The Milkman

Jakob Weinberg lives in Munich. He is seventy years old, survived Auschwitz, and is highly respected by his friends. They call him "Milkman" because he once found a box of powdered milk in the camp and became the savior of his fellow prisoners. So goes the carefully maintained legend. Weinberg cannot complain: He is wealthy and has a young mistress. At the end of October 1995, it happens: a tissue sample portends trouble, seven days of uncertainty. His inheritance is at stake. His children, his mistress, and his friends put pressure on Weinberg. Saturday, November 4th, another shock: Yitzhak Rabin, whom Weinberg admires, is assassinated. He is desperate. A Jew has murdered another. Auschwitz threateningly returns to his consciousness. Now the "Milkman" tries to bring order to his life. When he finally learns the diagnosis, he acts decisively.
"A fictional contemporary plot and concentration camp reports based on facts combine... to form the first German-language novel that describes the psychological long-term consequences of the cruel camp routine for the survivors of the Shoah." (Süddeutsche Zeitung)


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