Traitor to Germany: that's what Milo Schweinhardt has been branded when he's sent to waste away at Buchenwald Concentration Camp at the tail end of the Second World War. Fellow prisoner, Fritz, wonders what led Milo to stand up against the evils of their country when few would dare. It all began in 1938, when Milo was just a shy, awkward teenager, eager to have somewhere to fit in.