Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

In October 1936, Leonidas - a director at Austria's Department of Education - received a private letter in a woman's pale blue handwriting. In it, Vera Wormser, a Jew with whom he had a love affair years ago, asks him to protect a young talented man who has to leave Germany for the usual and known reasons. With this news, a world collapses for Leonidas, whose complete sovereignty was recognized only formally by Nazi Germany."