Now that Lale has escaped from the concentration camps, he has to focus on more rudimentary forms of survival. To that end, he’s forced to brave the elements while also navigating the fact that there is a war raging all around him. If he can withstand the harrowing conditions of Auschwitz-Birkenau, though, it seems likely that he’ll be able to survive the outside world—if, that is, he doesn’t get caught.