In the occupied Ukraine a mother puts her 11 year old son into a brothel to hide him from Nazi soldiers, many of whom frequent the whorehouse. Mariana, a prostitute, hides Hugo in a closet in her room, but when the Russians advance, it is his turn to support her. Ashamed of her life and fearful of reprisals, Mariana turns to God and the the adoring adolescent for consolation. A story which plumbs the pain, loss and cruelty of the Holocaust.