The illustration team of Volker Schlecht and Alexandra Kardinar, under the artist's name "Drushba Pankow", impressively and vividly narrate the life of the Pallottine Kardinar, under the artist's name "Drushba Pankow", tell the story of the life of the Pallottine priest Richard Henkes as a graphic documentary. On the basis of historical events and and letters of Richard Henkes, the illustrations depict his path to becoming a martyr for the his path to becoming a martyr of charity. For the graphic documentary Volker Schlecht developed the storyboard and Alexandra Kardinar the colouring concept. The fictional characters of the narrator and his wife, based on sworn testimonies. based on sworn testimonies. The hook is the prominent Auschwitz trial, which memories of the events in the Dachau concentration camp and thus of Richard Henkes. Richard Henkes and thus leads into the actual plot. In several flashbacks that develop from the conversation between the fictional narrator and Richard Henkes. Richard Henkes, various periods of Father Henkes' life are discussed:

the care of his sick fellow brother Franz Xaver Salzhuber, whom Henkes had served with during World War I, his crisis period in the seminary, his work in Frankenstein and Branitz, his arrest, and finally his time in the Dachau concentration camp until his death are all chronicled in the Graphic Documentary.
The Graphic Documentary "And if the truth destroys me" has now also been made available in Czech.
The Graphic Documentary has already won several awards, including third place in the Book & Editorial Illustration category at the European Design Awards 2020, being nominated for the ICOM Independent Comic Prize 2020, and being included in the American Illustration Annual 38 (AI-AP).