The year is 1942, and chaim and gittel, polish twins, are forced from their beautiful home and made to live in the lodz ghetto. Their family's cramped quarters are awful, but when even those dire circumstances become too...The year is 1942, and chaim and gittel, polish twins, are forced from their beautiful home and made to live in the lodz ghetto. Their family's cramped quarters are awful, but when even those dire circumstances become too dangerous, their parents decide to make for the nearby lagiewniki forest, where partisan fighters are trying to shepherd jews to freedom in Russia.