by Anna Seghers · Darmstadt ; Neuwied : Luchterhand, · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783472611080
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«Das siebte Kreuz» is the historical novel by Anna Seghers, published by Luchterhand in paperback (288 pages, in German).
The novel recounts the escape of seven prisoners from a Nazi concentration camp and the subsequent pursuit. The image of the seven crosses, which gives the book its title, structures a story about resistance, solidarity and the struggle for freedom in times of oppression.
Written during the author's exile, it was originally published in 1942. It is part of the Sammlung Luchterhand collection (number 108).
For readers interested in Nazi Germany, resistance to fascism and German exile literature.
Anna Reiling, known by the pen name Anna Seghers, was a German writer. She was notable for exploring and depicting the moral experience of the Second World War. Born into a Jewish family and married to a Hungarian Communist, Seghers escaped Nazi-controlled territory through wartime France. She was granted a visa and gained ship's passage to Mexico, where she lived in Mexico City (1941–47).
