Seven prisoners escape from Westhofen concentration camp. The commandant vows to capture the fugitives within seven days. Six are caught quickly and brutally made an example of, but George Heisler slips through his pursuers’ fingers.
Who can George trust? Who will betray him? The years of fear have changed those whom he knew best: his brother is now an SS officer; his lover turns him away. Hunted, injured and desperate, time is running our and whoever is caught aiding his escape will pay with their life.
The Seventh Cross is a novel by Anna Seghers, one of the better-known examples of German literature circa World War II.