When Angela Merkel becomes Chancellor, her husband – the discreet chemistry professor Joachim Sauer – suddenly finds himself caught up in world politics, media frenzy, and the hell of diplomatic protocol. A man of reason, of science, of privacy – stranded on the global stage of emotional populism, power games, and strategic lies.

For years we wondered: what did Joachim Sauer actually do while his wife was running the country?
Now we know: he went mad.