Two young men, in jail "for crimes of dubious legitimacy" are given a reprieve by their captors: to find a dozen eggs for a powerful colonel to use in his daughter's wedding cake. The unlikely pair scour the city during the siege of St. Petersburg.

"Zippi Spitzer and David Wisnia were captivated by each other from the moment they first exchanged glances across the work floor. It was the beginning of a love story that could have happened anywhere. Except for one difference: this romance was unfolding in history's most notorious death camp, between two young prisoners whose budding intimacy risked dooming them if they were caught. Incredibly, David and Zippi survived for years beneath the ash-choked...