The well-known Russian poet and scientist Alexander Gorodnitsky travels to Belarus where his parents were born and raised and where, in the fall of 1941, the Nazis had murdered his entire family. He travels throughout the country hoping to find his grandparents' grave and the remnants of the Yiddish language. His search eventually brings him to Israel where his son and granddaughters now live. They speak Yiddish! The fates of several people are portrayed in this dramatic characterization of the demise of the great Yiddish culture which gave us the likes of Sholem Aleichem, Marc Chagall, Shmuel Galkin, Haim Soutine, and Solomon Mikhoels. This film contains unique archival materials.