Rosenstrasse

In the year 2000, when Ruth's husband succumbs to his mortality in New York, she adheres strictly to traditional Jewish mourning rituals, leaving her children bewildered by this unfamiliar display of grief. A mysterious visitor arrives at the family home – a cousin who bears an unexpected gift: a photograph of Ruth, aged eight, standing in Berlin alongside an enigmatic woman who is said to have saved Ruth's life during World War II. Intrigued and determined to uncover the truth behind her mother's past, Ruth's daughter Hannah sets off on a journey to Berlin, where she embarks upon an unexpected exploration of history and identity.Assuming the guise of a journalist investigating interfaith relationships, Hannah conducts interviews in search of answers about the woman in the photograph - Lena Fisher, now an elderly 90-year-old widow. In her interactions with Lena, she learns the extraordinary story of the week in 1943 when Jewish husbands were detained in a building on Rosenstrasse while their Aryan wives bravely gathered daily for news of their loved ones' fate. As Hannah delves deeper into this tale of resilience and resistance during the darkest hours of the Holocaust, she begins to unravel the complex relationship between her mother, Lena, and the tumultuous past that continues to reverberate through generations. The exploration of these intertwined stories ultimately leads to a profound self-discovery for Hannah, as she confronts her own assumptions about family, love, and identity in both the present and the historical narrative.