Julius Fučík (Czech: [ˈjulɪjus ˈfutʃiːk]) (23 February 1903 – 8 September 1943) was a Czechoslovak journalist, an active member of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, and part of the forefront of the anti-Nazi resistance. He was imprisoned, tortured, and executed by the Nazis.
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"I have seen the film of my life a hundred times, thousands of details. Now I shall attempt to set it down. If the hangman’s noose strangles before I finish, millions remain to write its “happy ending.”
J. F.
Written in the Gestapo prison at Pankrats, Prague in the spring, 1943."
"The truth will win, but you should help it."
"To be a man will continue to demand a heroic heart as long as mankind is not quite human."
"The sun! How generously he casts his magic rays, what miracles he works before the very eyes of men! But how few people live in sunlight. He will shine, yes, he will shine for us all one day, and we shall all live in his warming rays. It is wonderful to know that. But I would like to know something incomparably less important — will he shine again for us two?"
"This is no longer a play. This is life. In real life there are no spectators: you all participate in life. The curtain rises on the last act. I loved you all, friends. Be on guard!"
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NOTES FROM THE GALLOWS
BY JULIUS FUCHIK
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.218190/page/n3/mode/2up
https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.218190/2015.218190.Notes-From_djvu.txt
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Julius Fučík
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