January 1940. Esther Hart mourns the loss of her children in her diary. They have been evacuated out of London. Franz Niedermayer has fled Austria and is desperate to bring his wife and daughter to safety. Maurice Hickey has joined the army having been rejected by his girlfriend. Franco is a waiter at the Savoy and prays that Italy won't join the war against England, and 'Links' Reinhardt, who has been in the country for forty years, dreads the thought of being interned again. Otto Busch is a young seaman and Nazi sympathiser who, along with the rest of his crew, has been interned. As...