The following diploma thesis deals with the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig and his book „Castellio against Calvin“. The purpose of the diploma thesis is to present, trough the summary and interpretation of the work, the writer’s own fight against National Socialism. The first part of the thesis focuses on the summary and interpretation of the work and the second part focuses on the writer’s life and his fight. The second part also presents a comparison of the events from the book „Castellio against Calvin “, with the events from the time the writer was living in, that is, the time of the nationalist dictatorship in Germany.
Presented is also a comparison between Zweig’s opinion and the opinion of evangelicals, that is, the opposite opinion.
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