The Oath

Awards:   Winner of Kirkus Indie Best Book of the Month - July 2016 2016 (United States) Winner of Kirkus Indie Best Book of the Month — July 2016 2016 (United States) Winner of Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2016 2016 (United States)
Author:   Stephen Robert Stein
Publisher:   Rare Bird Books
ISBN:  

9781945572166


Pages:   428
Publication Date:   01 December 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Awards

  • Winner of Kirkus Indie Best Book of the Month - July 2016 2016 (United States)
  • Winner of Kirkus Indie Best Book of the Month — July 2016 2016 (United States)
  • Winner of Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2016 2016 (United States)

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"Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2016 The Oath tracks the intertwined lives of Dr. Katz and SS Doktor Bloch, who both survive Auschwitz and the war to practice medicine in the United States, never losing the stains upon their souls. Katz, a respected Jewish French surgeon captured by the Nazis, volunteers to serve at Auschwitz, believing he can protect his wife and children from the gas chambers by helping Joseph Mengele and other SS physicians with their human studies. There he meets Tamara Lissner, a Czech teenager who miraculously survives death in the chambers, but when he hides her in his lab, she becomes witness to the medical torture Katz is forced to impose upon fellow Jews as he assists Doktor Bloch in his cold immersion experiments. After the war, Doktor Bloch avoids criminal prosecution through ""Operation Paperclip,"" a clandestine government program that welcomes German scientists to America (including Werner von Braun), ignoring Nazi ties and their participation in the war. Years later, Tamara reenters Dr. Katz's life, helping him deal with the shame and guilt of his actions at Auschwitz. But just when Katz is coming to terms with his past, he receives a call from former Auschwitz inmate Martin Brosky, who has devoted his life to bringing painful retribution to Nazi criminals who have evaded capture. Martin insists that Michel help him kill Bloch, and Michel must now weigh the risks of defying Martin against the sweetness of revenge, knowing well that his own sordid complicity at Auschwitz could be revealed."

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Author:   Stephen Robert Stein
Publisher:   Rare Bird Books
Imprint:   Rare Bird Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.709kg
ISBN:  

9781945572166


ISBN 10:   1945572167
Pages:   428
Publication Date:   01 December 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Stein...fearlessly handles the numerous moral questions, with the characters' responses to those issues subtly nuanced. A vivid, multilayered tale that focuses on doctors in Auschwitz and their fates after the war. Â Kirkus The Oath is nothing less than a profound work of historical fiction. A definite must read as well as an inimitable addition to Holocaust history. Â San Francisco Book Review a magnificent novel that opens your eyes, breaks your heart and shakes you to your core and stays with you even after the last word is read. Â Manhattan Book Review


Stein...fearlessly handles the numerous moral questions, with the characters responses to those issues subtly nuanced. A vivid, multilayered tale that focuses on doctors in Auschwitz and their fates after the war. <i>Kirkus</i> <i>The Oath</i> is nothing less than a profound work of historical fiction. A definite must read as well as an inimitable addition to Holocaust history. <i>San Francisco Book Review</i> a magnificent novel that opens your eyes, breaks your heart and shakes you to your core and stays with you even after the last word is read. <i>Manhattan Book Review</i>


Author Information

Stephen Robert Stein is a retired orthopedic surgeon living in rural Indiana with his wife, Becky, and they have two children, Matthew and Alyssa. Leaving his thirty year practice in Phoenix, he moved out to Batesville, Indiana, where he concentrated on writing and enjoying the Midwestern lifestyle. They have traveled extensively throughout Europe laying a solid historical foundation for The Oath while delving deeper into the reasons behind the Holocaust. His passions include Scuba diving, flying and exploring new environments. He presently serves as the President of the Batesville School Board and is active as a Director of the Ivy Tech Community College Foundation.

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