The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

Patryk returned to Poland after more than 20 years in Germany. It lives on teaching German, because you have to live on something. Paulina is 23 years old and she intends to go there - to Germany. Her unexpected appearance in Patrick's life confronts him with a past he would prefer not to remember.