Alois Nebel is the train dispatcher in Bily Potok, a small town on the Czech-German border which has been just off the front-row for much of the European history of the 20th Century. Nebel has a sort of second sight which allows him to see much of that history as if it were happening in the present day, including trains bound for Auschwitz. The local authorities institutionalize him as mentally unsound, and he finds himself spending time with an apparent murderer who has recently wandered into town. Unfortunately, only the first volume of this graphic novel trilogy has been translated into English, which is a shame because it's a smart, nuanced story about history, memory, and the supple fragility of our mental facilities, presented through bold, stark drawings reminiscent of Peter Kuper and Jacques Tardi.