Dr. Schlichter von Koenigswald Character Analysis

“He was in the S.S. for fourteen years. He was a camp physician at Auschwitz for six of those years.”

“Doing penance at the House of Hope and Mercy is he?”

“Yes,” said Castle, “and making great strides, too, saving lives right and left.”

“Good for him.”

“Yes. If he keeps going at his present rate, work­ing night and day, the number of people he’s saved will equal the number of people he let die—in the year 3010.”

“He was in the S.S. for fourteen years. He was a camp physician at Auschwitz for six of those years.”

“Doing penance at the House of Hope and Mercy is he?”

“Yes,” said Castle, “and making great strides, too, saving lives right and left.”

“Good for him.”

“Yes. If he keeps going at his present rate, work­ing night and day, the number of people he’s saved will equal the number of people he let die—in the year 3010.”