"Poland 1944. Mjetek finds himself in Auschwitz after taking part in Zionist Resistance activity, where he tries to fight against the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. In Auschwitz, Mjetek meets his brother. They quickly realize that their entire family were massacred and that their days are numbered. Mjetek decides he will not surrender. Despite the fact that he had never worked with metal before, in order to be considered as necessary, he claims to be a blacksmith. While working in one of the factories, a melted piece of iron falls and burns Mjetek, but he manages to go back to the camp, where his brother takes care of him, selling his golden tooth for medical supplies. While at first it seemed that staying in the "clinic" would be the end of Mjetek, it turns out to be what saves him, when the remaining survivors, including his brother, are forced to march to their death in the "Death March." --Page 4 of cover.