Germany, 1940. "Can't I say goodbye?" I cry, put my hands over my mouth and my heart is pounding. my eyes are clouded with tears as the Nazis stare at me as they take my beloved Hans away. Well, they can't make him leave.

While heartless Nazis kick down doors and mercilessly tear innocent people away from their loved ones, Matilda does not hesitate to protect and hide the love of her life in the attic. They live by candlelight for months, smuggling food and communicating in whispers. But nothing will stop the soldiers anyway…

America, 2018. Grace opens a mustard yellow envelope and her world falls apart. She inherited a bookstore in the small town of Dachau from her grandmother, of whose existence she had no idea. Adopted as a child, her mother spent her life searching for her biological parents - and died without knowing them.

Grace visits her heritage - a bookstore on a cobblestone street full of lost memories. She digs through handwritten letters and uncovers the story of her grandmother Matilda. A woman whose one true love was held back by barbed wire in Dachau - a woman who never gave up hope