Casandra witnesses two departures: that of her grandmother, a victim of a stroke, and that of her grandfather, much slower, victim of a neurological disorder. However, thanks to a mysterious box, she discovers that her grandmother —always reluctant to talk about her past— was one of the victims of the Second World War, but she did not limit her life to being a victim, but instead helped many children escape the horrors of Nazism. A novel and a memoir that starts the conversation about the role of hope in the midst of the worst conflicts.