Holland

Holland is the home country of Noa. Holland is invaded by the Germans, and a detachment camps out on the farm Noa and her family live on near the coast. It is in Holland that Noa has a one-night stand with a German soldier. She becomes pregnant. Then, she is kicked out of her home by her parents. Noa goes on to live in Germany, thinking that she will find a better life there. Holland becomes a painful memory for Noa.

Bensheim train station

The train station at Bensheim, Germany, is where Noa lives and works in the winter of 1944. The station is militarized by the Nazis for use by the German military as a way station. It is there that Noa first encounters the train full of babies. She endeavors to save one of the babies named Theo. The train station becomes a way point for Noa...