Lucky David picked by error as a locksmith (Metalarbeiter) in Auschwitz, only after two days of exposure to the horrors of Auschwitz-Birkenau, ends up in north-eastern France(Thil-Longwy), where is fluency in three languages, helps his to make friend, gets extra food, and his good fortune does not leave him in three other death-camps. Liberated by Americans, he finds modalities to hitch-hike, walk, and finally reaches his hometown in Romania, Oradea. The unexpected communist dictatorship challenges his into dangereous situation, always at the edge of ending up in a dungeon, where he helps the prisoners at the risk of his freedom. A communist agent falls in love with his house, and he gets his passport. After a sejourn in of eleven months in Austria, he makes it to America