Redemption. Gorenstein F.

“Atonement” by Friedrich Gorenstein is an example of a masterful transformation of the plot for a story with a classic unity of place, time and action into a compact romance with philosophical thoughts about the Holocaust and the cinematic brightness of details.

December 31, 1945. The city in the Ukrainian SSR, recently freed from the Germans. A lieutenant - an August -unusual name of August arrives from the army for two days to find out about the fate of their relatives who did not have time to evacuate - his Jewish family. He is waiting for the truth, which is worse than the horrors experienced by him in the war.