Powers: Can create electric magnetic fields at his will. That means that he's one giant refrigorator magnet.
Past: He was in a nazi (stupid, stupid bastards) death camp as a child. His parents were murdered, leaving him to fend for himself.
Introduction into movie: He is shown as a child in the death camp. This is also the time that his powers surfaced as he was trying to get back to his parents :*(
Importance to the movie: He is the bad guy with a good cause. (or is it vice versa?)