[1] The documentary follows the orphans, who are now old men, as they re-unite on the 55th anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald by the American army.

The now-elderly men all agree that their friendships in the orphanage made the tremendous losses they suffered more manageable.

The boys of Buchenwald spent their childhoods surrounded by terror and death, and, as a result, they were rebellious against authority, full of anger, and under-educated.

They threw food, shoved it in their pockets to save for later, and gorged themselves, clearing their plates in a matter of minutes.

Once it was time to leave the orphanage, and go out on their own, many of the boys moved to Australia or Canada to distance themselves from their awful pasts.