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in 1963, Eva Bruhns, a young woman working as an interpreter for Polish language, lives with her family above the "Deutsches Haus", a renowned pub that is run by her parents Edith and Ludwig. Eva is unexpectedly summoned to the court for a criminal trial, necessitating her services as an interpreter.
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after presenting new evidence, Eva's mother Edith Bruhns is called as a defense witness. Eva learns that her parents denounced the defendant Mulka in 1943 for making subversive statements. Eva leaves the court, breaks off contact with her parents, and moves out of the family home. She quits her job,
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to get a firsthand impression of the camp layout and circumstances. Visiting the camp has a profound impact on everyone involved. In the guesthouse that evening, David Miller is provoked into a fight. He confesses to Eva and Kübler that he lied about his family been in the
Auschwitz death camp. Eva
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Eva’s parents Edith and Ludwig deny knowing the Mulkas. The defendant
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Eva takes the oath in court and nervously starts to interpret. Jürgen doesn't support her decision to take the job, but nevertheless introduces Eva to his father and stepmother. In court, a Jewish woman called Rachel Cohen identifies one of the defendants as the officer in charge of "selection" on
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extermination machinery, realizing a personal connection to this harrowing place. Amid the prevailing hypocritical normality of post-war
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Auschwitz trial in Frankfurt – prosecuting former
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who she remembers from her childhood. She asks for forgiveness, but he refuses to absolve her of her guilt. Matured, Eva returns to
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and the atrocities committed there. Jürgen is waiting for her at home, having asked her father for her hand in marriage. Eva tells Jürgen and her family that she intends to interpret at the trial.
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to death in 1941. The account shakes her to the core. At the
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