The fate of a German family between 1934 and 2014: Erich Plackwitz works as a judge at the district court in Jauer, a small town in Silesia, during the 1930s. He despises Hitler and National Socialism, yet he must helplessly watch as Germany increasingly transforms from a state governed by law into a state of injustice. His daughter Elise loves her family home at Humboldtstrasse No. 2, but she has to leave it after school, university, and serving as a Flak helper. After the war, she establishes herself in West Germany, undergoes training, and starts a family. However, the longing for Silesia continues to simmer within her. Her son Andreas cannot understand this. It is only when his mother is old and confronted with a terminal cancer diagnosis that he begins to take an interest in her life story. An old war diary of his mother helps with this. At the same time, he feels.