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Beschreibung
Can you ever forgive the unforgivable?
In 1962, Emil Clément comes face to face with Paul Meissner at a chess tournament in Holland. They haven't seen one another in almost two decades. Clément, once known only as The Watchmaker, is a Jewish former inmate of Auschwitz. Whilst there, he was forced to play chess against Nazi guards. If he won, he could save a fellow prisoner's life; if he lost, he would lose his own. Meissner, a soft-spoken priest, was also at Auschwitz. He was the SS Officer who forced The Watchmaker to play...
Can you ever forgive the unforgivable?
In 1962, Emil Clément comes face to face with Paul Meissner at a chess tournament in Holland. They haven't seen one another in almost two decades. Clément, once known only as The Watchmaker, is a Jewish former inmate of Auschwitz. Whilst there, he was forced to play chess against Nazi guards. If he won, he could save a fellow prisoner's life; if he lost, he would lose his own. Meissner, a soft-spoken priest, was also at Auschwitz. He was the SS Officer who forced The Watchmaker to play...
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 304 S.
ISBN-13: 9781782393139
ISBN-10: 1782393137
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Paperback
Autor: Donoghue, John
Hersteller: Atlantic Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 198 x 129 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: John Donoghue
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.09.2015
Gewicht: 0,289 kg
Artikel-ID: 104877950