In the first episode, actress Helena Bonham Carter goes in search of the truth behind her relatives' involvement in the war. Both sets of Helena's grandparents, one set in France and one set in England, were not conventional war heroes as they did not fight in any battles, but she discovers that they did save countless lives during the conflict.
Farmora til Helena Bonham Carter var frivillig vakthald under Blitzen i Storbritannia. Morfaren hennar trassa ordrar og redda mange liv i Frankrike.
Le grand-père maternel de l'actrice britannique Helena Bonham Carter, Eduardo Propper de Callejon, a aidé des milliers de Juifs à fuir l'Holocauste en mai 1940. Ce diplomate espagnol a, désobéissant aux ordres, fourni des visas pour se rendre au Portugal via l'Espagne, d'où il était possible d'embarquer pour les Etats-Unis.
