Synopsis

Biberkopf earns his living independently, peddling necktie holders on the street corner, though he struggles to make a decent wage and feels no particular gift for public speaking. Having refused an offer to sell sex education pamphlets, he’s reluctantly persuaded to hawk copies of the Nazi newspaper *Völkischer Beobachter*, even donning a swastika armband in the process. On the subway, Franz encounters a Jewish vendor selling hot sausages, vehemently denying any antisemitism, and then Dreske, a