Ava is a young courageous Dutch woman who flees Freiburg, Germany where she is a university student during World War II. Picking up her younger brother, she escapes to Arnhem, Holland with a young girl they find along the way. Arnhem however has been heavily bombed. The area is abandoned and considered uninhabitable. Ava however is determined to survive and sets up home inside a former tailor's shop. Six months later, befriended by Allied soldiers, two American paratroopers and a British sergeant, the three finally leave to a new life.
—Anonymous