Can you ever forgive the unforgivable? In 1962, Emil Clement comes
face to face with Paul Meissner at a chess tournament in Holland.
They haven't seen one another in almost two decades. Clement, 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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Moving story of friendship and forgiveness
Sun, 12 Feb 2017 | Review
by: Marion York R.
One of the best books about the Holocaust that I have read.
Emil Clement, 'The Watchmaker' is a former Jewish inmate of Auschwitz. He was forced to play chess against the Nazi guards. Win/lose = life of prisoner saved/lost. Paul Meissner, the SS officer who forced Clement to play, becomes a priest after the war. The book flashes back and forth from 1944 to 1962 when they meet again and their time in Auschwitz is revealed.
Moving story of forgiveness and friendship in the strangest ways.
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