Journalist Stella works as filing clerk for Lotte de Heus Verolmen, the widow of the Dutch nazi-collaborator party NSB-frontman Ewald de Heus Verolmen. Thinking about the chance on a big journalistic scoop, Stella accepts the job. While working for the widow, Stella slowly discovers the truth about the widow, and she becomes involved in a dark plot, which reaches its conclusion in Switzerland.