 As a result, he lived through all years of fear, distrust and danger in the daily life of wartime Berlin and the psychological aspect of the Hampels' story intrigued him.He also had an ear for the simple speech of the common worker.A year after receiving the files, in autumn 1946, Fallada wrote "Every Man Dies Alone" in just 24 days and died a few months later, weeks before the book was published.