Lautner, Robert,

The draughtsman / Robert Lautner. - 490 pages ; 23 cm

Germany, 1944. Ernst Beck's new job marks an end to months of unemployment. Working for Erfurts most prestigious engineering firm, Topf & Sons, means he can finally make a contribution to the war effort, provide for his beautiful wife, Etta, and make his parents proud. But there is a price. Ernst is assigned to the firms smallest team - the Special Ovens Department. Reporting directly to Berlin his role is to annotate plans for new crematoria designed to burn day and night. Their destination: the concentration camps. Topf's new client: the SS. As the true nature of his work dawns on him, Ernst has a terrible choice to make: turning a blind eye will keep him and Etta safe, but that's little comfort if staying silent amounts to collusion in the death of thousands.

ISBN: 9780008126711 (hbk.) 0008126712 (hbk.) 9780008126728 (pbk.)

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB5H2974 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Choice (Psychology)--Fiction.
Engineering firms--Germany--Fiction.
Ethical problems--Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Fiction.
Nineteen forties--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Germany--History--1933-1945--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 823.92