Berlin, 1938. Its no longer safe here. When the Jewish families of Berlin start disappearing in nightly raids, 21-year-old Jacob Kagan knows its only a matter of time before the trucks come for him. Along with his family and best friend, he flees the country hes always called home to find shelter in a Dutch refugee camp. Before long, the Netherlands falls to the Nazi war machine - Jacobs new home is transformed into a transit camp with weekly trains bound for the horrors of the Eastern concentration camps. Handpicked by the cruel new SS regime to police the camps Jewish population, Jacob has the opportunity to save his parents and best friend from the dreaded transport lists - but at what cost?