Sophies Choice follows the life of Sophie (Meryl Streep), an Auschwitz concentration camp survivor. It isnt until towards the end of the film we learn that upon Sophies arrival at Auschwitz, she was forced to choose which one of her two children would be gassed and which would proceed to the labour camp. This is a decision Sophie cant make and it isnt until they threaten to kill both of her children that she makes the heartbreaking choice. We learn that she chose her son, Jan, to be sent to the children's camp as he was the youngest child, and her daughter, Eva, to be sent to her death. Its a decision that haunts her forever.