A journalist discovers a strange link between his family and a cabal of fugitive Nazis.

After reading the diary of an eldery Jewish man who commited suicide, freelance journalist Peter Miller begins to investigate the alleged sighting of a former SS-Captain who commanded a concentration camp during World War II. Miller eventually finds himself involved with the powerful orginization of former SS members, called ODESSA, as well as with the Israli secret service. Miller probes deeper and eventually discovers a link between the SS-Captain, ODESSA, and his own family.