Despite being decorated with a German Service Cross, Willi Wegler
is inwardly sickened by both Hitler’s genocidal war and the
complicity of his fellow citizens in Third Reich brutalities.
Wracked by guilt, he suddenly betrays his country in a profound
gesture of protest and self-sacrifice: during the course of an air
raid, he fashions an enormous arrow out of hay in an open field,
then ignites it as a flaming signal to direct British bombers to
the site of the factory where he works – an act that cannot fail
to precipitate a series of dramatic events. The Cross and the Arrow
– first published in 1944, during the latter stages of the war it
describes – portrays a man’s struggle to retain his dignity in
defiance of state-sponsored cruelty and explores the role and
responsibility of the individual in the face of tragic global
events. In its examination of an enemy’s complex heroism, it
provides a life-affirming message of humanity’s ultimate capacity
for good.
General
Imprint: |
Calder Publications Ltd
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Calder Publications |
Release date: |
April 2024 |
Authors: |
Albert Maltz
|
Introduction by: |
Patrick Chura
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 128mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
372 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7145-5078-7 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-7145-5078-7 |
Barcode: |
9780714550787 |
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