A novel against dictatorship par excellence. Marcel Reich-Ranicki. "The Seventh Cross" made Anna Seghers famous overnight and became a lasting global success to this day. The dramatic story of an escape from the Nazis is infused with Seghers' own experiences of fleeing. In the Westhofen concentration camp, torture crosses for seven escaped prisoners are prepared from seven cut-down plane trees. Six of the men must pay for their escape attempt with their lives. However, the seventh cross remains free. "The substance from which this book is made is enduring and indestructible, like few things in the world. It is called: Justice." Christa Wolf. Seven prisoners have escaped from the Westhofen concentration camp, but only one reaches the safe shore. On his escape route, Georg Heisler encounters men and women who must make difficult choices.