"Every Man Dies Alone," also known in some translations as "Alone in Berlin," is a powerful novel by German author Hans Fallada, first published posthumously in 1947. It was written over just 24 days in late 1946, inspired by the true story of Otto and Elise Hampel, a working-class couple in Berlin who performed acts of civil disobedience against the Nazi regime during World War II.

The story follows Otto and Anna Quangel, who, after losing their son in the war, start a campaign of writing postcards with anti-Nazi slogans and dropping them in public places around Berlin. Their small acts of defiance set off a tense cat-and-mouse game with the Gestapo and bring into focus the courage and desperation of ordinary people in the face of totalitarian brutality.