Chapter II: Introduction: v

PART I

I THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE 3

II RUHLEBEN: THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS 13

III THE SANATORIUM 25

IV PLANNING THE DETAILS 31

V A GLIMPSE OF FREEDOM 39

VI IN HIDING 52

VII FAILURE 69

VIII A NEW HOPE 76

IX BREAKING PRISON 91

X CAUGHT AGAIN! 109

XI UNDER ESCORT 120

XII THE STADTVOGTEI AND “SOLITARY” 126

XIII CLASSES AND MASSES IN THE STADTVOGTEI 146

XIV PRISON LIFE AND OFFICIALS 154

PART II

XV A FRESH ATTEMPT 179

XVI FROM BERLIN TO HALTERN 190

XVII WESTWARD HO! 202

XVIII THE GAME IS UP 218

PART III

XIX FOOTING THE BILL 233

XX RUHLEBEN AGAIN 251

XXI THE DAY 265

XXII ORDER OF MARCH 292

XXIII THE ROAD THROUGH THE NIGHT 304

XXIV CROSSING THE EMS 319

XXV THE LAST LAP 333

XXVI FREE AT LAST 348