Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - John Halder purofesa wezvinyorwa zveFrankfurt uye muenzaniso womunhu akanaka: iye sezviri pachena akazvipira kumudzimai wake navana uye anoita zvaanogona kutarisira amai vake vakwegura. Iye anototaura kushamwari yake yapedyo, uyo ari chiremba wepfungwa wechiJudha, kuti kushora vaJudha kwevaNational Socialist "inongova bharuni yavanokandira mudenga kuti vaparadzanise vanhu vazhinji". Asi iyi iGermany muna 1933, uye varume vanogona kuchinja. Cecil P. Taylor, achirondedzera kufambira mberi kwenyeredzi yake mumakore masere akananga kumusoro-soro kweSS, anotsanangura zvinonzwisisika zvikanganiso zvomunhu oga zvinotungamirira kukurumbidzwa kwechienzi chavose. Pasi pe'kunaka' kwaHalder kwokunze pane kutsauka kwetsika kunotyisa: anogona kusiya mudzimai wake akatsauswa nokuda kwomudzidzi akazvipira, akanyora bhuku rinotsigira rufu rwomutsa, anonzwa mumusoro make nziyo dzinopfuurira dzinobatsira kubvisa zvomene zvezuva nezuva. Pfungwa yaTaylor ndeyokuti chiNazi chakatora zvikanganiso zvomunhu oga uye chakarasikirwa netsika dzakanaka muvanhu vakadzidza uye vakangwara. Pakutanga Halder anodavira kuti anogona kubetsera 'kusundira vaNazi kuvanhu.' Zvishoma nezvishoma anoguma ava kuzvikudza, kuda chinzvimbo uye kuda upenyu hwakanaka. Kupfuura zvose, anoramba asina kubatana nenzira inoshamisa nechokwadi. Pakupedzisira Halder haasati achingova bedzi mutezo webato reNazi asi anotambawo rutivi rwakananga mukupiswa kwamabhuku neSS, mumiedzo yokuuraya nenzira yorudo, muusiku hweGirazi Rakaputsika
, uye, pakupedzisira, mukuparadza rudzi kwaAdolf Eichmann paAuschwitz, apo Maurice, manyuko bedzi endangariro yechiJudha mumutambo uye simba rapakuvamba re"zvakanaka" muHalder, anoguma adzingwa.