The story of the collective memory of killings that took place after World War II in the Debrzyna forest in Poland. It was a time when many people were returning from far-flung corners of the world. They had no idea that they might become victims of the attacks carried out by marauding bandits who had overrun the area. The residents of the nearby villages knew what was going on, but never intervened because, as they said themselves, they were “living in fear”.