Short summary:

Shortly after the end of the war, Tina, the daughter of a Slovenian family resettled in Germany, is raped. She wants to take her own life but is saved by a young man. The family returns to Slovenia shortly afterwards. Tina discovers that she is pregnant. She marries the young man who saved her life and has a daughter. Little Amelie is not loved by her mother. She reminds her of the rape. Amelie has a difficult childhood. Only her grandfather and her brother stick by her. Despite her difficult childhood, Amelie goes her own way, leaves Slovenia and lives in Germany, where she is welcomed with open arms and finally finds happiness.