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Detail from prison manuscript. Notes from the Gallows (also published as Report from the Gallows) is a collection of notes written by the anti-Nazi, communist journalist, Julius Fučík, originally on pieces of cigarette paper, while imprisoned by the Gestapo in the Pankrac district of Prague in 1942.
It was made public that some parts of the book Notes from the Gallows (around 2%) had been omitted and that the text had been "sanitized" by Gusta Fučíková. There were speculations as to how much information he gave his torturers, and whether he had turned traitor. In 1995 the complete text of the book was published.
Note, too, that the list omits many autobiographies which deal, only in part, with a period of political imprisonment; and includes some in which imprisonment forms a major part of the book. Henri Alleg, author of The Question. 1958. New York: George Braziller. (theme: denunciation of torture in French colonial Algeria)
Julius Fučík — Notes from the Gallows; Frankie Gaye — Marvin Gaye: My Brother; Petr Ginz — The Diary of Petr Ginz; Archibald Gracie IV — The Truth About the Titanic (assembled and published by Mitchell Kennerley) Ernest Hemingway* — A Moveable Feast; Etty Hillesum — An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943
Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Rebel Women in Prewar Japan is a collection of writings, translated into English and edited by Mikiso Hane. It was published by the University of California Press / Pantheon Books in 1988.
Olei Hagardom (Hebrew: עולי הגרדום, lit. "those who ascended to the gallows") refers to members of the two Jewish Revisionist pre-state underground organisations Irgun and Lehi, most of whom were tried in British Mandate military courts and sentenced to death by hanging. Most of the executions were carried out at Acre Prison.
Joseph Cafasso (Italian: Giuseppe Cafasso; 15 January 1811 – 23 June 1860) was an Italian Catholic priest who was a significant social reformer in Turin. [1] He was one of the so-called "Social Saints" who emerged during that particular era.
In rising chronological order, with death date specified. If relevant, also the context of the words or the circumstances of death are specified. If there is controversy or uncertainty concerning a person's last words, this is described in footnotes. For additional suicide notes, see Suicide note.