Hamburgo, 1963. Después del suicidio de un viejo judío, su diario cae en manos de Peter Miller, un joven periodista freelance. Se trata de un testimonio de los inconcebibles y crueles crímenes cometidos por el capitán de las SS Eduard Roschmann, comandante del tristemente célebre campo de exterminio de Riga (Letonia). Al parecer, Roschmann vive en algún lugar de Hamburgo con una identidad falsa, pero Miller está decidido a encontrarlo como sea.
Un hombre de edad ya madura y bien situado decide hacer balance de su citación actual, concertando para idéntico día pero a distintas horas citas con sus tres amantes.
Lawrence Neman is a well-heeled New York average citizen. One day when he needs glasses, his appearance takes on a trait that corresponds to the widespread notions of Jewish physiognomy. As a result, Newman is soon treated and harassed as a Jew, feeling the latent anti-Semitism - which is first expressed by the fact that he loses his job. His opposition to the stupid dictatorship of public opinion is becoming increasingly violent, against prejudice and exclusion. Consciously he steps on the side of his Jewish fellow citizens, shares their fate, marries a Jewish woman, for whom he feels sincere affection.
