The traditional image of the Jew in Nazi Europe has been that of the passive victim, but the stories related in this film are about resistance to degradation and the determination to survive. Based on interviews with seven survivors of the Nazi holocaust in Europe and intercut with archival material. Interviews with Feliks Ash, Irgaad Hanna, Sarah Weis, Bono Weiner, Maurie Sheppet, David Gubert and Fela Grynbaum Fonti