Captivity - Judit's Saga p. 24
3. Ambivalence of Destiny p. 32
4. Sobbing Bride p. 35
5. Sowing and Reaping p. 36
Chapter 4 34
1. Idealism at Work p. 39
2. Academia and Politics, Victories and Tribulations p. 41
Chapter 5 41
1. The Black Jeep p. 46
2. Secret Police Face to Face p. 50
3. Where Is My Father? p. 54
4. The Grand Theater of an Evil Empire p. 54
Chapter 6 53
1. The Art of Prison Living p. 58
2. Subtle Tortures p. 62
3. Time Measured in Christmases p. 64
4. The Romanian Gulag p. 65
5. Traps for Judit p. 70
6. Coerced Suicide - a Clean Murder p. 73
Chapter 7 70
1. The Failed Attempt p. 75
2. Dying a Little at a Time p. 75
3. Re-education p. 78
4. The Crisis of Freedom p. 80
5. Where to Go? p. 81
6. Embroidered Rags p. 82
7. Unforgiveness p. 84
Chapter 8 81
1. Unwelcome p. 86
2. Healing Alone p. 89
3. Typically Bankrupt p. 93
4. The Bells of Time p. 95
Chapter 9 92
1. Crises and Opportunities p. 97
2. Irony in Grief p. 98
3. Underestimated Determination p. 99
4. Ray of Light p. 105
5. Daughter's Dilemma p. 106
6. Final Marginalization p. 107
7. A Mere Epilogue p. 109
Chapter 10 107
1. Parenting p. 112
2. Simple Serenity p. 113
3. Hostile Borders, Fake Marriage p. 114
4. The Departing Train p. 117
Chapter 11 115
1. New Threats p. 120
2. Wings With No Space to Fly p. 121
3. Christmas p. 124
4. No Good-Bye p. 126
5. Blood on Red Carnation p. 126
6. The Escape p. 129
Chapter 12 126
1. Over the Abyss p. 131
2. Thunder p. 133
3. Bound by Light p. 135
Epilogue 131