Family secrets, lies, high drama and generations of contemporary history unspool in this international story that begins with World War II and concludes with an emotional 21st-century family reunion. Izak was born inside the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp in 1945 and sent for adoption in Israel. Secret details of his birth mother, an unknown brother in Canada and his father's true identity slowly emerge in this extremely personal investigative film. Timely questions of identity, resilience, compassion and the plight of displaced persons are brought to life as Izak and Shep, the almost 70-year-old brothers, finally meet in Canada, then head to a nursing home in Quebec to introduce Shep to his elderly mother, Aida, for the first time.

置于历史与战争的背景下，录音带里的“抹除”一词被赋予了新的意义。1948年以色列建国时，战争爆发，数百个巴勒斯坦村庄在战后人口锐减。这被以色列人称为独立战争，而对巴勒斯坦人而言则是“Nakba”（灾难）。上世纪九十年代末，研究生泰迪·卡兹对一场大屠杀展开研究，据说其发生于1948年的坦图拉村。后来这项工作遭受到抨击，并使他声誉俱毁，但长达140小时的音频证词幸免于难。