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- The novel's protagonist, George Heisler, is one of the seven prisoners who escape from the Westhofen concentration camp. He is a hardened communist who shows remarkable resilience and resourcefulness throughout the novel so that he can survive.
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Roeder gets in touch with the German underground, whose members risk their lives to help Heisler escape Germany. Through his exposure to this courage and kindness, and with the help toward the end of a sympathetic waitress, Heisler regains his faith in humanity.
George Heisler. The novel's protagonist, George Heisler, is one of the seven prisoners who escape from the Westhofen concentration camp. He is a hardened communist who shows remarkable resilience and resourcefulness throughout the novel so that he can survive.
- Anna Seghers
May 23, 2018 · The seventh cross remains empty; George Heisler is no messiah, but rather an ordinary human being with all his weaknesses who won’t let himself be consoled with some abstract future; he is about the here and now. He intends to go to Spain to fight against the fascists.
The main character is a Communist, George Heisler; the narrative follows his path across the countryside, taking refuge with those few who are willing to risk a visit from the Gestapo, while the rest of the escapees are gradually overtaken by their hunters.
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George Heisler, the protagonist, is one of the escapees. As the story unfolds, Seghers paints a vivid picture of the brutal realities under Nazi rule and the collective human spirit. Key aspects of the analysis include:
This story of George Heisler, one of seven to escape from a German concentration camp, is an impressive, harrowing and powerful tale of flight, which is, externally, a manhunt, but cuts below the surface in its passions, its implications.
People did the same for Jesus, further reinforcing the horrors many Jewish people who experienced the Holocaust went through. The narrative revolves primarily around George Heisler, one of the seven escapees. He spends his time trying to elude capture by the Nazi Germans and their evil Gestapo.
