The soul of a thief
Subtitle: a novel
By: Steven Hartov
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9781335144577
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Jews; World War, 1939-1945; Desertions; Mischlinge (Nuremberg Laws of 1935); Fiction
Description: "Shtefan Brandt, adjutant to a colonel of the Waffen SS, has made it through the war so far in spite of his commander's habit of bringing his staff into combat, and a pair of secrets that are far more dangerous than the battlefield. Shtefan is a Mischling and one of the thousands of German citizens of Jewish descent who have avoided the death camps by concealing themselves in the ranks of the German army. And he is in love with Gabrielle Belmont, the colonel's French mistress. Colonel Himmel has other concerns, however. He can see the war's end on the horizon and recognizes that he is not on the winning side... So he has taken matters into his own hands, hatching a plot to escape Europe. To fund his new life, he plans to steal a fortune from the encroaching Allies. A fortune that Shtefan, in turn, plans to steal from him"--