This is the true story of a Canadian, whose journey reaches out to all our hearts. Benno and Heinz, two brothers who are nine and thirteen, respectively, were put on a train departing Nazi Germany, in January 1939. Their parents were in a desperate bid to relocate them to a safe location. From Berlin to Amsterdam to London and, finally, to Toronto, Benno recalls his traumatic journey, as he makes his way across the continent during the war.