by Anna Seghers · Aufbau-Verlag GmbH · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783746651514
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«Das siebte Kreuz» is the historical novel by Anna Seghers, published by Aufbau-Verlag GmbH in paperback (433 pages, in German).
Seven prisoners escape from the Westhofen concentration camp and the Nazi regime searches for them relentlessly. The plot follows Georg Heisler, one of the fugitives, as he tries to cross Germany helped by strangers; through his flight, the society of the Third Reich is portrayed, between solidarity, denunciation and fear.
The work was originally published in 1942 and was adapted into film in 1944 by Fred Zinnemann.
A read for those who appreciate historical narrative about Nazi Germany 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).
