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On a November day in 1940, Adam Paskow becomes a prisoner in the Warsaw Ghetto, where Jews are held captive by Nazi guards. Weeks later, he joins a secret group of archivists working to preserve the truth of what is happening inside the walls. Adam begins taking testimonies from his students, friends, and neighbors. The stories form a portrait of endurance in a world where no choices are good ones. One of the people Adam interviews is his flatmate Sala. Over the months, Adam and Sala fall in love. When Adam discovers a possible escape from the Ghetto, he is faced with an unbearable choice: whom can he save, and at what cost?