Gerda is a young German girl who lives in Berlin with her Father, a Nazi soldier and her Mother Helena. She lives happily with the family until the day she witnesses her Father beating an old Jewish man. Months later, after witnessing more and more terrible things being done to the Jews, she finds Calev, and they run away in hope of a peaceful place. After her Father's drinking and yelling at home, she leaves without realizing how much worse it will be after going off into Germany during the war.