David, Eric, and Emma are best friends growing up in Nazi Germany just before the start of World War II. David is secretly half-Jewish, a secret his best friend and cousin, Eric, doesn't know. Both boys fall for Emma during their last year in school while skinny dipping in the park and later at Hitler Youth Camp. Eric excels and is quickly promoted through the SS ranks. David must hide his deadly secret as both boys compete for Emma. The story takes you from Berlin in the 1930s through the Holocaust and finally to Camp Ohiwa, a sleepaway camp in the United States, in 1965. Here, the lives and families of David, Eric, and Emma intertwine in a story filled with friendship, love, and betrayal. History tends to repeat itself, and it can happen anytime, anywhere.