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MAN: I'll write something down...
[grunting]
Irena Sendler.
Your work?
Department of Social Services.
Yes, I see that.
My question is about today. What is your work today?
Why are you here?
Inspection of the refugee centers.
Prevent the spread of typhus.
You Poles must solve this problem.
It is a disgrace.
[playing mournful tune]
[men arguing indistinctly]
[speaking in foreign language]
Please, please, my family...
WOMAN: Will you give me something?
Please, please, just a little bit...
[excited shouting]
[whispers]: Take it. Go, go.
[people conversing indistinctly]
What do you think you're doing? Huh?
You don't want any?
[phone ringing]
Yes?
WOMAN: Irena, it is Zofia.
Yes.
I know that it is curfew, but can you come?
Yes, I will come right away.
How soon?
I will walk, so... 20 minutes.
Come now. Hurry!
Please stay calm.
WOMAN: Irenka?
It is all right, Mama. Go back to sleep.
[bell tolling]
[wind howling]
[gruff voices]
[knocking]
Thank God you are here.
Where is she?
With Krzysztof.
Tonight when Krzysztof came home,
the way our neighbors looked at him...
We were betrayed. I just know.
I'm sorry, Irena.
If the Germans find us hiding a Jew,
they will execute us.I know. I know.
Shh.
It's all right. It's all right.
Hello, Anna.
Dear Anna...
You do not need to be afraid. [sobs]
And tonight, you're going to stay with me.
Would you like that?
Mm-hmm.
Is that you?
Yes.
And this is my father.
Where is he?
He died.
So did mine.
Mama,
you should not be up.
Believe me, I know.
Hello, sweetheart.
Anna, this is my mother.
Look what I have for you.
[gasps]: Look at that.
Oh!
Time for bed.
How many mothers do you have?
I just have one.
Already, I had three.
Shh.
Why do they not like me?
Who does not like you?
My mothers.
Your mothers love you.
And I love you.
And I will always love you.
Go to sleep.
Mama, we have to go.
Ah. Here.
Meow!
It is safe to take her out in broad daylight?
She passes as Christian.
Are you worried?
Not one bit.
Mama, hmm?
Ah, good.
Eva will love it.
It's perfect.
[mutters] Mama.
Take your medicine.
Oh...
Meow, meow... Beep!
Mama.
[sighs] Please.
[groans]
[gurgling]
[both giggling]
ANNA: The cat is counting, playing Hide and Seek.
[both laughing]
You make me laugh.
You are so smart, girl.
[Anna speaking indistinctly]
[men conversing in German]
I'm Polish. I live in the...
Hello, Anna.
Anna, this is Miss Jadwiga.
Hello, sweetie. Come in.
Thank you. Come in.
Anna, you can play with Miss Jadwiga's children
while I find you a lovely place to live.
Good girl.
Help her.
Come on. Let me help you with your coat, here.
There we go.
She has passed outside the ghetto all this time.
There must be a Polish family who can take her.
Not any we know personally.
I will ask Monsignor Godlewski.
He will know someone we can trust.
Wait, wait, you mean now?
His soup kitchen is on my way.
You're going to the ghetto?
Yes. I'll see you later.
Irena, you remember we had a meeting
with Public Housing?
Be charming. Give nothing.
[indistinct voices]
Monsignor Godlewski, good morning.
Irena.
What do you hear?
In the last two weeks, they have filled 20 train cars of Jews
in Luxembourg and Vienna.
Deported them all to the ghetto in Lodz.
And here, every day they bring more.
You know we are doing all we can
to help Jews survive outside the ghetto.
Yes, yes, I know. Of course.
And today, I have a little girl and no Polish family
to hide her.
It is more difficult now.
Perhaps in your congregation?
[whispering]: Irena, please!
Of all people, you know the risk for a Polish family.
Even so, is it not possible that there are some,
maybe even many Poles, who want to help, but do not know how?
Yes, yes, yes.
It is possible.
Eva.
Irena.
Come. Come in.
Good morning, Hannah.
Oh, Irena.
Always such a faithful friend.
God bless you.
Rabbi Rosenfeld.
Irena, how are you this fine day?
Is this work for a rabbi?
We all must live with dignity.
Especially in days of hatred.
Miss Irena, Miss Irena!
Karolyna.
Or should I say, the famous Miss Nijinska, prima ballerina?
Do you know what I learned to do?
Do you want to see?
Of course. You must show me.
Brava.
How is your mother?
Well enough, if she behaves.
And your Jacob?
Last week, he came back into the ghetto to hug his daughter.
And to kiss you, I am sure.
Maybe, yes. A little.
I brought a few things.
Oh.
Let me.
And this.
I brought you this skirt.
Irena.
You made this?
Can you imagine me putting two stitches together?
Then your mother?She misses you.
So do I.
Oh, my dearest friend in the whole world.
Please.
Thank her.
Eva, I need to talk with you.
Over the last few weeks,
they have deported 20 freight cars of Jews from Austria
to the ghetto at Lodz.
Yes, we heard last night.
The Jewish Council says they are headed for work camps.
Eva, your Jewish Council was appointed by Germans.
How many years have we listened to their terrible propaganda,
what they say about Jews,
what they say they have in mind?
It is just talk.
Rumor.
Who can believe it?
These are cultured people.
Anyway, we are almost 500,000 in this ghetto.
What could they do?
Yes.
Yes, I know.
[sobbing]
It is so confusing.
One day, someone says something is true.
Another hears it's not.
Every morning, I wake up, my body is cold.
We have to get you all out of here.
They would never leave.
I could never leave them.
I could find Polish families willing to hide you.
Those people believe it is better to stay all together,
inside the wall.
I want you safe.
All of you.
Irena.
What is safe?
Where?
[indistinct voices]
Good morning, Miss Irena.
Good morning, Dr. Majkowski.
Have you had a chance to consider my...
Yes, yes.
I have selected your friend, Maria Debinska
to join your department.
Thank you, Doctor.
Good morning.Good morning.
Good morning, Miss Irena.
Maria.
Welcome to our little department.
Thank you. My thanks to you.
Good morning, Miss Irena.
You missed an exciting meeting.
IRENA: Issued today--
the new ration card.
2,613 calories a day for Germans,
699 calories for Poles.
300 calories for residents of the ghetto.
So we will have starvation along with the typhus epidemic.
And winter almost here.
We will need to bring in food,
clothing, medicine.
Maria, talk to Dr. Majkowski.
See how much typhus vaccine you can get.
Yes.
Since the occupation, Jadwiga has done a brilliant job
of trying to balance an impossible budget.
But...
But, if we continue to spread our services
across every district of Warsaw,
we will not be helping anyone.
From now on, we must focus our full attention
on the Jewish ghetto.
Excuse me, Miss Irena?
The Jewish quarter is not our problem.
Why not?
The Germans put them there to protect us.
Protect us from what?
Maria, you are a nurse. You know very well.
What do I know?
Tell me.
They have lice,
spread disease, and...
You know what I am talking about.
Danuta, if the Jews are sick,
it is because the Germans put them there.
One reason, another reason.
What does it matter?
All I know is I am not going to bring typhus home to my family.
Whatever it is you are thinking,
I am sorry. I cannot be part of it.
Anyone else who does not agree with this direction,
I will arrange a department transfer.
Stefania, you have only been with us two months.
I have not yet been inside the walls, but I know I must do it.
Very good.
Later, we go to the refugee center.
[accordion plays plaintive tune]
Stefania.
We are at war. You are a soldier now.
A soldier must be tough or she cannot fight.
[child wailing]
[wailing continues]
Hold her. Hold her still. Good, good.
Why do you bother?
Because we want your child to survive.
If you want her to live, please take her from me.
Get her out of here.
[girl crying]
I'm begging you. Take her.
I am sorry. It is not possible.
Next, please come sit. Please, next.
[girl wailing]
[floorboards creak]
Please, Mama, go back to bed.
I am fine.
Do not worry.
What is it?
Tell me.
Irena.
Oh...
Irenka, tell me what.
Today, I understood something.
Something about what?
I thought I was doing all I could, but...
the truth is I am doing nothing.
Nothing?
Is it my imagination, or was there a little Jewish child
sleeping in your bed last night?
One child is not enough.
Oh, Irena.
You are so like your father.
Little Anna has always lived outside the ghetto.
Inside the walls, there are thousands of children
who could be rescued.
Take them out?
Is that what you are thinking?
Past the Gestapo?
The German soldiers,
the Jewish police?
How is that possible?
You are a social worker.
A good social worker...
...with the biggest heart I know.
But to risk everything
for something you know nothing about...
No.
I remember what Father used to say.
You see a man drowning,
you must try to save him, even if you cannot swim.
You're welcome. And you?
BOY: Two loaves, please, and a quarter kilo of butter.
WOMAN: You are a Jew.
No, no, no...
One of those filthy little smugglers from the ghetto.
No, I am Polish.
Let us see you make the sign of the cross.
Come on. Go on. Do it.
Every day, I pray to God this boy learns to live in the city,
but the way he looks and how he behaves,
can you imagine what we have been through?
Come along.
[gasping and murmuring]
With this red hair,
you do not think you look Jewish?
And get yourself a cap.Yes, Miss.
If you want to survive outside the ghetto,
you must lie with more conviction.
And learn to cross yourself,
like this. Now you.
Again, quickly.
Very good. Get out of here.
Wait!
MAN: Jasio, I have to go out on police patrol.
But I do not want you going out after curfew.
They can shoot you on the spot.
Why risk your life to smuggle a few potatoes?
Huh? I make enough. Hey.
You are a traitor!Hey.
Can you not understand?
I only do what I do so that we can survive.
It is you who does not understand...
Mr. Policeman!
[wind howling]
IRENA: I want to help children inside the ghetto.
It is very dangerous.
Too dangerous.
Yes, probably, but what would it take?
Well, I suppose, an organized network of people you trust.
Enough money for each child's room and board.
And if you agree,
more Polish families willing to hide a Jewish child.
I will try and find some.
What about identity cards?
If I destroy some parish death certificates,
issue new baptismal certificates,
that is all the proof Germans need for an identity card.
[door opening]
The only thing is how to get them out.
There is someone you must talk to,
a young man who is smuggling potatoes from the Aryan side.
He works in Korczak's orphanage.
Ask him to introduce you to Stefan Kaminski.
Kaminski?
Yes. That is him.
Good morning, Herr...
[children chattering]
IRENA: Professor Korczak?
How many children live inside the ghetto?
Including all the ones who live in the streets,
there must be at least 80,000.
Half under the age of ten.
Be brave now. [gasping]
Have you ever tried to get any out?
Out to where?
Not so many Poles want to hide a Jewish child.
And how many Jews
would let their children live with gentiles?
What about orphans, these ones?
Even if you found a way,
most of mine could not survive outside the wall.
Why not?
It's the language. She speaks Yiddish.
Is that not right, hmm?
They all speak excellent Yiddish.
Polish-- that is another matter.
And they are all beautiful.
But most are not passable as Aryan.
Irena.
Hello, Stefan.
Hello, Irena.
Kaminski, Irena came to see you.
You attended my classes together.
Yes.
A long time ago.
[children chatting loudly]
Kaminski, let me deal with this.
Horrible little savages right here, huh?
[squealing]
[chuckles]
I have, uh, found something here with Professor Korczak
and the children.
I am glad.
But you still smuggle potatoes?
Irena Sendler, always straight to the point.
Tell me how.
I know a few safe ways to get out.
Blind spots the Germans have overlooked.
There's the courthouse.
Which courthouse?
On Leszno Street.
There's also an entrance from the ghetto side,
and a friend... with a key.
And the others?
I can show you.
[man chanting in Hebrew]
MEN: Amen.
[chanting in Hebrew]
MEN: Amen...
[chanting continues]
The main sewer line goes all the way down
to the central junction under Gdanski station.
And from there?
Anywhere you want.
One line goes under Okopowa Street;
another goes under Marszalkowska;
and a third line goes under New Town and Miodowa Street.
STEFAN: The Germans keep the court so busy,
they have forgotten this entrance.
You remember our summer walks along the Vistula River?
Every step.
Shall we?
Welcome to Warsaw.
Thank you, Stefan.
We will use this way first.
Be careful.
You know me.
That is what I mean.
Be careful about yourself.
WOMAN: Come!
Hurry!
[children laughing]
[man speaking German]
Hello.
My name is Irena.
Can you tell me yours?
The boy who sits beside you every day--
is he your brother?
He died.
I am sorry.
Can you tell me where you live?
All right.
Come with me.
We have hot soup just made for you.
Are you going to get her changed in here?Yes, I think this
is a good idea. This will fit nicely...
Oh, you're so hungry.All right, let's see...
We need to do something about her hair.
Shall we braid it?That's a good idea. Please help, if you would.
All right, okay, let's take this coat off.
Very good girl.
This beautiful girl.
Who'd give her away?
That will keep you warm, hey?
Oh, much better.
Good girl.
You are going to look so beautiful.
Yeah? Ready for a little walk
in the courthouse?
[chuckles]
[indistinct voices]
Come along, sweetie. We must...
Such a little troublemaker.
You have no idea.
[laughing]
Come along, sweetheart.
Come along.
[men shouting in German]
Rabbi.
For me?
Such a dashing fashion for a rabbi.
And for you, Miss Nijinska...
Oh, yes,
I remember this book.
[knocking]
Welcome, come in. Come in and welcome.
Rabbi, thank you so much.Welcome...
So many people without shelter.Very kind.
Eva, Anna, come!
This way.Help me, please!
Now, this is perfect.
Let us read a little bit.
Thank you.Blankets here for you.
It's so cold outside.
This will do very well, Rabbi.
Come on.
[Rabbi speaking indistinctly]
MAN: Here, sit here. Take your bottle.
Is your little girl all right?
[sighs]
Why do I have to be a Jew?
What if I want to be something else?
I do not like being hated by everybody.
Everybody does not hate you.
Yes. They do.
You know it's true.
What did we ever do?
It's not fair.
[indistinct voices]
There are ways to get out of the ghetto.
Ways that are still safe.
I cannot...Yes, I know.
But I have been thinking about Karolyna.
Karolyna?
We know Polish families who can be trusted.
Several priests, convents in the countryside...
Stop, stop, Irena.
Let me ask you one thing.
Tell me from your heart:
How is it possible for a mother to give up a child? How?
Now I must ask you something.
A terrible thing.
No, no.
If it happened that the rumors are true,
and they took Karolyna,
if you had to choose between life and death...
No, please, I cannot face it. I cannot...
You can, Eva...
and you must.
[sobbing]Please tell your Jacob.
[classical piano piece plays]
[footsteps approaching]
Irenka, do you know what this author says about life?
Mama, please, I have to go.
Please, take one moment to breathe.
What this writer says is that in order to have a happy life,
you must exercise your own free will.
Interesting.
Bye-bye.
Which is why I would never tell you not to do something
or suggest to you that I would possibly be worried.
I would never do such a thing.
No matter what happens.
Thank you, Mama.
Thank you.Okay.
[men shouting in German]
[marching footsteps]
IRENA: What has happened?
All the social service programs have been suspended.
Who has access?
From now on, only nurses, doctors,
workers in the health department.
[speaking German]
[automatic gunfire]
And today I was told I am officially responsible
for any further spread of typhus.
It is impossible.
What do they...?
Of course it is impossible.
That is their point.
If I cannot help myself, how can I help you?
I will need health department work passes.
Four... no, no, maybe five nurses' uniforms.
Is that all?
Perhaps a larger vehicle.
We will seek orphans homeless in the market area
and specific families we already know are willing
to let us place their children.
One of Dr. Majkowski's drivers has volunteered:
Piotr Lapinski.
Miss Irena.
Hello, Janek.
Hello. Hello.
Thank you, Piotr.
MARIA: Mr. Lapinski sprays for typhus.
You understand the risk?
Oh, only small problems, but I am not too worried.
We'll use my truck.
I beg you, keep them together.
I'm sorry. It is not possible.
No, please understand.
Whatever happens, they will always have each other.
One slip, one word in Yiddish,
they could give each other away.
CHILD: Mama...
How will I ever find them?
IRENA: I will keep a record of where I place them. I promise.
[baby babbling]
Take her!
[woman and baby crying]
Shh, shh, shh...
[sobbing]
[singing in Hebrew]
[coughs]
You can go.
So, tell me, Tomas.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
A priest.
Yes, very good.
That is perfect.
Up you go. You can do it.
Here.
Over here.
Here... up.
SOLDIER: Vehicle check.
What are you carrying?
What's in the truck?!
We have a problem: Road block, vehicle check.
IRENA: All right, let us go for a walk.
IRENA: Our Father, who art in heaven...
IZAAK: Our Father, who art in heaven...
hallowed be thy name...
hallowed by thy name...
thy kingdom come...
thy will be done...
on earth...
as it is in heaven.
Give us this day...
our daily bread...
and forgive us our trespasses...
as we forgive those...
who trespass against us.
♪ Ashes, ashes, we all fall down! ♪
[kids laughing]
Children!
Come now, all together.
Show Miss Irena how we know our prayers.
ALL: Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep...
and if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.
[chuckles]
IRENA: First month...
room and board.
Is there anything else I should know?
She had a brother.
This is Adam.
Hello, Adam.
Does he speak Polish?
Perfectly.
Irena!
Jacob.
[sighs]
I did not mean to frighten you.
We have to be so careful.
Is Eva all right? And Karolyna?
Yes, everything is the same.
Irena, your instinct to take our daughter,
it is difficult, Irena,
but it is the right thing to do.
Eva has met with community leaders.
They want to speak about hiding the children.
Of course.
MAN: And what if my wife and I do not survive the war?
Who will claim our son?
I keep a record of every child.
And if this record or you are destroyed?
What guarantee can you give our children will survive?
I cannot guarantee anything,
not even escape from the ghetto.
Babies will pass more easily,
but if they can speak, they must speak Polish.
They must know Catholic hymns and prayers.
My children only speak Yiddish.
I understand. This is very difficult.
They will need to memorize their new Christian names,
their new home address,
the entire history of their new family,
harmless gossip about their neighbors, all of it.
What you are saying is we must teach our children to lie!
To survive, yes.
What about conversion?
I make it clear I do not wish this.
You may not wish it,
but on young, impressionable minds,
time and education will surely dim any memories of their past.
In this case, he will grow up a good Christian.
[murmuring]
For mothers and fathers to give away a child is
an unthinkable act. This is the truth.
The other truth is that Hitler calls Jews
a cancer on the nation,
and he speaks openly about the annihilation
of every Jew on the continent.
[murmuring]
Outside these walls,
there are Poles who are prepared to risk their lives
to save your children.
MAN: We Jews...
we Jews have survived in the hardest times,
and now are faced with another extinction.
Perhaps this time we can all be saved
by a new generation of Jews.
How wise are we to take away the birthright
of this new generation?
I recommend
we consider this proposal.
[murmuring]
I am not in favor of sending our children
into such a dubious world.
Now America is in the war.
This news favors our liberation.
For this we should wait.
Our dear friend has presented us with the difficult truths
of our time.
We should thank her for her courage to speak.
[murmuring]
[whispers]: Quick! Quickly. Quickly!
Jasio, go back. There's another bag.
No, I will not. No!
Go get it. Yes...
[vehicles approach]
[men shouting in German]
BOY: Help me! Let me go!
[soldier shouts in German]
No, stop!
[gasps]
[vehicles depart]
[indistinct voices]
Hey! Jasio!
Stop!
Jasio!
[baby coos]
[woman sobbing]
[baby fusses]
[indistinct voices]
[gun firing][woman screams]
[gunshot]
[woman gasps]
MAN: Miss Irena.
Walk with me.
Please.
My name is Michal Laski.
I know who you are and what you do.
The man you saw just now--
he is Untersturmfuührer Karl Brandt.
He is in charge of Jewish resettlement.
We are told in a few months,
they will begin to send everyone in the ghetto
to work camps in the east.
Why do you tell me this?
I have a son, Jasio, ten years old. He...
His mother died last year. He has no one.
He has you.He lives with smugglers,
goes under the wall at night, risks his life every day.
I want to get him out before he is caught and shot.
If, from time to time, I help you, will you help me?
Mr. Laski, I will help your son without conditions.
If, from time to time, you help me,
you will be helping many children, including your son.
There is a passage through a brick wall on Twarda Street.
On the other side,
an abandoned house.
Your Jasio--
does he have red hair like you?
Yes, but thanks to God, he now wears a cap.
[joyful shouts]
You know this new German that is now in charge of the ghetto?
Yes, yes, for work camp resettlement.
Stefan.
Do not be like this.
You know how many thousands of Jews have disappeared
from the Lodz ghetto.
Vanished. And to where?
Someplace they call "resettlement."
Dr. Korczak told me to prepare for the worst.
If there is no other way, that is what I must do.
Where is everyone? What has happened?
Books, bank accounts, invoices, receipts--
they have taken over all of it.
Who?
Gestapo.
Guten Tag.
[praying in Hebrew]
ALL: Amen.
Karolyna, can you tell us why
this night is different from all other nights?
[singing in Hebrew]
[voice breaks, trails off]
Sweetheart?
I know why tonight is different.
Tonight is different because once we were slaves
and now we are free.
[knocking at door]
[door opens]
RABBI ROZENFELD [laughing]: Jacob!
Welcome!
Papa![grunting]
Welcome!
I am not here for Seder.
I have some news you must hear.
Oh, Eva...
[whispers]: The underground received information
verified by...
Polish train engineers, lucky Jews who escaped,
even a few good Germans.
They all say camps are being built...
Concentration camps,
work camps.
Auschwitz is like this, we know.
You remember
the thousands of Jews who were deported from Lodz,
the ones who disappeared?
Last week
300 train cars of clothing returned for sorting.
What else, Jacob?
We hear rumors they are building another camp-- Treblinka--
only 90 kilometers from Warsaw,
where there are fake station platforms,
underground bunkers.
One thing they have not constructed: barracks.
No barracks?
I-I do not understand.
Why no barracks?
Mama, they do not...
In such a camp,
the only purpose is death.
We need to find a way to get you out of the ghetto.
RABBI: Get out, you say.
Get out how?
Get out to where?
EVA: Papa...
Irena has made an offer for Karolyna.
There is a convent
in the countrysi...
This is not possible.
She will be converted.
Never. Chaim!
These many months, I have said nothing.
Now I will give my opinion.
Our dearest Irenka has risked her life
for us many times.
Now she has made an offer for Karolyna we must accept.
I believe a convent is best.
No, no, no, this must not be done.
Chaim Rozenfeld.
You have loved me since I was a little girl in pigtails,
and after these many years you know very well
an opinion from me...
is not a suggestion.
[sighs]
Next time, when you come she will be prepared.
Irena,
the underground knows what you're doing.
They want to help.
There's a man you should speak to.
He goes by the name Trojan.
24 Zurawia Street.
Zurawia 24.
Mm-hmm.
For Karolyna,
I promise I will do everything.
We know that, Irena.
We know.
[speaking German]
MAN: You have created an efficient network,
already saved many children,
and so far no one has been betrayed or exposed.
Uh, we, the underground, have a good deal of money
and Viktor here has many contacts.
It could be a good arrangement.
This money-- where does it come from?
The Polish government in exile in London.
To help Jews?
Zegota exists only for that.
Who is Konrad Zegota?
He does not exist.
Which makes him hard to find,
especially for the Germans, who will never stop looking.
[coughs]
What is your proposal?
We are going to help you rescue children, if you agree.
I agree.
TROJAN: We'll provide you
with funds, papers, identification.
You will obtain this by picking up
Konrad Zegota's laundry--
a little shop on Bracka Street, near Three Crosses Square.
[gasping]
Looks like we are back in business.
Let me count.
Oh, look, identification cards.
Yes.
Very good quality.
These will work.
[laughter]
[clamoring voices]
Hey, what's going on?
They are deporting
the Sienna section-- all the orphanages.
What has happened?
They have begun deportations, starting with orphanages.
Which ones? All of them.
[children singing]
♪ Till we greet at peace again
♪ We will meet that one fine day or night ♪
♪ We are regiments who keep their commands... ♪
♪ We'll march in light...
[singing continues indistinctly]
[women sobbing]
♪ All our children and the homeland ♪
♪ Till we greet at peace again... ♪
[sobbing continues]
Stefan.
ANNOUNCER [German accent]: Attention, all Jews!
You will be resettled to the East.
You will be safe.
But you must remain calm and obey the orders.
If you act against resettlement, you will be shot.
[dogs barking]
Attention, all Jews!
You will be resettled to the East.
You will be safe.
But you must remain calm and obey the orders...
Stefan.
You must get out of here.
Do it for me, for the children.
You must see and remember, and then survive.
Go.
Go on quickly, now.
Go, go!
You know how to do it.
Attention, all Jews!
May God walk with you. Go!
Go on!
...remain calm as you move forward.
If you act in any way against resettlement,
you will be shot.
Attention, all Jews!
Obey orders and remain calm as you move forward.
If you act in any way against resettlement, you will be shot.
Thanks be to God.
Mama!
They took so many children.
They took them.
They took them, and there was... there was nothing I could do.
Shh.
I have heard this news.
How did you know?
Your friend...
[Irena sobbing]
You must be quiet.
Okay, come on, come here. You'll be all right.
[sobbing]
IRENA: Quickly, quickly.
[baby crying]Shh...
[crying stops]
[boy sobbing]
We cannot do it now.
Please, one more day.
Just one.
He will understand.
Now is still possible.
Tomorrow is uncertain.
This section may be emptied.
Tomorrow he will be ready.
I promise.
Look-- no more courthouse entrance.
[turns off engine]
A big problem.
Oh, stop fiddling.
You're making me nervous.
You need to get more rest.
For heaven's sakes, if I'd had a stroke, I'd be dead.
I'm telling you, I got up too fast.
I fainted; that is all.
It is serious, Janina.
With this, I can hear the truth.
You are a very brave young woman.
Stefan?
[chuckles]
There is room for two.
What are you doing?
A little carpentry.
What do you think?
I-I feel a little bit confined.
I-I think I need to get out.
It-it's not opening.
It's stuck.
Here. It-it, uh...
Can you please try it, please?
It is... it is stuck from the outside.
[laughs nervously]: No, no, no...
Please, open it.
Please, come on.
Okay.[chuckles]
All right, I need, now I need...
we need to get out of here.
We-We must call your...
[coughing]
Mama?
Irenka?
[snickers]
[Germans shouting][screaming]
ANNOUNCER: Keep your doors open!
Any Jew left behind or found hiding will be shot.
[clamoring]
[shouting in German][gunshots]
Jews, out!
[thudding burst in distance]
[man groans nearby]
Jasio?
[boy coughing nearby]
[woman sobbing]
CHILD: Are you hungry?
Drink this. You must eat something.
[children cough nearby]
Jasio?
Do you remember?
I cannot leave them.
I will not!
You have done a good thing, Jasio.
A very important thing.
And it may be hard to understand,
but the future will need your compassion, even more than now.
Which is why, tomorrow you must save yourself.
You know the coal room, where the rabbis study?
2:00 tomorrow, my friend will meet you there.
She wears bright red lipstick.
Be strong.
Say your good-byes.
[gate creaks]
I will never see you again.
I will never see any of you again.
Any of you.
Yes, you will.
I promise.
No, you can't promise.
Nobody can promise anything anymore.
EVA: Darling,
darling, darling...
I love you with all my heart.
My love for you is so big and strong,
it will never go away.
It will always be with you.
Whenever you think of me, I will be there,
right over your shoulder, forever and ever.
[sobs]
Your name?
Angela Kratula.
And where are you from?
Krakow, Poland.
But when I grow up, I want to live in Bavaria.
My uncle says Germany is much more beautiful.
Your name?
Angela Kratula.
And where are you from?
Krakow, Poland.
But when I grow up, I want to live in Bavaria.
My uncle...
[woman shrieks]
[people shouting, screaming]
[automatic gunfire bursts]
Quick!
Quick, in!
SOLDIER: Out! Out!
Get out of here! Out! Get out!
Get out of here!
Leave them alone! They're old and sick.
It is nothing to you!
Jasio?
IRENA: Michal Laski!
Out! Everybody out!
Jews, off the truck!
You!
Come with me.
You, too, come.
Move.
Get away from here, walk slowly.
I saw Jasio. He'll get out.Thank you.
Get out! Hurry up!
Jasio?
We cannot wait for him any longer.
I know...
I know.
Come. Come.
ANNOUNCER: Obey orders and remain calm as you move forward.
If you act in any way against resettlement,
you will be shot.Jasio? Jasio?!
Jasio! Jasio! Move!
Jasio!
[people clamoring]Get out! Out of the way!
Move it! Jasio!
Jasio!
Papa! Papa!
I tried to get out, but I couldn't.
It's all right. It's all right.
I'm here, I'm here now.
Stay close, son. Stay close to me.
[barking]
[soldier shouting]
[shouting]
Hold on to me, hold on tight.
Simon!
[gunshot]
[screaming]
There has been a mistake!
No! He is my son! No, he's my son.
All Jews...
All Jews inside now!
My family is protected! Jasio!
[frenzied shouting]
Son! Jasio!
Son!
[door slides shut]
[speaking German][passengers screaming]
[train rumbling and chugging][shouting, yelling]
Go on.
Look at that.
Yeah.
Angela.
Thank you.You are ready.
Papa! Papa!
[grunting]
I understand now
why you lived in the street.
It was God's way to make you strong so you can survive.
Here, give him my sweater.
I cannot do it.
I am afraid, Papa.Yes.
Please, I can't do it. I can't.Yes, you can.
Yes, you can.No, I can't.
Please.Listen to me. You can do it. Put it on.
No... Okay, shh.
Now.
Jasio, listen to me.
Land on... land on your elbows. Please.
Keep your head down.No, I can't.
You keep your head down, Come with me!
and stay still until you see the train is gone.
Papa, please, come with me.
I love you, Papa. No!Then run as fast as you can
into the trees, understand?Papa, please come with me.
I love you, Papa.
Please come with me.
Papa, please. Shh, shh!
You must be brave.
Jasio, you already know.I can't.
I love you, Papa. Please, I can't.
Come with me, please!
One...I don't want... please, no!
No, please! One...
two...
three.
[train whistle blowing in distance]
[children murmuring]
Shh! Children...
Shh, shh, shh!
Children, children... this is Angela.
She will be joining us.
Please don't leave me, please.
This war
will end, and you will survive
to be a mother and tell your story.
And one day,
if we are both very clever,
I will find you.
I promise.
Now there is something that you must promise me.
You must promise that you will always remember
that you are the famous Miss Nijinska,
prima ballerina.
I love you.
Me, too.
Go on now.
Off you go.
[indistinct voices]
[grunting]
Come on!
Over and under.
Shouldn't you have taught me this as a child?
That is beautiful.
Oh. You're so mean to me.
Stefan is not telling the truth.
It is hideous.
It's a mess.
This is never going to be...[vehicle approaches]
[speaking German]
Gestapo.
[knocking at door]
I will do it.
[pounding at door]
MAN: Open!
[pounding continues]
Open!
Irena Sendler?
I am.
Do you have Jews here?
Of course not.
It is against the law.
You will come with us.
Let me get a few things.
There's no need.
[door closes]
[car pulls away]
[door opening]
[footsteps approaching]
[chair sliding]
[papers rustling]
Irena Sendler.
Good afternoon.
I work for the city of Warsaw, Department of Social Services.
I know... I know.
[papers rustling]
[typing]
Ah.
Your father was a doctor.
Worked with Jews.
He worked with anyone who was sick.
Yes, until the Jews gave him typhus.
[typing resumes]
[papers rustle]
[sighs]
Who is Konrad Zegota?
Who?
[typing resumes]
[grunting, panting]
[fabric tearing]
Who is Konrad Zegota?
I don't know.
[thud][screams]
Who is Konrad Zegota?
I... I don't know.
[thud][screaming]
You have been denounced
by many people.
For example, the little shop where you pick up
your laundry... on Bracka Street,
near Three Crosses Square.
We know you're not so involved
with these criminals,
and if you tell us where to find this man,
you will not be executed.
[thud][screaming]
[grunting, screaming]
[locks clanging]
[shuddering]
[water dripping][grunts]
Sendler! Up!
[whip cracking, Irena screaming]
What does it mean?I don't know.
[conversation continues indistinctly]
[whip cracking]
[grunts]
[door clangs]
[fabric ripping]
[door clangs]
Sendler. Dentist.
[grunting]
You are wasting
your time and mine.
I am ordered to place a dressing,
I place a dressing.
For what?
She will be dead in the morning.
I do what I'm told. That is all.
[men shouting indistinctly]
[women shrieking]
[screams]
[crying]
[door shuts, lock clicks]
Stefania?
You are alive!
I swear, I told them nothing.
I was quiet as a mouse.
You know I would never betray you.
As a good soldier.Yes.
A good soldier, Stefania.
[Stefania sobbing]
You've done very well.
[door opens][all gasp]
Out! Out!
[truck engine humming]
Thank you for what you did.
We did it together.
No, I mean for me.
[sobbing]
[soldiers laughing]
Out! Out!
Out!
[chatting indistinctly]
Not you!No!
No! Wait! Wait! Don't!
No!
[speaking German]
[gunfire]
Get away from here!
Go!
[gunfire]
[speaking German]
Go!
But...
but I-I do not have
my identification card!You are dead with them!
Go! Run away!
Get out!
[gunfire]
[gunshots in distance]
[groans]
[clattering]
Irena!
Thank you.
JANINA: They will find out.
And they will search for you.
I will be safe.
Your mother is right. In time, you will need
a specialist. I know for you it is difficult
but please, until then, try to stay off them.
[door opens]
[door closes]
[footsteps approaching]
JANINA: Irenka... what you have done
is a... good,
decent thing.
So many that I could not save.
Believe me,
in this world...
to do a decent thing is not so bad.
It is time.
We must be in the mountains before dark.
I love you.
Do not worry.
I will be fine.
Go.
Irena.
Trojan.Thank you so much
for all you have done.No.
Thank you.
There-there is something
that-that Konrad Zegota must have.
They are all here.
Every child... where we hid them.
When all this is over,
they must be returned
to whatever remains of their families.
I will do it, I promise.
Thank you.
VIKTOR: From now on you are Irena Dabrowska.
"Once upon a time
there was a little girl..."
I am so fond of stories that begin that way.
I have kielbasa
in beer with onions.
You like?Yes, I do.
Good. [gasps]
First, you must come meet my pigs.
Really, Piotr, it is not necessary.
It is true what they say about Jews...
they make terrible farmers.
Piotr, please, put me down.
Oh, thank God!
Are you all right?
Yes.
IRENA [translated]: Not so long ago, it was Mother's Day here.
So today I would like us to celebrate that holiday
in the name of some of the most anguished mothers in the world.
The Jewish mothers who had to part with their children
during those terrible times.
And let us reflect on those Polish women
who took the Jewish children in
and brought them up as their own...
...risking their lives every day and every hour in the process.
They loved those children so much that when the war ended,
they could hardly bear to part with them.
So let us give thought to those mothers.
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