NITZA

“Nitza” is a sensitive love story; a fine blend of fiction, emotion and reality, set in the backdrop of the Holocaust during the Second World War. It has disparate characters spread between two time zones- the past and the present. It is a touching and unfinished story of love between a German SS Officer, Helmut, and his Jewish love, Nitza.

Helmut’s professional commitments compelled him to engage in committing atrocities against the Jews. But his conscience never approved of this. Even though professionally committed to the genocidal policies of the Nazi regime which aimed at eliminating the Jews from the face of the Earth, this did not dilute his love for Nitza. When he discovered Nitza one night in the queue of recently arrived prisoners at the Auschwitz Concentration camp, his professional identity faced a major conflict with his humane and compassionate self.

What is the ultimate outcome of their deep and unflinching love? The suspense of the consequences of the events that unfold between the two main characters under the extreme environment unveils right at the end of the story.

Subhajit, an Indian citizen of the second decade of the 21^st Century is a confused and bifurcated personality. He finds himself mentally connected to the 2^nd World War and the Third Reich right from his childhood.  His emotional, turbulent odyssey of self-realization, brought about by an unfettered insight into the terrains of human inter-relationships, deeply exploring the feelings of love and guilt gives a pitch-perfect description of the suburbia during the 2^nd World War. He is burdened by an inexplicable sense of guilt and inner pain. His relentless introspection is consequent to some strange visions and emotional upheaval which disturbs him endlessly. Does his visit to Auschwitz & Birkenau give him redemption from his sense of guilt and pain? How does he free himself from the growing sensation of guilt and burden which he seems to be carrying from his childhood?

The aspects of Love, Loss, Guilt, and Redemption unfold in a dramatic way.