But while his outstanding books on marriage, morality and spirituality gradually became known in the English - speaking world, and his series of works on the post-Conciliar Church made him a hero to committed Catholics, few knew of Dietrich's early
writings against fascism and Nazism, written in German but never translated.
Writings from a socialist (who fought, and lost, in a war
against fascism (Spanish Civil War)-RRB- such as Orwell that are written during a war
against fascism (WWII) would bound to be clouded by the same biases that are prevalent today.