Leipzig, 1936. On the first day of summer vacation, 16-year-old Harro gets involved in a fight with Hitler Youth. Unexpectedly, he receives help from like-minded individuals who, like him, want nothing to do with Nazi ideology. In the year that follows, everything changes for Harro. Tensions with his parents and trouble at school, nights by the campfire, political actions, first love. And looming over it all is the anxious awareness that his reckless behavior could have dangerous consequences. The "Leipzig gangs," opposition youth groups similar to the "Edelweiss Pirates," inspired Johannes Herwig for his debut. With power, passion, and emotion, Herwig tells the story of growing up in a dictatorship. The questions he raises are as relevant today as they were then: To participate, to quietly conform, or to push back?.