The documentary tells the harrowing and little-known story of the Polish poet Zuzanna Ginczanka as it unfolds against the turbulent events that marked the first half of the twentieth century. A precocious talent, a shining light of Warsaw's literary circles in the 1930s, and a victim of the Nazi atrocities, Zuzanna Ginczanka is today a cult figure in contemporary Polish culture. Using original and never-before published material, the documentary tells the story of the young poet of Jewish origins as it unfolds against the background of the events that marked the first half of the twentieth century.