Sage discovers that Josef’s real name is Reiner Hartmann he was the Schutzhaftlagerführer of the women’s camp in Auschwitz (a role that had him responsible for keeping the camp in order) while his younger brother, Franz, was the Hauptscharführer sergeant, in charge of administrative duties.Īs teenagers, Sage’s paternal grandmother, Minka, and her best friend, Darija, were in the same women’s camp of which the Hartmann brothers were in charge.
Instead of granting his request, Sage goes behind Josef’s back and straight to Human Rights and Special Prosecution lawyer Leo Stein. After quickly forming a friendship, Josef asks Sage to help him die: during World War II, he was an SS (Schultz-Staffel) guard and can no longer live with the guilt of all the people he killed. Twenty-five year old Sage Singer meets ninety-five year old Josef Weber in the New Hampshire-based grief-counseling group she’s been attending since her mother’s death three years ago.
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