The Soul of a Thief

The Soul of a Thief by Steven Hartov, 293 pages.

Shtefan Brandt finds himself in the unusual and unenviable position of serving in the Waffen SS. As a young Jewish man (a Mischling, actually, son of a Jewish mother and Catholic father) this is not where he thought he would find himself. Brandt was working in a Viennese hospital when he was chosen to serve as the adjutant to a reckless, rule-breaking, war hero of an SS officer, Colonel Himmel. Rumors of his parentage haunt Brandt, and he has to hope that his false papers hold up well. Himmel doesn't care who
Brandt really is, just as long as he does his job. But when Brandt falls in love with the French mistress of the Colonel, he and the young woman find themselves in deepening jeopardy.