Erich was a carefree boy in Austria, until the Nazi's came. Soon he and his family felt the wrath of the Nazis and Erich becomes the only member of his family alive. He befriends another boy, Max in the camp where they are interned. Their job is to make bricks day in and day out. It is monotonous but they continue to survive, until one day they are marched to the showers. The two boys know what this means and they begin to cry as they strip off their clothes, but an older teen comes up to them and comforts them to the end.