Solek ( a Polish nickname for Solomon ) and his family live in Nazi Germany . On the eve of Solek 's bar mitzvah , Kristallnacht occurs . He escapes , naked , and hides in a barrel . At night , he asks an acquaintance to bring him clothes from his house . She refuses but throws him a leather jacket with a swastika armband . He returns home to his family but his sister is dead , killed by Nazis . His father , who was born in Łódź , Poland , decides to move back there
Kristallnacht
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