Hannah Silberstein is in 2. World War I in a Polish concentration camp. There she met the resistance fighter Tomasz, A relationship develops between the two. When the couple makes it, to escape from the concentration camp, They have to hide from their pursuers under the most adverse conditions in the Polish hinterland. Hannah also comes into contact with Tomasz’ Family. But instead of helping Hannah, Tomasz wants’ Mother Stefanie would like to see her back in a concentration camp or dead.

The film begins in the 70 years in the USA, where you see Hannah as a Holocaust survivor and now a member of New York's upper class. One day she sees an interview with Tomasz on television, her past catches up with her.