The Seventh Cross

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Probably no trees ever cut down in our country were as unique, as strange as the seven plane trees growing at the gable end of Barracks III. Their crowns, for a reason to be revealed at a later time, had previously been cut off and a board had been nailed across each of the tree trunks at shoulder height. From afar, the seven plane trees looked like seven crosses.Seven prisoners escape from Westhofen concentration camp. The commandant vows to capture the fugitives within seven days. Six are caught quickly and brutally made an example of, but George Heisler slips through his pursuers' fingers. It becomes a matter of pride to track him down, whatever the cost.Who can George trust? Who will betray him? The years of fear have changed those whom he knew best: his favourite 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 his escape him will pay with their life.The Seventh Cross, a German classic novel from 1942, powerfully documents the insidious rise of a fascist regime - the seething paranoia, the sudden arrests, the silence and fear.