Imagine living without central heating, telephone, fridge. Living in darkened rooms, being woken up and spend the rest of the night in a damp, underground shelter. Imagine not being able to pop to the shops for a little of what you fancy.
The family suffers from air-raids, sleep deprivation, and bomb damage before learning that the war is over. They also listen to radio stories about the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.