Susan Blaine, a young, adopted German born, Catholic woman falls in love with Joe Maisel, the son of surviving Holocaust victims. On the day they were to apply for a marriage certificate, Joe discovers that Susan's biolgical father was the assistant to Mengele at Auschwitz, the same man who helped murder his relatives and raped his mother. Through the guilt and pain, Susan begins a journey to learn about the Holocaust and the terrible part her father had played. What she discovers changes her life forever.