Berlin, 1938.

Germany is a terrifying place.

When people start disappearing in nightly raids, a young Jacob Kagan flees the country and ends up in the Dutch refugee camp of Westerbork. But he can only avoid the Nazis for so long. After the Netherlands fall to the German war machine, Westerbork is transformed into a transit camp with weekly trains bound for the Eastern concentration camps.

Faced with the terrors of the SS camp regime, Jacob now only has one goal — avoid a spot on the dreaded transport list at all costs. But how far is he willing to go to save himself, his parents and best friend?