
ProfessorMamlock,asuccessfulandrespectedJewishsurgeon,doeshisbesttoignorethepoliticalcrisisoftheWeimarRepublic.Heisgreatlytroubledbythepoliticaltendenciesofhisson,Rolf,apassionatecommunistwhoisdeterminedtoresistthestrengtheningNaziPartybyallmeans.WhentheNazisseizepowerandbrutallycrushallopposition,MamlockisforcedtoleavehisclinicforJewsarenolongerallowedtopracticemedicine.HeisdraggedthroughthestreetsbySAmenwhoemblazonhisdoctor'srobewiththeword"Jew".Mamlock,brokenandhumiliated,attemptssuicidebutfails.Asherecovers,hehearsanSArallyoutsidethehospital.Hecarriesaspeechcallingonthepeopletoresist,havingfinallyrealizedthathispoliticalapathywasamistake.TheSAshoothimdead.Rolf,whoescapedadeportationtoaconcentrationcamp,becomesleaderofanewresistancemovement.


