 A week before he is transferred to the Nuremberg Trials, Herman Goering is in custody in the ruins of Carinhall, the palatial estate outside of Berlin he had destroyed before he surrendered. He is guarded by a 20 year old GI from Alabama who was only one of two soldiers from their platoon to walk away from the Battle of the Bulge. As the adversaries take a breather from the war around them, they find a truce in their conversation and the quiet.