80 years have passed since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. On June 22, the world again froze in a mournful moment of silence. But 2021 marks the 80th anniversary of another historical tragedy, the beginning of the Holocaust in Russia. Everyone knows the places of mass extermination of Jews: Auschwitz, Dachau, Babi Yar, the ghettos in Minsk and Warsaw. But there were also small towns in Russia, very close by. The film tells about the very first mass execution in the town of Nevel (not far from Pskov). The Holocaust in Russia began there, in September 1941. However, viewers will learn not only about the past tragedy and the courage of those who saved the Jews, but also about how carefully and carefully the memory is preserved today. Among the heroes of the film are well-known public figures of Russia, journalists, creative intelligentsia and just ordinary people, witnesses of history.