Nazis force Mates Bruner, a Jew growing up in Poland, to build the very concentration camps that kill his people. He escapes and is hidden by a courageous farmer, but at the end of the war he discovers that of his entire family, only his two sisters have survived.

Wanda Drapacz and her family avoid the concentration camps...but not the effects of the conflict, deported to Russia where they suffer hunger and disease in harsh conditions.

Both survivors, Wanda and Mates eventually marry-but happiness doesn't come easily. The impact of their experiences linger for years to come,...