It has been a year since Maria and Georg were married. The takeover of Austria looms in the near future. The news from Germany is not good. People who are Jewish are being forced to give up their businesses and their children can no longer go to German schools. There are rumors of special camps where the Germans take the Jews. Hitler makes speeches about getting rid of all the Jews. Maria has gone into Salzburg to see her doctor. Her hope is that she would become pregnant but it has not happened. She has come to see the doctor and to find out if there could be a problem.