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Jaap Penraat can't understand the Germans' hatred of his Jewish neighbors in his hometown of Amsterdam. As the restrictions multiply and the violence escalates, Jaap knows he must take action to help his friends. He begins by using his father's printing press to forge identification cards and papers for Jewish neighbors and refugees, but as the Nazi grasp tightens, he is forced to take a more drastic path - leading 20 Jews on the dangerous first leg of a journey to Paris, the start of the underground pipeline to safety.

Uno de los sucesos más importantes no sólo en los Estados Unidos, sino a nivel mundial. Hacia el siglo XVIII, las colonias americanas, bajo el poder inglés, iniciaron un proceso emancipador que inesperadamente, venció a un enemigo muchas veces superior. Sin embargo, lo más importante es el empuje y ejemplo que dieron a otras colonias para anhelar la libertad.