Synopsis

Following the occupation of Hungary in 1944, SS Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Eichmann orchestrated the deportation of the country’s Jewish population, initiating the most intense period of killing in the history of Auschwitz. The Allied powers, confronted with agonizing choices, debated whether to dedicate precious resources to disrupting transport routes to the camp. They also wrestled with Eichmann's proposition: a chilling offer of one million Jewish lives in exchange for specific provisions – th