The administrator of the mass deportation of Jews to the Nazi death camps, Adolf Eichmann, was hanged in Israel's first and only execution. Shalom Nagar, a religious Jewish ritual slaughterer and street philosopher who believes in charity, was the hangman.

His life encapsulates the story from the perspective of "the other" the marginalized Sephardi prison warden who was forced to do the dirty work of hanging the arch-enemy, and thus to carry a national burden that dramatically shaped the country, and his life.

Shaloms job as a slaughterer in the abattoir, together with memories of his past, create a complex portrait of character who repeatedly finds himself at the cusp of historical events, yet remains simple and humane, and despite all his personal tragedies maintains his characteristic faith and humor.

Shalom's voice, yet unheard, coming from the edge of Israel's historical events, reveals new insights through a unique perspective. His clear, alternative outlook from the margins of society carries a deeply humanistic universal message.