Their life was fictionalized in the Hans Fallada novel, where they are called Otto and Anna Quangel, and it is their son who is killed, rather than the wife's brother.
Их жизнь была описана в романе Ганса Фаллады, где их называют Отто и Анна Квангель; по сюжету погибает их сын, а не брат жены.