Hans Fallada
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
803 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
This Sweeping Saga of Love in Dangerous Times---the 1923 collapse of the German economy, when food and money shortages led to rioting in the streets and unemployed soldiers marauding through the countryside---is deemed by many to be Hans Fallada's greatest work. His publisher was inspired by its 1938 publication to such levels of both fearfulness and fearlessness of Nazi retribution that he told Fallada, "If this book destroys us, then at least we'll...
Author
Publisher
Polity
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
viii, 274 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
I lived the same life as everyone else, the life of ordinary people, the masses. Sitting in a prison cell in the autumn of 1944, Hans Fallada sums up his life under the National Socialist dictatorship, the time of inward emigration .
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
How did an ordinary, middle-aged couple become a symbol of defiance against Nazi brutality? This tale of courage unfolds against the tumultuous backdrop of Berlin in 1940. Otto and Anna Quangel are a working class husband and wife doing their best to ride out the war. Their son is killed fighting on the frontlines. They begin pouring their rage and grief into postcards emblazoned with anti-Nazi slogans, risking everything to disseminate their messages...
