La joven diseñadora de moda Laura está loca de felicidad tras encontrar un anillo de compromiso entre las cosas de su novio Alexander. Ese fin de semana lo pasarán en casa de los padres de él y ella está convencida de que aprovechará la visita para pedirle matrimonio. Sin embargo, la madre de Alexander no parece muy contenta con ella, su exnovia Susan no deja de rondarle y el tiempo pasa y Alexander no hace nada.
Anna is a Jewish girl in Germany. When the Nazis come to power in the 1930s, her family has to flee the country without being able to bring any of their belongings. Even young Anna's pink toy rabbit has been confiscated along with the family's other possessions. Initially the family lives in Switzerland, but even here they come to feel the antisemitism. And when money becomes scarce, and Anna's father can't find work as a journalist and Jew, they move on to France, where they are no long submitted to racial discrimination, but struggle financially. Eventually the entire family manages to go to England.