Sam Goldberg escaped the Treblinka Death Camp during the prisoner revolt on August 2, 1943. Running to the woods, he met Esther, who was hiding there. For another year until liberation, they hid together in barns and in a pit in the forest. The author, married to Sam and Esther’s son, uncovers details of their wartime experiences and she travels, together with her family, to Poland to see the Shtetl Stoczek and the farming village of Bagatele.
While in Poland, they have a remarkable visit with the families of the Christian families who helped Sam and Esther survive. The dead of Poland speak loudly from the ashes, but the living find new voices. The author and her family meet the Polish Jews of today and hear the stories of those who are finding a way to be Jewish in Poland after the fall of communism. The author listens to these many voices and finds her own in the process.