Phakathi kowe-1945 nowe-1946 iimbono ezidumileyo ze Inkqubo yenkundla yaseNuremberg. Inkohlakalo yakutshanje yobuNazi ifuna ukuba inyathelo elikhawulezileyo elithathe iinyanga ezininzi kwaye lasebenza njengoluhlobo lomthetho jikelele ekuqwalaseleni ngokuqatha ulwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe; Olo thatho ludumileyo lokuqwalaselwa koluntu ngenxa yolwaphulo-mthetho olwenziweyo emfazweni lokungcwaba ukubulawa kwabantu, isisombululo sokugqibela sobuNazi esityholwa bubugeza.
Uninzi lwamagosa aphezulu athathwe kuRhulumente Wesithathu wanika ingxelo ngenkqubo yabo yokubulala, abanye babaleka (nditsho noStalin wakhankanya ukuba noHitler ngokwakhe ubalekile. Iingalo zomnqamlezo wam, ethi thsuphe malunga nokugabadela)
Kodwa indlela yokuqala yobulungisa ayinakugubungela yonke into ngobunzulu obufunekayo. Olunye uvavanyo oluninzi lwasasazeka kwelo Jamani lonzakele ngenxa yexesha elidlulileyo kwaye lizimisele ukuqhubeka nokunikezela ngeakhawunti de kube kunokwenzeka ukushukuma olo uthuli lubi kwizazela.
Le noveli isibeka kunyaka we-1963, umzuzu apho ityala lase-Auschwitz labanjwa khona, apho izimvo zakhe zikhona nokurekhodwa ukuba umbhali UAnnette hess kuhlolwe ngokupheleleyo kwifayile ye- Uvimba wembali waseWiesbaden.
Ukusukela ngoko ukuya phambili, ngezakhono zokubhala u-Annette wajika waba ngumbhali wenoveli, waqala ukwakha le noveli yokufunda. Ukukhawulezisa ukusebenza kwayo kodwa ikwachulumancisa kubomi bangaphakathi beengxoxo ezenza iingxoxo ezibonakala ngathi zimema umfundi ukuba acamngce, atolike isivakalisi ngasinye, ahlale kummeli ophambili kuye, uEva Bruhn.
Kungenxa yokuba uEva uphela engulowo ugxila kuyo yonke into kweli bali. Ukufumanisa kwakhe kwamfaka emthonjeni wexesha elingekude kangako, akuba ethathe isigqibo sokuthatha inxaxheba njengetoliki yasePoland kwityala laseAuschwitz kwisixeko saseFrankfurt. Kwaye ufumanisa ukuthula okuvulekileyo kusapho lwakhe, iimpawu ezimnyama ezinokukhokelela kukufumanisa okungalindelekanga. Ukungqubana okunzima nenyani yamanxeba asaphiliswe kakubi, egazini kusaqhubeka kuchitheka kwaye kushushu, kwintlungu kunye netyala.
Ekuqaleni ujongana kuphela nenguqulelo yobungqina ngokwembono yobungcali. Kodwa njengoko efumanisa ububi, amathandabuzo amhlasela. Kwaye nangona efuna ukucinga ukuba ayinguye oya kugweba yonke into, ukungena kwindawo yecebo lakhe buqu kuya kugqibela ngokujongana nesona sigwebo sigqibeleleyo kwihlabathi lakhe liphela.
Ungayithenga ngoku inoveli Indlu yaseJamani, incwadi entsha ka-Annette Hess, apha: