The summer of 1943. The Jews of Greater Bulgaria must obey the laws of Germany. Moni and Giogio meet Shelly (17) and their friendship is put to the test as they both fall in love with her, while the war rages. The Bulgarians are ordered to deport the Jews; trains traverse Bulgaria with 11,343 Jews from Macedonia and Thrace. What befalls the three youngsters is a reflection of the life in Bulgaria and that of the Jews in the Balkans in WWII with its anguish and atrocities leaving their mark on them.