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The Sanity Inspectors

The Sanity Inspectors

Deich, Friedrich

Paperback

Classic FictionGeneral FictionHistorical Fiction

ISBN10: 1913861872
ISBN13: 9781913861872
Publisher: Boiler House Press
Published: May 31 2023
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.65 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English

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.

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