During the last moments of calm in pre-war Prague, Lenka, a young art student, falls in love with Josef. They marry—but soon, like so many others, they are torn apart by the currents of war.
In America, Josef becomes a successful obstetrician and raises a family, though he never forgets the wife he thinks died in the camps. But in the Nazi ghetto of Terezín—and later in Auschwitz—Lenka has survived, relying on her skills as an artist and the memories of a husband she believes she will never see again.
Now, decades later, an unexpected encounter in New York brings Lenka and Josef back together.