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November 1943. The icy depths of the North Atlantic. A German U-boat, U-537, is hunted, crippled, and forced to surface by Canadian forces. What follows is not a story of brutality—but one of quiet, crushing defeat delivered by politeness, cold forests, and overwhelming normalcy.

This is the true story of Carl Hoffman, a captured German submariner who expected violence and found something far more devastating: kindness, wilderness, and the slow dismantling of ideology. Transported deep into the heart of Ontario’s uncharted forests, Carl and his fellow POWs would face a new kind of prison—one without walls, where escape meant death, and the enemy offered blankets, bacon, and Beethoven.

🇨🇦 From surrender at sea to life behind barbed wire on the shores of Lake Superior, this is a story of psychological warfare through politeness, and how a polite enemy, a frozen wilderness, and a cup of hot coffee can destroy a worldview more effectively than bullets ever could.

🎬 Watch until the end to see how the war ends—not with fire, but with an announcement... and lunch.

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