Deich Friedrich - The Sanity Inspectors - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: What is truth in a world filled with lies? What is sanity when everyone in charge seems mad? How can good people survive in a system where everyone is compromised and corrupted? These are the questions Friedrich Deich examines in The Sanity Inspectors his novel about a German psychiatrist struggling to stay faithful to his Hippocratic oath (First do no harm') when the Nazi regime has begun its campaign to rid its population of the 'undesirables': Jews the insane the feeble and mentally handicapped. Doctor Vossmenge Deich's protagonist is eventually forced to join the Luftwaffe as a medical officer. There he attempts to subvert the system from within by releasing reluctant airmen from service through bogus diagnoses. His scheme however ultimately leads to his arrest and a death sentence. Vossmenge's crisis of conscience is illuminated by a running correspondence with a Lutheran pastor who tries to alert him to the moral consequences of his choices. The Sanity Inspectors continues the mission of Recovered Books series to rescue exceptional books long unavailable to today's readers.
Title: The Sanity Inspectors
Author(s): Deich Friedrich
Publisher: Uea Publishing Project
Barcode: 9781913861872
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 5/31/2023
Series: Recovered Books
Category: Fiction In Translation