Unprecedented security surrounds President Kennedy's historic visit to Berlin in 1963, the latest propaganda salvo in the Cold War between East and West. But now the East German masters plan a devastating counterstrike....

A concentration camp survivor held at gunpoint in the impregnable fortress of Schloss Neustadt is forced to publicly betray the West. As the countdown approaches zero, the hand-picked rescue team storms the border - prepared to kill or be killed for freedom....