In Warsaw, Poland, in 1942, Mira faces impossible decisions after learning that the Warsaw ghetto is to be "liquidated," but a group of young people are planning an uprising against their Nazi captors.

Warsaw, 1942. Mira smuggles food into the Warsaw ghetto to keep herself and her family alive. When she learns the entire ghetto is to be "liquidated" she joins a group of young people who are planning an uprising against the Nazi forces. For twenty-eight days, as the resistance fighters hold out, Mira experiences betrayal, suffering... and even moments of happiness. -- adapted from jacket