The worst crime in the world is to be Jewish. Of course, with his unfortunate luck, Petyr finds himself in the center of Nazi-occupied Germany. A yellow Star of David screams his identity throughout the deafening silence of a theatre that concealed his identity from the world. But when he wakes up to find himself alone in a cattle car destined for Auschwitz-Birkenau, he is forced to rely on three unlikely items to save his life. A pen. A journal. A violin. Witnessing unspeakable atrocities from the Men's Auschwitz Orchestra, he catches the attention of two Nazis whose motives are cloaked in mystery. As the shadows of death close in, Petyr's fate begins to intertwine with the two Nazis, whose loyalty is as murky as the plan they devise- one that could lead the violinist to freedom or further into Hitler's Final Solution.