The humiliating public deportation of leading social democrats in an open truck becomes the unsettling apogee of the production, when the mid-19th-century tune "To wander is the miller’s delight" is chanted as a song of sneer.

The actors delicately deconstruct historic fact. Director Petra Jenni is interested in people and their motivations. - She lets history and the texts talk. Which is a lot in times when a lack of history is becoming fashionable again.

Four young people embark on a journey to find out who Ludwig Marum was. Following letters, contemporary witness reports, and documents, they slowly draw nearer to his faith. The audience is pulled into the private life of Johanna and Ludwig, experiencing the existential threat the family was facing.