Together with Primo Levi, Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel, Weil is one of the great chroniclers of a key period in European history, who also dares to portray masterfully the psychological dilemmas of those who were forced to collaborate with the Nazis .
Prague, 1942. Julius Schlesinger, aspiring SS officer, has received orders from his superiors to remove the statue of the Jew Felix Mendelssohn from the Rudolfinum roof. But which of the effigies is that of the distinguished composer? Schlesinger decides to put into practice the teachings received in a course of "racial science," and orders his men to knock down the one with the largest nose. Only the statue they choose turns out to be Richard Wagner's. Mendelssohn on the roof offers a satirical look at everyday life in a Prague plagued by Nazi occupation. A masterpiece of evil, pain, power, violence and suffering that shows us that, despite our sad fate, the human being always finds new ways to survive.