A doctor who lives in the rural mountains which surround Vienna often climbs the mountains at night, until one night he gets injured. He is so badly hurt that a new doctor, Dr. Heine, is called in from Vienna to help out with the injured doctor's patients. When the wife discovers that Dr. Heine is Jewish, she is nervous about how the townspeople will react. While Dr. Heine and the doctor's wife work to remove a tooth from a patient, Dr. Heine's coat catches on fire, and he worries he will lose his job. His wife assures him that it was her fault and all will be fine. Later, at dinner, Dr. Heine tells the couple's kids the story of the white horses of Vienna. The moral of his story centers around the idea that the government does not take into consideration human complexities and relationships, and instead becomes bitterly corrupt in order to get what they want. The police arrive at the Doctor's house to inform him that people are burning swastikas in the mountains above their house, and request his help to lead them up the mountain. The doctor cannot help, however, because his leg is still injured. Later, the injured doctor (who has taken up puppeteering in his free time) puts on a puppet show, but it quickly turns political. The police come to arrest the injured doctor, because Austria's chancellor was just murdered and they are arresting those who openly disagreed with him. Dr. Heine promises to bring him chocolate and peaches while he is in prison.