History is the favorite subject of American schoolchild Todd Bowden. He is a bright student and the hope of the school. With fear and trembling, he leafs through the chronicle of the bloody past, peering into the faces of nameless victims. Suddenly, the boy finds out that his neighbor is a cruel Nazi criminal who managed to evade justice. In exchange for his silence, the teenager demands that the old man reveal to him the sinister secrets of the darkest chapter in human history. While his peers are studying physics and mathematics, Todd is studying a terrible science that is not covered in school - the science of evil. His neighbor turns out to be a good teacher. In the quiet, frightened old man, the bloody concentration camp guard Kurt Dussander awakens again. And for the capable student the time comes for the final exam...

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