A young Jewish woman is forced to either give herself to a Russian officer or watch her village burn.

Lea Lyon, the daughter of a rabbi, lives happily with her father in their Gulicinu village, but there are rumblings of war. Soon, the village is overrun with the Imperial troops of the Russian Czar, with Constantine in Imperial command. He is attracted by Lea's beauty and commands her to come to his quarters. She refuses and he is outraged. He orders the townspeople barred behind their doors and the village burned. Though she loves her honor above everything else, she cannot bear to see the villagers suffer, and makes the lonely walk through the village to the Inn.—Les Adams <[email protected]>