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Yes, for my personal life, definitely,

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but on a higher level, I don't know.

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I think every one of my words
and every one of my acts

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influence not only my life but
our history in general.

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On a local level, yes,

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but on a global level,

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our choices can't play an important
role in the whole process.

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No, because I'm only one person and
I can't change our world globally.

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It's the year 1941.

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Horror and despair seem to
have settled down in Europe

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to stay there forever.

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Just when people think it
couldn't get any worse,

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Auschwitz is turned

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into a concentration and
extermination camp.

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Millions of lifes are
about to be taken away.

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At the same time, in Erfurt, Germany,

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Topf and Sons company is
making a great profit.

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A great lot of different stuff
is being produced there

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from malt houses to crematoria
ovens for civil purposes.

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Even though the company
is already successful,

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its owners Ludwig and Wolfgang Topf

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are constantly looking for opportunities
to increase their profit.

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Sometimes wishes get fulfilled.

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They're offered a contract

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for building the crematoria
ovens of Auschwitz.

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The two brothers make a decision

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Their choice is to work together with the SS.

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This decision was noticed by the engineer

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whose name most workers don't even know.

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Kurt Prüfer doesn't have a bright mind

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but definitely a lot of ambitions.

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Totally consumed by them,

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he finally makes the decision
to take a step towards success.

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And the company's cooperation with the SS

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is the perfect chance for it.

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Prüfer creates the most
convenient and efficient way

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to get rid of the poisened
air inside the gas chambers.

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The SS finds it quite helpful.

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Now they can kill more
people in less time.

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Prüfer himself inspects the result
of his work by visiting Auschwitz.

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The engineer does not find his actions

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harmful in any way,

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doesn't question his choice.

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He just keeps on improving his work

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so that the tiny chance
of prisoners' survival

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in the gas chambers completely vanishes.

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After this story do you still doubt

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whether your choice matters?