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The Korenblit's Manya, and Chaim go to the hiding spot, at Josef's house.
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The war audibly begins. The Korenblit's can hear it from the hide out. It scares the younger children and the women.
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Josef gets drunk and passes out and it worries the Korenblits when he does not come with the food.
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Meyer and Manya are in the Ghetto and are hopless for a while until Meyer meets an old friend who is willing to help smuggle stuff to help free them.
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Meyer has to forget who he is so he can get work. He pretends to be a Pole so that people will hire him. It makes him and Manya very sad.
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Chaim is bussed away. Manya tries very hard to find him but she can't. He is taken away and she thinks the worst, that he will die.
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Avrum, Meyer's dad dies in a Jewish hospital. He was hit in the head with a metal bar and left in the road to bleed to death.
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Meyer learns that most of his family is believed to be dead. He is distraught, he loved his family very much.
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Manya and Meyer get deported for the first time to Budzyn.
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At last, Meyer and Manya are reunited. It is both a happy and sad time. They get each other but they also realize how much they lost.