Presents the story of Janusz Korczak, a writer and doctor who established an orphanage for Jewish children in 1912 and who, together with his orphans, was sent by the Nazis to the Treblinka extermination camp in 1942.

Relates the unusual story of Zishe, a poor Polish Jew, who became the featured Strongman of circuses throughout the world. It's based on the true story of Zishe of Lodz.

"Ruth Gruener was a hidden child during the Holocaust. At the end of the war, she and her parents were overjoyed to be free. But their struggles as displaced people had just begun. In war-ravaged Europe, they waited for paperwork for a chance to come to America. Once they arrived in Brooklyn, they began to build a new life, but spoke little English. Ruth started at a new school and tried to make friends -- but continued to fight nightmares and flashbacks...