FEW KNOW HITLER swore that, at war's end, he would "crush the Catholic Church like a toad." Few know 550 German priests were in Dachau for conflicts with the regime or that, as the Occupation spread, their number swelled to 2,700 - the world's largest religious community - crammed into barracks built for 300. They slaved in a vast SS industrial complex attached to the camp, surviving on thin soup, sleeping three to a shelf, sharing one another's warmth and lice. They were used for experiments, especially young seminarians. Half died there. The story traces the lives of men working against the Nazis in the Catholic underground in the 30's, their capture and imprisonment with other priests brought together from the entire European system, their wrenching struggle to keep faith and care for fellow prisoners, when all they needed to say was: "Enough!" Why? These are stories found only in nooks and crannies of libraries. But they are all true. About the author WILLIAM J. O'MALLY...

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