A key turning in the lock of a cupboard locks Sarah's little brother, Michael, into a state of misery and despair which unlocks the past; the Holocaust. In the July of 1942, French Policemen pounded on Jewish families homes, taking innocent ones to death camps, one of them being Sarah's family. When Sarah heard the knocking on her front door, she knew her family was in for a dangerous and life changing ride. Michael, full of innocence and curiosity, pleads Sarah to lock him in the "secret room," a small cupboard equipped with water, food, candles, and complete with a brass lock. Through smells of excrement, and sights of dirty and naked bodies, all Sarah can think about is her brother locked in the secret room. Sarah's determination motivates her to escape the grasp of the French Policemen, in hopes that she will find her little brother -- and she does end up finding him; dead.
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