September,1942.RuralPolishJewsgointohiding.Nachman,Liba,theirfoursons,andtwoteenneighborsgounderground,diggingapitbunkerwheretheyhideduringtheday.Onegirlcan'ttakeitandrunsaway;hersisterfollows.ClothesrotandwinterforcesthefamilyintoanabandonedicehousenearaGermanbarracks;theywearburlapbagsandeatstolenpotatoes.Againtheymustmove:forayeartheyliveinaremotebarn.Barelyescapingdetection,theyfleetotheforest,exhausted,andfindothersinhiding.EvenastheGermansretreat,PolishcollaboratorshuntforJews;thefamilyremainsatgraverisk.Bywar'send,somehavesurvivedtotelltheirstory.