As the menacing clouds of war spread all over across Europe right before the outburst of WWII, flaxen-haired Jew Hannah Meyer will witness her idyllic life and her promising love affair with the perfect Aryan boyfriend Klaus Berger, crumble into pieces before her very eyes. Before long, the two innocent lovers will be separated by war's lunacy, with young Kurt enlisted in the German Waffen-SS, while hapless Hannah is rounded up and thrown to forced prostitution at the infamous "joy-camp" 27. Under those circumstances, there, in the god-forsaken purgatory, Hannah will finally meet with Waffen-SS Captain Kurt von Stein who will promise her the world, however, the proud Jewish girl refusing to accept her cruel and undeserved fate, has undisclosed plans of her own..