During World War II, a Hungarian teenager comes of age at Buchenwald. György Köves is 14 years old and the son of a merchant who has been imprisoned in a forced labor camp. György finds work at a brickyard following his father's departure; his bus is stopped and its Jewish passengers are deported to concentration camps. György discovers companionship, pain, cruelty, illness, and death there. He is counseled on how to maintain one's dignity and self-esteem. He unearths prejudice. What will he discover if he survives and returns to Budapest? What is natural; what does it mean to be Jewish mean? To soften the mood, sepia, black and white, and color alternate are used.
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During World War II, a Hungarian teenager comes of age at Buchenwald. György Köves is 14 years old and the son of a merchant who has been imprisoned in a forced labor camp. György finds work at a brickyard following his father's departure; his bus is stopped and its Jewish passengers are deported to concentration camps. György discovers companionship, pain, cruelty, illness, and death there. He is counseled on how to maintain one's dignity and self-esteem. He unearths prejudice. What will he discover if he survives and returns to Budapest? What is natural; what does it mean to be Jewish mean? To soften the mood, sepia, black and white, and color alternate are used.
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