Young widow, Blanche manages social works potash mines near Mulhouse. When in 1940 the Germans invaded the area, she is forced to welcome Kurt Friedrich, new head of Amélie well. They soon become lovers. The heart of the Alsace quartered in which every man is enlisted force in years to fight the "in spite of us," White arouses fierce hatred. While it believes sold to the German cause and, at the same time, it is closely monitored by the Gestapo, she manages to set up, under the nose of the occupant, a major smuggling ring ...