This is the narrative of Jurek, an eight-year-old child who flees the Warsaw ghetto and lives as a farmhand in the woods, pretending to be a Polish orphan. And he meets people who will betray him for a price, beat him up or try to kill him. An accident cripples Jurek, making it difficult to find job. But he keeps going despite the odds. After the Russians arrive, Jurek finds a place to stay with a family. In the end, a young Jew from an orphanage tries to re-integrate Jurek.
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This is the narrative of Jurek, an eight-year-old child who flees the Warsaw ghetto and lives as a farmhand in the woods, pretending to be a Polish orphan. And he meets people who will betray him for a price, beat him up or try to kill him. An accident cripples Jurek, making it difficult to find job. But he keeps going despite the odds. After the Russians arrive, Jurek finds a place to stay with a family. In the end, a young Jew from an orphanage tries to re-integrate Jurek.
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