Logline: Tova, a young woman who has survived the Nazi death camps, travels to Kenya and becomes a photojournalist.  As she interacts with the Kenyan people, she discovers that many are attempting to obtain apologies and reparations for human rights violations committed by British soldiers during the so-called “State of Emergency” during the 1950s. 

 Synopsis:  

The story opens as Tova, now in her 80s, testifies in Britain’s High Court against the British government’s human rights violations during what the British termed a “State of Emergency” in the 1950s.  When Tova is shown one of her photographs of an internment camp in Kenya long ago, she collapses. 
            The story now goes back to the 1940s when Tova, an Auschwitz survivor in her early 20s, is finally liberated from the camp.  She finds a camera dropped by a German soldier fleeing the Soviet army advance.  Tova then begins a journey that takes her to a refugee camp, a ship to Palestine, deportation to a Cyprus internment camp, and finally British East Africa.  
            During her voyage, Tova meets Mendel, another concentration camp survivor, and begins an affair with him.  She soon finds herself pregnant and she and Mendel marry in Cyprus.  They reach Kenya and meet another couple, Natalia and Marek, exiled Polish nationals who have been in a labor camp in Siberia and have made their way to East Africa via Persia.
            Mendel has difficulty adjusting to life in Africa and Tova loses their baby following a severe infection.  She agrees to work in Marek’s photo studio and soon becomes romantically involved with him, as he trains her to become a photographer.
            Tova eventually becomes a photographer for a Nairobi newspaper and covers events occurring during the State of Emergency.  She is heartbroken when Marek and Natalia decide to return to Poland.The story returns to the High Court where Tova, now recovered from her illness and hospitalization, resumes her testimony.  Thanks to detailed descriptions of what she observed, the British judge determines that there is indeed a case against the British government for their mistreatment of Kenyans during the 1950s.  Tova is gratified that her work so long ago has proven to be an important part of so many people finally getting justice for past abuses.