Notes from the Gallows

Notes from the Gallows
Cover of the first edition of the book to contain the original text in full, 1995. 'Notes from the Gallows: The First Complete, Critical, Annotated Edition'
AuthorJulius Fučík
LanguageCzech
GenreReportage
Publication date
1945
Publication placeCzechoslovakia

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. The book's Czech title is Reportáž, psaná na oprátce, literally Report Written on the Noose.