Daniel Stein, interpreter : a novel in documents

This epic biographical novel based on true events shares a “ moving depiction of how Holocaust survivors struggle to rebuild their lives” ( Historical Novel Society ). This innovative novel tells the story of Daniel Stein, a Polish Jew who narrowly survives the Holocaust by working for the Gestapo as an interpreter. Meanwhile, he secretly helps hundreds of Jews escape the ghetto. After the war, he converts to Catholicism, becomes a priest, and finally emigrates to Israel. Despite this seemingly far-fetched progression, the life of Daniel Stein is not an invention—he is based on a real person, Oswald Rufeisen, a Carmelite priest. Daniel Stein, Interpreter ranges from before World War II to modern times, and from the shtetl to Israel to America. It portrays a life full of amazing contradictions and undaunted faith. The novel tells the story of Daniel Stein, a Polish Jew who narrowly survives the Holocaust by working for the Gestapo as an interpreter. After the war, he converts to Catholicism, becomes a priest, enters the Order of Barefoot Carmelites, and finally emigrates to Israel. Despite this seemingly impossible progression, the life and destiny of Daniel Stein are not an invention- the character is based on the actual life of Oswald Rufeisen, the real Brother Daniel.--From front book jacket Ce roman s'inspire de la vie du père Daniel Stein. Juif, né en Pologne en 1922 de mère polonaise et de père allemand, il échappe à la déportation en se faisant passer pour un Allemand, se convertit au catholicisme avant de s'installer en Israël dans un monastère près d'Haïfa, jusqu'à sa mort en 1998. --[Memento]. Daniel Stein, Interpreter is seen by many as the great Russian novel of our time. Winner of the Russian National Literary Prize and the Simone de Beauvoir Prize, and nominated for the Russian Booker Novel of the Decade, Ludmila Ulitskaya has earned accola