It was [Seghers] who taught my generation and anyone who had an ear to listen after that not-to-be-forgotten war to distinguish right from wrong. The Seventh Cross shaped me; it sharpened my vision' GUNTER GRASS'A masterpiece. Written in the midst of terror, but with such clarity, such acuity; Seghers is a writer of rare insight' RACHEL SEIFFERT author of A Boy in WinterSeven prisoners escape from Westhofen concentration camp. Seven crosses are erected in the grounds and the commandant vows to capture the fugitives within a week. Six men are caught quickly, but George Heisler slips through his pursuers' fingers. It becomes a matter of pride to track him down, at whatever cost.Who can George trust? Who will betray him? The years of fear have changed those he knew best: his brother is now an SS officer; his lover turns him away. Hunted, injured and desperate, time is running out for George, and whoever is caught aiding in his escape will pay with their life.The Seventh Cross is one of the most powerful and influential novels of the twentieth century, a tense thriller that helped to alert the world to the grim realities of Nazi Germany.'The Seventh Cross is not only an important novel, but an important historical document. This new, unabridged translation is a genuine publishing event' JOSEPH KANON, author of The Good German and Leaving Berlin'A fascinating insight into life in pre-war Nazi Germany just as the horrors of the Nazi regime were beginning to unfold. This is an important novel, as much for its picture of German society as for its insight into the psyche of ordinary people confronting their personal fears and mixed loyalties' SIMON MAWER, author of The Glass RoomIn The Seventh Cross, Seghers's aim was to write, 'A tale that makes it possible to get to know the many layers of fascist Germany through the fortunes of a single man.' She had four copies of the manuscript: one was destroyed in an air raid; a friend lost the second copy while fleeing the Nazis; another was found by the Gestapo; only the fourth copy survived, which, fortunately, she sent to her publisher in America just before she escaped Nazi-occupied France. Published in 1942, The Seventh Cross was an immediate bestseller and was the basis for an MGM film starring Spencer Tracy in 1944. It has been translated into more than 40 languages.Margot Bettauer Dembo's expert new translation makes the complete text of this great political novel available in English for the first time.

Seventh Cross

Literature & Fiction

Anna Seghers

Classics

Virago

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

The Seventh Cross

James A. Galston

Kessinger Publishing Company

<p>Written in 1939, first published in 1942, a national bestseller and a 1943 B.O.M.C. Main Selection, The Seventh Cross presented a still doubtful, naive America a first-hand account of life in Hitler's Germany and of the horrors of the concentration camps. Seven men attempt an escape from Westhofen; the camp commander erects seven crosses, one for each. Only one, the young communist, Heisler, survives, not by cunning or superior skill, but through the complicity of a web of common citizens unwilling to bow to the Gestapo and forced to make decisions that will determine the character of their future lives.</p>

Literary

David R. Godine

Vielleicht sind in unserem Land noch nie so merkwurdige Baume gefallt worden wie die sieben Platanem auf der Schmalseite der Baracke III. Ihre Kronen waren schon fruher gekuppt worden aus einem Anlass, den man spatter erfahren wird. In Schulterhohe waren gegen die Stamme Querbretter genagelt, so dass die Platanen von weitem sieben Kreuzen glichen. Der neue Lagerkommandant, er heis Sommerfeid, leiss alles sofort zu Kleinholz zusammenschlagen. Er war eine andre Nummer als sein Vorganger Fahrenberg, der alte Kampfer, der Eroberer von Seeligenstadt, wo sein Vater noch heute ein Installationsgeschaft.

Das siebte Kreuz

Luchterhand

Die Totan Bleiben Jung (Roman) Band I

Ausgewählte Erzählungen. Herausgegeben und mit einem Nachwort von Christa Wolf

Der Ausflug Der Toten Madchen

Contemporary

Luchterhand Literaturverlag GmbH

aufbau-taschenbuch

Transit

Transit (German Edition)

Aufbau-Verlag GmbH

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