该叙述背景设定于1958年时期的联邦德国，乔汉由演员亚历山大·斐林饰演，是一位法庭检察官，专注于审理涉及交通法规违反而引发的司法纠纷案。某日，在办公场所中，一名名为托马斯的角色——由安德烈·席曼斯基扮演—公开指控一中学教师曾为纳粹统治下的奥斯威辛集中营内的观察员，然而此人至今仍未受到应有的法律责任追究。                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       。