The work of Jerzy Janicki and Janusz Morgenstern is an epic, multi-threaded story about the fate of Poles during World War II. "Czas pogardy" is shown primarily from the point of view of the two main characters - Lieutenant Władysław Niwiński and Leon Kuraś - a petty smart, yet capable of heroic deeds. The authors of the series tried to show, in particular, the weekday of the Nazi occupation in Poland. Conspiracy, military actions and shootings were programmatically relegated to the background. In return, "Polish Roads" provided a cross-section through all the then social strata. They told about people often surprised by history who gradually learn the sinister logic of Nazi terror.