Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
"Give me your children" Chaim Mordechaj Rumkowski. September 1942 The Lodz GhettoWhen Hitler's Third Reich reined with an iron fist, the head Judenrat of the Lodz ghetto decides he must comply with the Nazis. He agrees to send ten thousand Jewish children off on a transport to face death.In order to save her two young children a mother must take the ultimate risk. The night before the children are to be rounded up and sent to their deaths, she helps her nine-year-old son and her five-year-old daughter escape into war torn Europe. However, she cannot go with them. She cannot fit through the barbed wire, and so the children must go alone. Follow Sarah and Solomon as they navigate their way through a world filled with hatred, and treachery. However, even in the darkest hour there is always a flicker of light. And these two young innocent souls will be aided by people whose lights will always shine in our memories.
Synopsis
"...Fathers and mothers: Give me your children " - Chaim Rumkowski It is September 1942, and the already battered occupants of the Lodz Ghetto have just been dealt another horrendous blow from Hitler's iron fist. They must surrender their sick, elderly, and children for 'deportation.'
Zelda, a distraught mother, decides she must do whatever it takes to save her two young children from the certain death that was sure to follow. She must take the ultimate risk.
But, her daring escape meets with a snag: she cannot fit through the barbed wire.
The heartbreaking reality is the little ones must escape without her.
Nine-year-old Solomon and five-year-old Sarah must grope their way through a dark world wrapped in a fog of hatred and treachery. But, even in the darkest hour, there is always a flicker of light.
The perilous path of these two young, innocent souls will be lit by people whose warm lights will always shine in our memories.