This is my story - my life from the horrors of war and slaughter to the travails of change and atonement. For much of my life I lived in fear that my past would catch up to me. I hid my beliefs and prejudices and walked among the gentle, unsuspecting people of a small American town. I am, or was, an embodiment of madness, atrocity, cruelty and horror. I had to remind myself how to behave, react and interact with those around me. I could not pick my friends, neighbors or the people I would like to associate with. I could not express my desires and thoughts. I could not do what I wanted to do. I was locked inside a mad world without the ability to make any contribution, as I used to do - during the war and before it. Friends and neighbors? I shunned them. Social groups and religious organizations? I shunned them as well. Often I thought it better to turn myself in or die one way or another - just to get everything over with. That changed one day - a miraculous day when a young child came into my life and helped me back into life, reappraisal, and a quest for atonement. That young child was Jewish. And I am a former SS officer.

The dark angel is disgusted with mankind: They have butchered each other. They have neglected and abused children and the elderly. They have murdered each other en masse. Theyve even created a system for the organized elimination of their own race. The dark angel believes its time for the world to be destroyed. But the light angel disagrees. He believes there is still good in the world, and he resolves to find it. The light angel must locate ten righteous peoplethose who harbored purely evil souls, who conducted their lives committing heinous acts, but who have changed their ways of thinking, changed their morals, and changed their perspectivestheir hearts and souls transformed into good. Ten Righteous People tells ten personal stories of good and evil. Among a drug cartel leader, a corrupt treasury accountant, mercenaries, and a Nazi soldier, there is a common battle. They must each confront the truth of their actions and make a critical, life-changing decision. The fate of the world depends on their repentance.