Don't Cry, You're Still Alive

Jacob, the half-Jew, the baker's daughter Traute, and the young Nazi Hermann — they are all children of the Third Reich and the lost war, they are 12-14 years old, their native Hamburg lies in ruins, they want to eat, make friends and… to have life improved. But Jacob does not even know that the war is over, and he does not know if his mother is alive. Will Hermann have to carry his angry father, who lost his legs at the front, to the toilet forever? How many more strangers will live in Traute's apartment? The teenagers learn to make friends and help each other, to distinguish truth from propaganda, and discover the value of bread, home, and family…