The Hitler Kiss: A Memoir of Czech Resistance

This gripping autobiography is at once a heart-pounding adventure story, a moving recollection of a larger-than-life father, and an important account of the Czech resistance. Radomir Luza's father was a revered army general when the Nazis stormed into Czechoslovakia. After his father went underground to avoid arrest and torture, the nineteen-year-old Radomir spent weeks in a Gestapo prison. Upon his release, he joined his father in hiding. General Luza became the military commander of the Czech resistance, while Radomir secretly helped organize the country's largest resistance network. Luza's narrative makes palpable the terror of being constantly hunted and nearly snared by betrayals and Gestapo raids. The Hitler Kiss is a portrait of courage, tenderness, optimism, and sheer survival.

Author: Radomir Luza
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: 10/01/2004
Pages: 295
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.86h x 6.50w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780807130308

About the Author

A professor emeritus of history at Tulane University and professor of history at Masaryk University in Brno, Radomir Luza is the author of seven scholarly books and numerous articles. He lives in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. Christina Vella is an adjunct professor of history at Tulane University and the author of Intimate Enemies: The Two Worlds of the Baroness de Pontalba. She writes, lectures, and teaches in New Orleans.

A professor emeritus of history at Tulane University and professor of history at Masaryk University in Brno, Radomir Luza is the author of seven scholarly books and numerous articles. He lives in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.
Christina Vella is an adjunct professor of history at Tulane University and the author of Intimate Enemies: The Two Worlds of the Baroness de Pontalba. She writes, lectures, and teaches in New Orleans.