Yes, for my personal life, definitely,
but on a higher level, I don't know.
I think every one of my words and every one of my acts
influence not only my life but our history in general.
On a local level, yes,
but on a global level,
our choices can't play an important role in the whole process.
No, because I'm only one person and I can't change our world globally.
It's the year 1941.
Horror and despair seem to have settled down in Europe
to stay there forever.
Just when people think it couldn't get any worse,
Auschwitz is turned
into a concentration and extermination camp.
Millions of lifes are about to be taken away.
At the same time, in Erfurt, Germany,
Topf and Sons company is making a great profit.
A great lot of different stuff is being produced there
from malt houses to crematoria ovens for civil purposes.
Even though the company is already successful,
its owners Ludwig and Wolfgang Topf
are constantly looking for opportunities to increase their profit.
Sometimes wishes get fulfilled.
They're offered a contract
for building the crematoria ovens of Auschwitz.
The two brothers make a decision
Their choice is to work together with the SS.
This decision was noticed by the engineer
whose name most workers don't even know.
Kurt Prüfer doesn't have a bright mind
but definitely a lot of ambitions.
Totally consumed by them,
he finally makes the decision to take a step towards success.
And the company's cooperation with the SS
is the perfect chance for it.
Prüfer creates the most convenient and efficient way
to get rid of the poisened air inside the gas chambers.
The SS finds it quite helpful.
Now they can kill more people in less time.
Prüfer himself inspects the result of his work by visiting Auschwitz.
The engineer does not find his actions
harmful in any way,
doesn't question his choice.
He just keeps on improving his work
so that the tiny chance of prisoners' survival
in the gas chambers completely vanishes.
After this story do you still doubt
whether your choice matters?