September 1939. Overnight, Jewish nineteen-year-old Emma Bau´s world is turned upside down when Germany invades Poland. And after only six weeks of marriage, her husband Jacob, a member of the Resistance, is forced to flee.

Escaping the ghetto, Emma assumes a new, Christian identity and finds work at Nazi headquarters. As secretary to the charismatic Kommandant Richwlder, Emma vows to use her unique position to gather intelligence for the Resistance, by any means necessary.