SHEPHERDisbasedontheawardwinningandbestsellingIsraelinovel,"TheJewishDog,"byAsherKravitzKaleb,abelovedGermanShepherd,isseparatedfromhisJewishfamilywhentheNurembergLawsareenactedinWWIIBerlinHeisadoptedbyanSSOfficerwhotrainshimtoattackandroundupJewsataconcentrationcampKalebiswellcaredforandgoodathisjobuntilonedaywhenheisdistractedbyafamiliarscentHisoriginalmaster,ayoungboynamedJoshua,hasarrivedasaprisonerofthecampKalebhasnotlosthisloyaltytoJoshuawhofindssolaceinsecretlyvisitinghisdogatnightJoshua'slifeisatriskTogethertheyescapethecampandaftermonthsofneardeathexperiences,theyarefoundbypartisanswhohelpJoshuamakesafepassagetoIsrael