Aaron Löw's fears of increasing anti-Semitism during the time of the Freikorps, high inflation, and unemployment are confirmed. The architect Adolf Löw was one of the Löw family members who converted because he married a German woman. His daughter Melanie and his son Manfred grow up as Germans. Other Löws are also linked to Germans. The Nazi era and the destruction of Central European Jewry are approaching. The Löws lose their bank, their trust in Germany, their home, and some lose their lives. Several Löws manage to escape, others survive in hiding in Germany and Holland, while others perish in concentration camps. After the war, the survivors try to piece together the fragments of their lives.