Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mavhiki maviri gare gare kwakauya Pogrom Night (inowanzozivikanwa muChirungu mutauro zvinyorwa se "Kristallnacht")
, apo, muKönigsberg, zvinhu zvavabereki vake zvakaparadzwa kana kuti kupambwa mupurogiramu yairwisana nevaJudha yaitungamirirwa nehurumende yenyika. Rachel Lewin akarara husiku hwose asina kunetswa mumba mamainini vake. Mangwanani akatevera, zvisinei, akapupurira vaJudha vachirohwa uye vachidzingirirwa mumigwagwa yeHamburg nemaparamita echiNazi. Asingazivi kuti chii chakanga chichiitika, akapfuurira achipfuura nomuboka ravanhu vakanga vaungana pachitoro chemapepanhau pakanga pakazara mapepanhau, achiratidza mifananidzo yebasa reusiku hwose rokupisa, kupamba, uye kuteura ropa. Mutengesi wamapepanhau, uyo kusvikira zvino akanga agara achiratidzika kuva mweya une ushamwari, akamucherechedza, uye achipa rondedzero yakarurama yomutauro weBerlin akagomera, "Saka, muJudha muduku, iwewo unoda kuona kuti masinagoge ako akapiswa sei here?" Kuyeuka mangwanani iwayo kwaisazombomusiya. Paakadzokera kumba kwaamaiguru vake, amai vake vakakwanisa kumuudza zvakawanda zvakanga zvaitika. Vadzidzisi vakawanda uye vamwe vadzidzi vepachikoro chaidzidzisa Flora Rosenbaum vakanga vatosungwa. Achinetseka zvikuru nezvemhuri yake, Rachel Lewin akakwanisa kutaura nababa vake avo vakamurayira kuti adzokere kumba. Apo akasvika Königsberg akawana vabereki vake vachigara nomunun'una wake, Abraham, mufurati duku kwavakanga vamanikidzirwa kutamira. Abrahama akanga arohwa nehana zvikuru namasimba masimba nokuparadzwa kwaakanga aona zvokuti akanga awana chinetso chokukurumidzira uye chakakomba chokutaura. Munguvayo, baba vake vakanga vachangobva kuva nezvironda zvokurohwa zvakakomba mumusoro uko, iye akadzidza, kwakanga kwaitwa nokushandisa mubato wehovhoni.