The Death's Head Chess Club by John Donoghue

The Death's Head Chess Club by John Donoghue

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...

John Donoghue has worked in mental health for over twenty years and written numerous articles about the treatment of mental illness in a variety of medical journals. He is married and lives in Liverpool.

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ISBN 13	9781782393139
ISBN 10	1782393137
Title	The Death's Head Chess Club
Author	John Donoghue
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Atlantic Books
Year published	2015-09-03
Number of pages	400
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