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Notes From The Gallows
''Notes from the Gallows'' (also published as ''Report from the Gallows'') is a collection of notes written by the anti-Nazi, communist journalist, Julius Fučík (journalist), Julius Fučík, originally on pieces of cigarette paper, while imprisoned by the Gestapo in the Pankrác, Pankrac district of Prague in 1942. The book's Czech language, Czech title is ''Reportáž, psaná na oprátce'', literally ''Report Written on the Noose''. Content In April 1942, the Czech journalist Julius Fučík was arrested by the German Gestapo for his activities as an Anti-fascism, anti-Nazi activist of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. ''Notes from the Gallows'' is his account of his imprisonment in Prague, before he was moved to German prisons and executed by hanging in 1943 in Berlin. Fluctuating between testimony and self-reflection, the work deals dramatically and emotively with anti-Nazi resistance, interrogations, and the personalities of fellow inmates and prison guards. The auth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Fučík - Vezeňský Rukopis
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