Determined to take action, the Jewish Viennese It-girl Gerta Stern marches into the Gestapo headquarters in Hamburg shortly after the November pogroms of 1938 to rescue the love of her life from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. By a fortunate coincidence, she also finds a helper in uniform. Mr. Otto risks his life to facilitate Gerta and Moses' escape to Panama. Anne Siegel sensitively and movingly narrates the gripping story of the Sterns, whose later life in Panama is set to take many more wondrous turns. She also provides an answer to one of Gerta and Moses' greatest questions: Who was the brave German who once helped them escape?.