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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...

The Death's Head Chess Club

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Can you ever forgive the unforgivable?In 1962, Emil Clément comes face to face with Paul Meissner at a chess tournament... Read more

    Publisher: Atlantic Books
    Publication Date: 03/09/2015
    ISBN13: 9781782393139, 978-1782393139
    ISBN10: 1782393137

    Number of Pages: 400

    Fiction , Historical Fiction

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    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...

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