Broken Oaths : Burton Mayers Books : 9781838484538 : 1838484531 : 07 Oct 2021 : Heidelberg, 1938 Doctor S?rk?ny's career is crumbling. The once eminent pathologist begins to lose everything that he holds dear - his reputation, position and pride. But what of his wife, ?va? What of his twin daughters and unborn son? Surely his family are more important than any profession? His vanity and covetousness do not see it that way. He blames his Jewish wife for his downfall. S?rk?ny's marriage vows matter less to him than his doctor's oath as he begins to desecrate them both with adultery and Nazi ideology. But all is in vain. After fleeing to Hungary, the German invasion of 1944 sees the family incarcerated in the Munk?cs Ghetto before being finally crammed into Eichmann's cattle cars en route to Auschwitz-Birkenau.