The story of 3 Jewish Children, told thru their journals and diaries, in their desperate attempt to escape the horrors of 1938 Nazi Germany with the goal of reaching the Baltic Sea and safety. Conditions only get worse as the assassination of the German secretary sparks a pogrom of any and all people suspected of being Jewish. Only with the help of a Catholic priest and a traveling Gypsy circus do they have a chance. Their chances of survival are dim but somehow they have to try to survive.