1978: Jewish game show host Hans has a live show scheduled for November 9, the 40th anniversary of the notorious Nazi pogrom of 1938. Hans wants to attend the memorial event, but his TV boss forces him to do his job: The show must go on.

Rosenthal

Not an easy decision! District Administrator Hans Schuierer from the Upper Palatinate first opposed his own political line in 1981 and finally against the entire Bavarian Free State and Prime Minister Strauss. Because the planned reprocessing plant Wackersdorf promised 3,000 new jobs for the structurally weak region - but what if these are associated with massive health and ecological damage for future generations? Isn't it then the duty of a politician and citizen to resist?