Vom Umgang mit der Schuld is an essayistic documentary film that deals with the question of how the horror of the Shoah continues to have an impact on families, relationships and society to this day. The Aryanization of the Eibuschütz clothing store in Linz by the Derflinger family is the historical anchor point from which the storylines develop. Alongside the last survivor of the Eibuschütz family, we meet poeple who are both victims and perpetrators in the search for facts that have been hushed up until now, and together they try to understand the wounds that the Holocaust has torn into our lives and how we can deal with the consequences of the greatest injustice in history.
In contrast to films that follow a straightforward narrative based on historical facts, Vom Umgang mit der Schuld wants to be understood as a kaleidoscope of voices and images, as a search. A search for ways to deal with the unspeakable that still has an impact today.