Crimes of War

A respected retired businessman in Winnipeg, well liked by his neighbors, is shattered to receive mysterious photographs in the mail. Photos of him as a young man, in his SS uniform. The Special Prosecutions Unit in Ottawa is dedicated to investigating and indicting Nazi war criminals in Canada. However they never manage to successfully prosecute a single one. Dozens of lawyers, historians, policemen, and clerk amass hundreds of files on suspects, most of whom inconveniently die. Increasingly demoralized by the prospect of the inevitable closing of the unit, many at SPU begin to look forward to the prospect of prosecuting criminals who are not wheel-chair bound. Dennis Connor, a historian, is eventually left as the last employee of the SPU, charged with the closing all of the files.