Max, a small teen from Berlin is crippled by beatings and Eva is a child from Romania when their eyes meet handing out towels in a death camp. After the war they leave others to be together in America. With the new millennium their daughter Rachel waits on death row and their son who has a family only loves his guns. Max and Eva's oldest died in heavy fighting his first day in Viet Nam. And Garth who lived because he let Aaron die raises a family in secret finding peace after war with Mary, once called Rachel.