The struggle between the two politicians Uwe Barschel and Björn Engholm for power: Barschel had launched a campaign against Engholm with the help of his press officer Reiner Pfeiffer. The other side took countermeasures. Based on the results of the Kiel investigative committee on the so-called "drawer affair" and with the help of his own investigation, Heinrich Breloer recounts the scandal in his proven combination of documentary material and scenes from the game until Engholm resigned on 3 May. May 1993.