The first volume of the "Trilogy of Turning Points." A whole apartment building, Ackerstrasse 37, in Berlin's Wedding district comes to life, with its worries and troubles, but also with its hopes and solidarity. November 1918: After four years of World War, the sailors of the imperial navy in Kiel refuse the order to set sail and come to Berlin. Helle and Fritz befriend the mutinous sailors, experiencing the revolution, the victory, and the defeat. A whole apartment building in Berlin's poorest area comes alive.