The Death's Head Chess Club
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Word Count
100,000 words, Guess
Page Count
400 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivedeathsheadchessc0000dono
- Internet Archivedeathsheadchessc0000dono_u6b9
- Internet Archivedeathsheadchessc0000dono_d4y7
- ISBN-101782396454
- ISBN-101782393137
and 6 more
- ISBN-139781782396451
- ISBN-139781782393139
- OCLC Control Number902698747
- Better World Books9781782396451
- Better World Books9781782393139
- Open LibraryOL28252153M
Classifications
- DDC823.92
- LCCPR6104.O554
- LCCPR6104
Description
SS Obersturmfuhrer Paul Meissner arrives in Auschwitz from the Russian front. After being badly wounded he is fit only for administrative duty and his first and most pressing task is to improve flagging camp morale. He sets up a chess club which thrives, as the officers and enlisted men are allowed to gamble on the results of the games. However, when Meissner learns from a chance remark that chess is also played by the prisoners he hears of a Jewish watchmaker who is 'unbeatable'. Meissner sets out to discover the truth behind this rumour and what he finds will haunt him to his death ...
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