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It's late morning on February 18, 1943, at the University of Munich in Germany.

Inside the grand main building on campus, throngs of students hustle from one class to the next.

They bob and weave around a much older man,

56-year-old janitor, Jakub Schmidt, who wheels his cart of cleaning supplies down the halls.

Jacob has worked at this university for almost 20 years. He's far too old to be a soldier,

so he views his service here in these halls of learning as his contribution to the war effort.

The Second World War is in its fourth year, and the tide of the conflict has turned against Germany, which faces heavy casualties

fighting the Soviet Union in the east and now fresh troops from the United States in the west.

But Yaakov is confident his country will prevail. He is a devoted member of the Nazi party.

Jakob and his cart arrive at the polished mosaic floor of the atrium, but before he can get

to work with his mob, he hears a commotion high above him. He looks up to see dozens of sheets of

paper spiraling downward from above. Jakob snatches a piece of paper out of the air.

It's a leaflet that calls on the students at the university

to revolt against Nazi rule in Germany.

The janitor scowls and tosses the paper aside.

He looks up to the top floor of the atrium and sees two students,

a handsome young man in his early 20s and a short, dark-haired

girl just a few years younger, holding a red briefcase. Thinking these are the culprits, Jacob

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