First Melville House paperback printed: February 2010.
First published in German as Jeder stirbt für sich allein. Berlin : Aufbau, 1947.
Based on a true story, tells the tale of a working class couple in Berlin who decide to take a stand against the Nazis. Hans Fallada wrote Every Man Dies Alone in twenty-four days, soon after the end of World War II and his release from a Nazi insane asylum. He did not live to see his its publication.
"This volume includes: An afterword telling the shocking story of Hans Fallada's life ; Excerpts from the original Gestapo files the story is based upon ; A readers' guide for book clubs."--p. 4 of cover.
Content Note
The Quangels -- The Gestapo -- Things begin to go against the Quangels -- The end.