a novel written in 1927 by German novelist, Arnold Zweig (1887 - 1968). It is about a Russian prisoner of war, Sergeant Grischa Paprotkin, who escapes from a prison in Germany and takes the identity of a dead Russian soldier, but later is recaptured by the Germans and sentenced to death as a spy. Although his identity is cleared up, he is still executed a s an example. —HEV Approved Glossary