Resumen de Eduard Köck, gefängnispfarrer unter dem Nazi-Regime
The two authors bring forth the notable contribution of Father Eduard Köck, prison priest in the Vienna Regional Court from 1921 to 1945. As the Nazi regime gained more power, and in particular after the bloody February insurrection and the July putsch, an increased number of “political prisoners” were detained (1934-1938). Even more “state traitors” followed between 1938 and 1945, among them even priests and nuns. Father Köck was very committed to his mission. It was not in vain that he was called “The Angel of the Prisoners”. Between 6 December 1938 and 4 April 1945 1020 out of 1184 condemned were seen by him on their last road. In his work Father Eduard Köck was helped by Father Hans Rieger as well.
