 One day, Franz, accompanied by Darija, who had been smuggled in to keep Minka warm, catches Franz's cruel older brother Reiner, Franz's superior, stealing money out of the safe that was originally taken from dead prisoners.To prevent Minka from turning him in, Reiner shoots Darija in the face, killing her instantly, and blames Minka for the theft.Minka is promptly sent from Auschwitz to a death march in 1944, which she manages to survives.