Schachnovelle von Stefan Zweig: Lektüreschlüssel mit Inhaltsangabe, Interpretation

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"Chess! Check the king!" On board a passenger steamer from New York to Buenos Aires, chess is played. What begins as a harmless pastime of wealthy travelers evokes traumatic memories in Dr. B. of his time as a prisoner of the Gestapo in Austria. Stefan Zweig's last and probably best-known work deals with psychological abysses and perfidious methods of torture.