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A beautiful, moving detective story set in Auschwitz in the Christmas of 1943.A prisoner's discovery ... Auschwitz, 1943. In the snowy bleakness of winter, a young Jewish boy imprisoned in a concentration camp stumbles upon an SS officer's body.A detective's dilemma ... Hugo Fischer is tasked with investigating the Nazi officer's mysterious death. But he is hiding his own secret - he is suffering from a degenerative disease. His survival is tied to his support of the Reich.A confrontation with evil ... In Auschwitz, Hugo comes face to face with a complex murder - and the horrific truth of the Final Solution. He is forced to decide what is most important to him - and who, if anyone, he should try to save ...