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At the time of Fallada's death in February 1947, he had recently completed Jeder stirbt für sich allein ( Every Man Dies Alone ), an anti-fascist novel based on the true story of a German couple, Otto and Elise Hampel, who were executed for producing and distributing anti-fascist material in Berlin during the war.

According to Jenny Williams, he wrote the book in a " white heat "— a mere 24 days.

He died just weeks before its publication.

Fallada was buried in Pankow, a borough of Berlin, but was later moved to Carwitz where he had lived from 1933 till 1944.