During Germany's World War II occupation of Norway, Anna, a pregnant nurse, is kidnapped for Hitler's secret Lebesnborn program, which sought out blond, blue-eyed Aryans to create a racially pure Germany. After a difficult labor and near death, her newborn is stolen from her, but not before she sees that her baby is a boy with a distinctive birthmark on his right thigh. Anna endures captivity, unspeakable degradation, and countless emotional upheavals in her determination to find her son. In her quest, she embarks on a journey of rejection, courage, depression, friendship, and love.