In Vienna, Alois Kasperkowitz ekes out a living as a newspaper delivery boy and day laborer. In addition, the father of a daughter is a tireless advocate for the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious community. When he distributes pamphlets condemning the war, the Gestapo arrests him. In the fall of 1941, he is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in the fall of 1941. In court, he resolutely defends his convictions. After two years in prison, the judiciary hands him over to the SS in 1943. He is nearly deaf, has very poor eyesight, and is extremely weakened. Only through the help of other Jehovah’s Witnesses does he survive at Buchenwald concentration camp. After liberation, he returns to his homeland.
