Anna Seghers, Das siebte Kreuz [The Seventh Cross]

Jean Godsall-Myers (Widener University); Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University)

Ed. by Jennifer Marston William, Purdue University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.1: German-language Writing and Culture: Germany, 500-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1942

Places

Germany (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

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Das siebte Kreuz

[

The Seventh Cross

], the popular antifascist novel about seven concentration camp escapees in 1937, bolstered the international reputation of its author, the prolific Anna Seghers. The novel has been a well-received source of information on the Hitler era for readers around the world – indeed, it was the first novel to deal intensively with the Nazi concentration camps before 1945, and it has since been translated into over forty languages. The novel offers a portrait of Germans that spans social classes, age groups, and political persuasions, as well as rich imagery detailing the German landscape and cultural traditions.

Das siebte Kreuz

weaves a tapestry of social networks during this tumultuous era: as each escapee moves away from the camp, his reconnection with a…

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Citation: Godsall-Myers, Jean, Jennifer Marston William. "Das siebte Kreuz". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 26 February 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=19320, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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