Susan Blaine, an 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 license, Joe discovers that Susan's father was the assistant to Josef Mengele at Auschwitz, the man who helped murder his relatives and raped his mother. Trying to work through the guilt and pain, Susan begins a journey to learn about the Holocaust and the terrible part her father...