Breakpoint by Silvester Krcmery
This unique prison journal integrates a fascinating scientific biopsy of brainwashing with astonishing spiritual implications. In 1951 the communist government of Czechoslovakia sent a young medical doctor to prison for refusing to repudiate his faith. There he experienced solitary confinement, brainwashing and torture for seven years. Since he was trained in psychology, Dr. Krcmery was able to recognize the strategies used against him. Ultimately, what saved him from total physical and mental collapse was the Gospel of John which he had memorized before imprisonment and then turned to again and again. In a supreme act of generosity Silvester Krcmery has opted to recall the horrors of that time in order to give us this singular account of the scientic and spiritual basis of brainwashing.
Silvester Krčméry (1924 -2013) was a scout, a Slovak doctor, a political prisoner under communism and a Catholic dissident who, together with Vladimir Jukl, organized a large secret church in Slovakia. From 1951 to 1964 he was imprisoned. He was one of the organizers of the Candle Manifestation.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780824517700 |
| ISBN 10 | 0824517709 |
| Title | Breakpoint |
| Author | Silvester Krcmery |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Crossroad Publishing Co ,U.S. |
| Year published | 1998-12-30 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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