Who is Schorner from Black Cross and what is their importance? Black_Cross_(novel) English & Literature Schorner | Black Cross

Schorner is an SS officer who lost his eye while in Russia. He is a decorated war veteran and usually a drunk. However, Schorner quits drinking so much when he takes a liking to a young Jewish woman, named Rachel, who was recently brought to the camp. He requests her as a lover shortly after her husband was killed by the camp overseer. Schorner has a genuine affection for this woman and does what he can for her and her children in order to survive the camp until he can find a way for them to be released from it. It is his vulnerability to this woman that has caused a great deal of conflict with Schorner and a lower ranking officer, Sturm. Sturm frequently attacks Rachel as a means to hurt Schorner.