Chapter 13 Fucik and Report from the Gallows

Jiang Chengjun "Millions are fighting the final struggle for the freedom of man and thousands have fallen in the struggle. I am one of them. And what a magnificent thing to be one of the warriors of this final struggle Ah" is the voice of Julius Fucik, the anti-fascist hero and proletarian revolutionary fighter in World War II.These sentences, shining with lofty ideals, filled with revolutionary optimism and self-sacrifice, have been widely praised by generations of revolutionaries. Fucik was born in 1903 in a worker's family in the Smikhov workers' district of Prague.When he was a teenager, Fucik studied very hard, read books voraciously, and liked to go to second-hand bookstores the most.His wife wrote in the book "Recalling Fucik": All the second-hand bookstores in Prague left Fucik's footprints, and he made friends with many clerks.Sometimes his whole month's salary is almost spent on books, and he doesn't even have lunch money for the next day.From a lot of reading, he found that some books tell the truth, some lie, and some books tell nothing.He believes, "No matter what you are talking about, don't keep silent. To keep silent is to lie. Speak clearly so that books full of lies and books that say nothing will completely disappear."

When he participated in the "May Day" parade for the first time in 1918, he wrote a poem: "Upper: What are the civilians howling below? They say that hunger and crying are hanging over the country. Hey. Know that the tools to deal with these are There are—prisons or executioners. Bottom: Maybe the gentlemen are right. But to us laughter is lovelier than weeping, please believe: We will live a better life. " At this time, Fucik was only a boy under the age of fifteen, but he bravely opposed social injustice and the "gentlemen" of the ruling class. Fucik joined the newly established Czech Communist Party when he was eighteen years old. Since 1928, he has been the editor of the party's official newspaper "Red Right". On the eve of World War II in September 1939, German fascist troops occupied the Czech Republic.The Czech Communist Party was forced to go underground, but Fucik resolutely stayed in Prague and persisted in the struggle. In 1941, he was elected as a member of the Party Central Committee. Betrayed by a traitor in April 1942, he was arrested by German fascists and killed in Berlin's Blochens Prison on September 8 of the following year.

From the day Fucik was arrested, he was tortured and beaten so cruelly that he was on the verge of death, and his fellow sufferers prayed for him on his deathbed.But with strong perseverance, he endured the unbearable torture of ordinary people, and woke up from the bed of death.Life is endless, struggle is endless, and every day we live is a day of fighting against the enemy.He knew very well that once he fell into the hands of the secret police, there would be no hope of surviving him.It was on this basis that he acted.He organized and led the "collective in prison" to fight against the Nazi bandits. "In order to connect today behind bars with tomorrow of freedom", he used pens as knives and guns and insisted on writing in prison.He got the help of a kind-hearted Czech guard, Kolinski: he gave Fucik a pencil tip, pieces of paper, and guarded him, and sent the written scrolls out of the prison for storage. in the hands of many different people.After the liberation of the Czech Republic, Fucik's wife and his close friend Ladislav Shtor found the guard and patiently searched for these small notes, which were sorted out and published in 1945.This is what is known all over the world. "Report" is a magnificent poem written by an excellent communist fighter with blood.In the "Report", Fucik accused the people of the world of the brutal and bloody crimes of German fascism.I ask those who survived the fascist era to remember those unknown people who did everything that needed to be done at the decisive moment: the worker-turned-Communist Mrs. The willful girl, the naughty Lida...these are all the tall heroic images that Fucik sculpted in "Report".Fucik believes that "everyone who is faithful to the future and sacrifices for a better future is a stone statue. And every decayed and obsolete person who wants to stop the revolutionary torrent, even if he now wears golden epaulets, he It can only be a puppet carved from rotten wood." Fucik profoundly reveals the greatness and insignificance of human beings - statues and puppets, thus pointing out the path people should choose in life.

Fucik can be described as the purest, most sincere and most simple mortal in the world.His love for his wife was pure whiteness, fidelity and selflessness.In the "Report", there is a special section dedicated to his wife.He always remembered and praised her with joy and love. "She was of high character, sincere and warm, and she was a precious and faithful companion through a difficult and unstable life." "Struggles and frequent partings made us a pair of eternal lovers, not once but hundreds of times Feel the passion of that first meeting and that first touch in life. Whether in joy or sorrow, excitement or sorrow, our hearts always beat together, and our breaths always merge together." He longed Reunited with his wife, he described in detail in his "Report" how he wanted to see her.But he knew very well: "It is hopeless for us to walk hand in hand like children again on a sunny and windswept slope." He could not help crying, "Farewell, my dear. "He wanted his wife to live forever steadfast and courageous.He also wrote to his sister, asking her to tell his wife in due time: "I have always wanted her to be happy, and that she can live happily without me. She will say it is impossible. But this It is possible. At work, in the hearts of others, anyone can be replaced." What a noble, selfless person. This is true love.

Fucik was in his prime at this time. He longed for love and loved life. He knew that he had no hope of surviving, but he would never sacrifice his life at the price of tarnishing the glorious title of Communist Party member.In the "Report", he denounced those executioners who were not worthy of being Czechs.Those who sell their souls to the devil become more hateful than the devil.They are all extremely sinister, cunning, and cruel puppets, puppets influenced by fascism and various reactionary forces.It is these puppets that constitute the backbone of the reactionary Nazi rule and are the bane of the dark age.Fucik used his blood and life to send out earnest instructions: "People, we love you. You must be vigilant." Yes, all people who have dedicated themselves to the cause of human progress are all grateful to Fucik for his sincere reminder : Whenever and wherever, be vigilant against puppets of all kinds, open and hidden, cruel and insidious.

Fuchik died, a great life went out.But his great spirit survives forever and is passed down from generation to generation.His "Report" is not only a classic work in Czech proletarian literature, but also the common spiritual wealth of progressive people all over the world. Since it was published in the Czech Republic in 1945, the "Report" has been translated into more than 80 languages. In our country, as early as the 1950s, two versions translated from Russian and French were issued successively.This luminous work will continue to inspire and inspire us to move forward.