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Description edit
Originally published in German as "Jeder stirbt für sich allein." Published in English as "Every Man Dies Alone" in the US and "Alone in Berlin" in the UK.
This never-before-translated masterpiece -- by a heroic best-selling writer who saw his life crumble when he wouldn't join the Nazi... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Der Mann: A fascinating book looking into the souls of ordinary people caught up in one of the worst nightmares ever lived through, describing how a person can live with inner heroism and integrity regardless of those who reign with terror supreme.
- Anna Quangel: Wife of Otto, mother of Karl
- Otto Quangel: Foreman at a factory, husband of Anna, father of Karl
- Kopf: Add a description of this character.
- Trudel
- Frau Eva Kluge: Postwoman
- Herr Kommissar
- Der Borkhausen
- Karten
- Blick
- Herr Enno Kluge: Gambler
- Sie
- Geld
- Mark
- Schroder
- Dann
- Zelle
- Der Kommissar
- Barkhausen
- Sohn
- Kommissar Escherich
- Herr Obergruppenführer
- Herren
- Hetty Haberle: Enno Kluge's Girlfriend. Owner of a pet shop.
- Obergruppenfiihrer
- Tage
- Baldur
- Tisch
- Koffer
- Siegfried
- Gott
- Ruhe
- Parer
- Frau Häberle
- Zimmer
- Bett
- Krieg
- Werkstatt
- Frau Hete
- Herr Emil Borkhausen: Lives across the courtyard of the Quangels. Gossip
- Frau Otti Borkhausen: Emil Borkhausen's violent wife.
- Stelle
- Wasser
- Herr Borkhausen
- Zott
- Trudel Baumann: Girlfriend of the Quangels dead son
- Inspector Zott: Takes over the case from Inspector Escherich
- Inspector Escherich: Trying to find the postcard writter(s)
- Enno Kluge
- Frau Rosenthal: Lives above the Quangels. Wife to Siegfried. Jew.
- Baldur Persicke: Live below the Quangles
- Hetty
- Frau Gesch: Lives next to Eva Kluge
- Inspector Schroder: Inspects the doctors postcard.
- Judge Feisler: Judge at the Quangel's trial
- Herr Kluge
- Frau Quangel
- Dr. Reichhardt: Musican. 'Communist'. Cellmate of Otto Quangel
- Karl Hergesell: Works with and loves Trudel Bauman.
- Tutti Hebekreuz: Tutti the Gorilla. One of Enno's 'other' women.
- Obergruppenftihrer Prall: Insepctor Escherich's superior
- Max Harteisen: 'Undesirable' actor. Finds the first postcard.
- Herr Siegfried Rosenthal: Frau Rosenthal's husband. In jail.
- Inspector Laub: Eschrich's successor
- Karli
- Frau Kluge
- Grigoleit: Worked with Trudel Baumann and Karl Hergesell. Formed a 'cell' with them and 'Babyface'.
- Eva Kluge
- Herr Quangel
- Hitler: Fuhrur of Germany. Leader of the Nazis
- Herr Persicke: Lives below the Quangels.
- Tutti
- Obergruppenfahrer
- Frau Haberle
- Harteisen
- Ulrich Heffke: Anna Quangels brother
- Judge Fromm: Lives below the Quangels and Persickes
- Emil
- Trudel Hergesell: Same person as 'Trudel Baumann', married to Karl Hergesell.
- Rusch
- Feisler
Setting & Locations edit
- Berlin: Capital city, major gov't, industrial, commercial centre.
- Essen
- Händen
- Unglück
- Spitzel
- Bengel
- Gestapo
- Anwalt
- Frankreich
- Klabautermann
- Frauenschaft
- Verdacht
- Antwort
- Urteil
- Schwägerin
- Munich
- Jablonski Strasse
- Urlaub
- Verhandlung
- Schupo
- Spaziergang
- Frage
- Alexanderplatz
- Straßen
- Meldung
- Kommunist
- Russland
- Frühstück
- Sessel
- Büro
- Schnurrbart
- Napola
- Unterhaltung
- Frankfurter Allee
- Rußland
- Häusern
- Fräulein
- France
- Germany
- Nollendorfplatz
- Hobgoblin
- Moabit
- England
- Russia
- Poland
- Ruppin
- Friedrichshain
- Heffkes
- Kleine Alexanderstrasse
First Sentence edit
The postwoman Eva Kluge slowly climbs the steps of 56 Jablonski Strasse.
Table of Contents edit
Part I - The Quangels
1. Some Bad News
2. What Baldur Persicke Had to Say
3. A Man Called Borkhausen
4. Trudel Baumann Betrays a Secret
5. Enno Kluge's Homecoming
6. Otto Quangel Gives up His Official Function
7. Break-in at Night
8. Small Surprises
9. Nocturnal Conversation at the Quangels
10. What Happened on Wednesday Morning
11. It is Still Wednesday
12. Enno and Emil after the Shock
13. Victory Dance at the Elysium
14. Saturday: Discord at the Quangels
15. Enno Kluge Goes back to Work
16. The Demise of Frau Rosenthal
17. The First Card is Written
18. The First Card is Dropped
Part II - The Gestapo
19. The Postcards Make Their Way
20. Six Months Later: The Quangels
21: Six Months Later: Inspector Escherich
22. Six Months Later: Enno Kluge
23. The Interrogation
24. Inspector Escherich Gets to Work on the Hobgoblin Case
25. Frau Hetty Makes up Her Mind
26. Fear and Terror
27. Emil Borkhausen Makes Himself Useful
28. A Pretty Little Job of Blackmail
29. Enno’s Eviction
30. Emil Borkhausen and His Son
31. A Visit to Fräulein Anna Schönlein
32. Escherich and Kluge Take a Walk
Part III - Things Begin to Go Against the Quangels
33. Trudel Hergesell
34. Karl Hergesell and Grigoleit
35. The First Warning
36. The Fall of Inspector Escherich
37. The Second Warning
38. The Third Warning
39. Inspector Zott
40. Otto Quangel Grows Uncertain
41. The Old Party Member Persicke
42. Borkhausen is Rooked a Third Time
43. Interlude: An Idyll in the Country
44. The Fall of Inspector Zott
45. Inspector Escherich is Free Again
46. The Fateful Monday
47. Monday, Inspector Escherich’s Great Day
48. The Arrest of Anna Quangel
49. The Conversation With Otto Quangel
50. The Death of Escherich
Part IV - The End
51. Anna Quangel is Interrogated
52. The Downcast Hergesells
53. Otto Quangel’s Heaviest Burden
54. Anna Quangel and Trudel Hergesell
55. Baldur Persicke Pays a Visit
56. Otto Quangel’s Second Cellmate
57. Life in the Cell
58. The Good Chaplain
59. Trudel Hergesell, Née Baumann
60. The Trial: A Reunion
61. The Trial: Judge Feisler
62. The Trial: Prosecutor Pinscher
63. The Trial: The Witness Ulrich Heffke
64. The Trial: The Defence Team
65. The Trial: The Verdict
66. The Death House
67. The Pleas For Clemency
68. Anna Quangel’s Most Difficult Decision
69. It’s Time, Quangel
70. The Last Walk
71. Anna Quangel’s Reunion
72. The Boy
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Penguin Modern Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Hans Fallada (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Michael Hofmann (Translator) - Translation from German to English, 2009, for Melville House
First Edition edit
Original Language: German
Publisher: Aufbau-Verl.
Country: Germany
Publication Date: 1947
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 539
Publisher: Aufbau-Verl.
Country: Germany
Publication Date: 1947
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 539
Awards edit
- New York Times Notable Books of the Year (2009, #14)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PT2607.I6 J413
- Dewey: 833.912
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Movie Connections edit
- Jeder stirbt für sich allein (TV) (1962) (IMDb): West German film adaptation made for television
- Jeder stirbt für sich allein (TV) (1970) (IMDb): East German film adaptation made for television (series)
- Jeder stirbt für sich allein (1976) (IMDb): West German film adaptation
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