A tale of the suffering and deprivation of Jewish children during the German occupation of Lithuania.... Dusty roads curl among the fields of rye and wide meadows. Bread sways, golden ears of corn bend, a red wild poppy arrogantly looks up, a cornflower modestly, lowers its blue head. A weary horse slowly drags the cart down an unpaved road. A broad-shouldered peasant slumbers on the goats. Reddish-brown and variegated cows with a heavy udder graze in the meadow, lazily chew the grass. Curly sheep look around in fright. Rich in fish lakes, on the shores - groves: pine and spruce, ash, maple, willow. Tree crowns look in the mirror of the waters. Buckwheat fields shine white, flax plains turn blue...