Plot Summary:German retaliation expedition burned down the village of Radopolje and killed all the men. When first men appear in the village after the war, Kata Plecas believes they will renew the village. But these men die as well and the question if Radopolje will be the "village of black scarves" again remains.
A German punitive expedition burnt the village Radopolje and killed all the men. When first men appear in destroyed village, right after the war, Kata Plecas, the chairman, believes that Radopolje will be renovated. But, these men perish also, and a question emerges, if Radopolje will stay once more "the village of the black shaws, cursed, under the cursed hill.".