For Abe Dubin­s­ki and his fam­i­ly, life on the canal in New Jer­sey in 1933 was peace­ful and pro­duc­tive. The only Jew­ish fam­i­ly in the town, Abe is employed as a lock ten­der, respon­si­ble for the safe pas­sage of barges trav­el­ing from Penn­syl­va­nia to New York. The peace is shat­tered when a Nazi youth camp opens on the banks of the canal. Under the direc­tion of their Nazi lead­ers, one hun­dred teenage boys in brown shirts erect tents in the fields that abut Abe’s home. Abe Dubin­s­ki must take action to pro­tect his fam­i­ly, even if that action threat­ens his very soul. Nine­ty years lat­er, Char­lie Lev­en­son moves into the for­mer lock tender’s house, intent on liv­ing out his remain­ing years qui­et­ly after the death of his wife, Zoya Aziz. A series of threat­en­ing encoun­ters com­pels Char­lie to exam­ine the cir­cum­stances of his wife’s death. No mat­ter the cost, Char­lie has a respon­si­bil­i­ty to stand up to hate. What would you do to pro­tect your fam­i­ly when the Nazis come to town?