SuitabookDevil in Vienna
Doris Orgel
- Reading
- Consider reading together or checking in afterwards, especially if the historical prejudice feels difficult. Let the reader set the pace and choose which events to discuss.
- Themes
- Friendship under pressure: Inge and Lieselotte have been close since childhood, but their relationship becomes difficult to maintain in 1938. The friendship provides a personal lens on a period of political change.
- Prejudice and help: The journal describes deteriorating conditions for Jewish people in Austria and mentions Catholic priests trying to help rescue them. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The story concerns Nazi-era prejudice and deteriorating conditions for Jewish people. It also describes a friendship becoming difficult to sustain; the detail and emotional intensity are unclear.