During the horrific violence of World War II, lovers Villi and Colette are captured and sent to the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp. Determined to be together, but housed in separate compounds, they vow to risk their very lives in order to escape. Based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize winning author Arnot Lustig, Colette tells the amazing true story of his experiences during WWII and his numerous escape attempts from the hell of Auschwitz. A harrowing and compelling true story set during one of the darkest periods in history.