After mama is taken away by the nazis, riva and her younger brothers cling to their mother's brave words to help them endure life in the lodz ghetto. Then the family is rounded up, deported to auschwitz, and separated. N...After mama is taken away by the nazis, riva and her younger brothers cling to their mother's brave words to help them endure life in the lodz ghetto. Then the family is rounded up, deported to auschwitz, and separated. Now riva is alone.