"The Reader" by Bernard Schlink about post WW2 Germany.

More than just a book, The Reader reminds that the concepts of guilt and responsibility are not clear-cut ideas, and even more so during the Nuremberg Trials. Guilt is simply one of the many human emotions, but the feeling of guilt is unique to everyone and there is no one meaning for guilt. Though guilt is such a strong feeling, judgments must not be made simply on how "guilty" one feels for their actions. If …

…ke mistakes. Responsibility for a crime is not simple the person all the evidence points to, in the case of the Holocaust, yet this is the way the Germans chose to do it. Guilt in a similar way is wrongly resolved. To resolve your guilt you have to face it, not hide it. It is not an easy issue to resolve because all too often forgiveness and guilt are never found in the same sentence.