Come. Come, now.
You are finished!
- What is it? What have I done? - Shut up!
Maybe we can go this way.
You might see her.
The best I can do.
Come.
What the fuck?
Come on, don't frighten the children.
Inside.
I'm right here.
You know it.
Mr Sokolov.
Call me Lali.
So, my colleague Rosa, who plays tennis with Susan,
who went to school with Gary, she said that,
you're looking for someone to write your life story?
Yes.
She said you were in a concentration camp
- in World War II. - Yes.
In Poland, Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Well...
I'm... Heather Morris.
I’m married, I... I have three kids,
almost grown up.
I've worked at the Clayton Hospital
for almost 15 years, but I've always wanted to write.
I've completed two six-week courses in writing.
The first, Introduction to Technical Writing,
and the second, Memoir and Biography, so...
Do you want to ask me anything?
Are you Jewish?
No. I... No.
I'm... Church of England, sort of.
Perhaps you need someone who is.
No. No, I don't.
I haven't got long.
Right. Is it an hour today?
No, I am old, I haven’t got long.
- To live. - That's it.
- Okay. - Have a wafer.
Thank you.
Okay.
It starts in Slovakia.
It's 1942.
You want to write this down?
I think I’d just like to listen.
Okay.
So, this is a love story.
Let me ride through the wide Open country that I love
Don't fence me in
Wait. Wait here.
Hey, hey, enough! Stop this!
Boris.
You know him?
I went to school with him.
Hey, I...
I'm just here with my girl.
You know there is a curfew for you.
Sorry, sir, we didn't keep track of the time.
Does your father know you're out with a Jewish boy?
You poor fuck.
Come on. He's not worth it.
Let him have his last bit of fun.
Every day there were new laws for us.
Curfew.
You can't ride a bike. You can't shop here.
Can't be on a tram.
I had made this town my home.
Now, if you were Jewish,
it became a place you were not welcome anymore.
- Please. - Thank you.
- Take them. - Thank you.
- Take them all. - Thanks.
When the war is over, you will get your jobs back.
We will be here for you at Schon.
Good luck.
- Thank you, Mr Pavlic. - Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
No, no.
Thank you.
There's a bar I know, which you enter from the street,
and you go down the stairs.
It's very smoky. It's very crowded,
but I know the waiter,
and he'll take us to a reserved table.
Well, a coffee and a cherry liqueur
would be nice.
- Is there a show? - Of course.
Tonight, for one night only, Josephine Baker.
Was there someone special in the city?
There were girls, but... no one as special as you.
Oh, yes.
Everybody is talking about this.
Sasha said her brother’s going
and his wife said she's going too.
"To aid the war effort
and to provide training for members
of the Slovak Jewish community, the government of Slovakia
has requested one person from each Jewish household
register for work duty at their local office."
And it's this Tuesday we have to go.
I'll go. I'm the eldest.
Papa needs to be here.
- No, I'll go. - Lali, I've decided.
You have a wife and a family.
- And Papa-- - If I can trust you boys
to take the cart, I will go.
But I think the Prince of Bratislava here
has better things to do.
It'll be good for me.
I've been getting soft living in the city.
I don't want any of you to go.
Lali.
What have you heard?
Just...
lots of rumours.
That's all.
The train is leaving for Poprad now.
If you are traveling, then you must board now.
Read the books first, and then my notes about them.
Write to me with your thoughts.
- Hey, it’s good to see you. - Hey, good to see you.
- Hi, Lali. - Hi, how you doing?
That's a good place to stop.
Thank you.
It's a great love story, isn't it?
But I have good things to tell you as well.
I believe you.
- And good things take time. - It's true.
Thursday?
Thursday.
Good night, Lali.
Turn around.
What would I say...
if I could say anything to you now?
I will be happy, Mama.
And I will find love.
Mummy...
Mummy.
You're back.
I said I'd come.
- I didn't scare you off? - No, not yet.
Same blouse as before.
Yes, this is my hospital uniform.
- I wear it to work. - Come in.
Papers ready!
Stay in line!
Hey. What you doing?
What’s it to you?
What are you laughing at?
You. Late for an appointment.
Come on, keep moving.
Where are we going?
- Poland. - Keep moving forward.
I hear they’ll train you as a mechanic,
fixing cars, engines.
Hey, I know that guy.
This way. Come on, move.
Hey, Boris.
Lali. What are you doing here?
Getting on the train.
Listen to me.
Get out of here. Run as far away as you can.
Run!
He knew.
And he told me.
Did you know why he was telling you to run?
No.
There were rumours about the work camps, but,
who could believe them?
And that day, guards are all around.
I can't run.
- Keep moving! - Keep moving forward!
I'm sorry, I cannot travel in this carriage.
There is shit in there.
Move into the carriages.
Move quickly into the carriages.
Have your papers ready for inspection.
Fill every carriage.
- Come on. - Move.
Keep moving.
There's space in this one here.
Move forward.
Out! Go! You leave here. Go!
Get in line. Leave your luggage here, go.
Keep moving, follow the others!
Get in line and leave your luggage here.
Keep moving.
- Follow the train. - Excuse me.
When do we get these back?
Halt!
Welcome to Auschwitz.
The gates you just walked through say,
"Work will make you free."
So, work hard.
You will be processed here,
and then you will be taken to your new home,
Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
Women this way, men over here. Thank you.
Move along.
Shoes off!
Clothes off!
Put your clothes and shoes--
Take your clothes off!
Hurry up!
Keep going! Keep moving!
You will be processed and given a uniform.
Take your clothes off!
Keep moving!
Take your clothes off now.
I can't do this.
It's all right.
Keep going!
Keep moving. Don't slow down the queue.
Lali...
- Come on. - Go on, Aaron.
Aaron.
Why are you standing there?
Good man.
We treat our cows better than this.
Shit! Baretzki! Why did we come this way?
It was a shortcut, for fuck's sake.
They fucking stink.
Baretzki. Fucking hell.
Night shift sucks.
- He just randomly shot them? - Yes.
Our lives were not important to them.
This is what happened there.
This is part of it.
If you don't want to hear these things--
No. I... I do. I...
I understand.
Lali?
- Are you all right, Lali? - I'm all right.
Hey, old man.
That was me that night?
I’m not so sure you remember it right.
Get fucked.
Get up!
Get to the latrines.
Line up outside.
Get up, move it!
This is what it was every morning.
Caps off.
It was the hardest part of the day.
Every time I opened my eyes... and I am still there.
At night you sleep and you forget.
But morning...
Get up!
- Here again, again. - Let’s go.
Get up!
Outside, get to the latrines. Line up!
Hurry it up!
I need nails. Two packets.
You. Get them for him.
It's huge.
Here. Hold it steady for me.
Full weight.
You aren't a prisoner?
I'm a builder. This is a job.
The smell?
They can't bury the bodies fast enough.
Then they lined us up and shot them in front of us.
It was completely random.
It could have been me.
I... I can’t die in here, Lali.
I've never had sex, you know?
My... my girlfriend and I, we just kissed.
Are you okay?
Yes.
Just cold.
Lali. Lali.
I'll be okay.
He doesn't look well, does he?
Maybe the death cart for you.
I'm fine.
What would it cost you to let him stay in bed today?
You could suck my cock.
I can’t remember his name, that block elder.
He was a brute in prison for murder. Cuckoo.
Carl, maybe.
So, you were telling me about when you got sick.
Typhus, that’s right. So, Aaron...
Aaron is only 17, right?
What he did for me that day...
Back in line!
Fuck off.
Animals!
Back in line. Now!
Get back!
Is he alive?
Yes!
Fight this, Lali.
Fight it.
Lali. My boy.
What are you doing in bed?
You have to get up.
- Mama. - Come on.
You need to drink some water and get up.
You’re looking good.
I am Pepan. I gave you that number.
I saw those boys risk themselves to save you.
I know men like you.
There is more prisoners coming.
A lot more.
I will train you.
You would be away from those work gangs.
You would move out of those filthy bunks,
you would get more food.
Tattoo people?
That’s not something I can do.
I'm giving you a chance to survive this place.
Not a fucking career opportunity.
Caps off!
Caps on.
Move!
Get up!
I was 26...
and I wanted to live.
Pepan offered me a way...
and I took it.
- 3-2-4-0-7? - Yes, Block Führer.
The new tattooist.
I am now in charge of you.
If you behave yourself, all will be well.
How old are you?
I'm 26.
How old are you?
Go fuck yourself. That's how old I am.
Follow me, cunt.
I will be here for you at dawn.
Block Führer.
Can I sleep in my old barracks?
You are working for the SS now.
You will need protection, trust me.
Hard and fast, Lali. Come on.
It's worse if you're gentle.
- Keep the line moving! - I'm sorry.
I need to get back to my old barracks.
Go now, be quick.
If you have that bag with you,
it tells anyone you work for the Political Department.
And watch out.
Just 'cause you’re working for them
doesn’t mean they won’t shoot you.
I'm not working for them.
Is that for me?
Hi, Lali.
Hey, bakery is open, boys!
- Where's Aaron? - He was taken.
They took him away this afternoon.
His number was on the selection list.
He's gone.
What?
That makes no sense. He wasn't sick.
- What happened? - He's gone.
This is the story.
And he didn't come back. I never saw Aaron again.
He was sent to the gas chamber.
I'm sorry.
He was the same age as my daughter.
Why'd they take him, Lali?
I don't remember.
The bakery's open, boys.
It's the Nazis' new dog.
I...
Where's Aaron?
They took him away this afternoon.
What?
But he wasn't sick.
What happened?
There was a selection. Your number was on the list.
You weren’t here and so this block elder
changed your number to Aaron’s number,
and they took Aaron instead of you.
Dog.
This is the story.
We didn't come back.
Aaron.
He didn't come back.
Martin. He didn't come back.
Lali.
He came back.
Lali came back.
What have I done?
I don’t understand.
You need a reason?
You think you're special?
You will soon have a shower.
And after the shower there will be coffee and rolls.
Come on, don't frighten the children.
Inside.
We got in a little late.
Little job. Admin type job.
Your face.
Look at these two numbers.
These are the same number. You did these?
This one is an eight. The other is a three.
You are now the only Jew who walked into this place
and also walked out.
They murdered millions.
That's what Auschwitz was. That was its purpose.
It was a terrible place, Heather.
Not just for what was done to us, but...
what it made us into.
But I found something there.
Someone.
Today, the sky-- You see the sky?
Blue.
It was blue like that just when I met her.
These women need re-doing.
They know what to expect. Women are strong, Lali.
Think about your mother. How strong she is.
Quickly!
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
- Next. - Move forward. Now.
What are you saying when you are doing this?
Are you praying?
I'm saying, I'm sorry.
Your eyes, are they blue?
Sometimes.
Today?
Today, they look like the sky.
Is there a problem?
No, just getting some more ink.
Can I get mine in pink this time?
I'm sorry.
This will be over soon.