"I want you to promise me, and also promise each other, that you will always support one another; that no matter what happens, you will be united. That you will not allow anything to separate you. Do you understand what I am telling you?"
In their childhood, Simbi, Magda, and Livia make a promise to their father—that they will always be together, no matter what happens. Years later, the Nazis deport fifteen-year-old Livia to Auschwitz. Simbi, who is nineteen, remembers their promise and follows Livia, determined to protect her—or die with her.