A family story about three generations – about one hundred years and our present-day. It is a story of injustice and poverty, but also of fidelity, friendship and the hope of happiness. And what a story! It is one of a German-Austrian married couple, Hugo and Juliana Salzmann, whose love hardly stands a chance in times of resistance and exile. It is also the story of their son and how his aunt managed to keep him alive in the direst of circumstances. It is the story of his struggle to retain a close bond to his deceased mother and his futile attempts to win his father's affection and patience. And it is the story of their grandson who – in our present-day – is bullied at his workplace and loses his job when he lets slip one sentence: »My grandma was killed in a concentration camp.« But it is also a collective story ›from our midst‹ that reveals to us what it is to be protective and kind when circumstances seem set to engulf a person.