Plot
Former soldier Pyotr Vlasov now the director of atechnical school lives in asmall town above the Arctic Circle His son has vanished Evidence indicates that the young man disappeared the day after tattooing aswastika on the back of his head The investigation turns up asuspect but the kidnapper is actuallyPyotr himself Upon seeing his son with that repulsive tattoo Pyotr decides to lock the young man in abasement to reducate himHe spends all his free time writing letters with the tenets of his ideology and reads them to his son when he visits him Vlasov realizes that his son has taken apath that he finds repugnant Vlasov is apatriot of his homeland He believes the country lives surrounded by enemies with plenty within as well Now perhaps even his own son numbers among them