Abstract (eng)
The inventory of letters from the couple Maria Praßl and Hans Raunikar, which is in the Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance (DÖW), was scientifically processed for the first time in this work. The two National Socialists, Raunikar and Praßl, got to know each other in writing in 1946 in Camp 373, Wolfsberg Camp in Carinthia. Over time, the initial cautious approaches turned into a love affair that also lasted outside the camp and led to a marriage. The work explores the questions of whether denazification took place, whether attitudes changed and what everyday camp life looked like. Of particular importance for this work are their written statements on everyday life in the camp and their still existing National Socialist point of view, which can be seen in the terminology used in their letters and which changed neither in the camp nor later in their life. In order to get a better idea of their lives and the reasons for their actions, their biographies up until their internment in 1945 are discussed. The comments and views of the Raunikar family on this topic in the interview that follows are of particular interest.