A little city located in the shadow of a great metropolis has mercifully been spared the ravages and destruction of war. But the shadows are lengthening. People from occupied countries have been deported to perform manual labor for the German economy. They are beginning to resent their isolated status, enforced by wearing special badges on their clothing, and bombed-out victims are coming to find a new home.
A young German officer falls in love with a beautiful girl and plans to marry her. The racial laws of the land present insurmountable obstacles. People are finding ways to circumvent them, in the process exposing the hypocrisy of the whole Nazi ideology. However, this endangers them to severe consequences. The loss of a ruinous war puts an end to all this.