One of the few surviving documentaries depicting pre-war Jewish life in Poland and life at the Jewish Labor Bund's Medem Sanatorium, a model residential children's institution. The Medem Sanatorium, which existed from 1926 through 1942, stood as a symbol of health and enlightenment.

• English version
• Hebrew version
• Trailer
• Deleted scenes.

While these are the stories of Jewish people who were displaced by the Second World War, the film concentrates on the vibrant cultural and family life they experienced in their youth that ultimately was most influential in their lives. It explores the connection between old age and childhood, asking questions about what remains of childhood in our later years, as well as engaging interesting issues of self-identity, Jewish identity, and the struggle to make any sense of the experience.

Modeled on Children Must Laugh, a pre-war Yiddish film about Jewish orphans, this film incorporates newsreels, actual footage of children receiving aid, and a few staged sequences.