"♪ Waltz in E flat major, KK IVa No. 14, by F. Chopin; (sound of raking leaves)" "Not Everyone were Murderers" "From the memoirs of Michael Degen" "E-flat Major by Chopin waltz ends." "Daniel, send the children home." "Something big is happening in the streets." "(Gardener:) Enough for today, kids!" "Go home!" "Why?" "What's wrong?" "Did something happen?" "Stop questioning!" "Quickly!" "Go, go!" "See you tomorrow." "(Exciting music.)" "Slowly." " Well, give me a break!" " Sorry!" "Jew boy, I'll castrate you!" "Miserable beggars!" "We were sent home early." "Do you know why?" "Can you tell me what this is?" " An air rifle." " Where did you get an air rifle?" " Michael, I asked you!" " I bought it." "You bought an air rifle with whose money?" "Don't try to worm your way out of this!" "Where did you get the money?" "From you." "You didn't get any money from me!" "You steal from your mother to buy some crap?" "Do you have any sense?" "I wanted to defend against the Nazis." "With an air rifle?" "You're ridiculous!" " What will Dad say when I tell him that?" " You don't have say anything." "Of course I must." "He should know what kind of son he has." "Mom, please!" "(Melancholic piano tones.)" "(Door opens.)" "We're going home." " But I want to go in too." " No, you don't." " (cries) Mommy!" " Scream even louder!" "Then I'll go myself." "He said he doesn't want to see you anymore." "But!" "Did you expect that he'd throw his arms around you?" "Mama!" "(Piano music.)" "Ladder!" "Careful men, it's burning!" "(Doorknob turning)" "(Door is shut)" "An hour ago, your father died." "(Gear noises from the toys.)" "(Kaddish prayer) Jit'gadal wejitkadasch sch'me Rabba... b'alma... diw'ra chir'ute, we'jamlich malchutej, be'chajechon." "(yells:) Keep going!" "(Voices, dogs barking.)" "Mama, get dressed, we have to leave!" "(Dramatic music.)" "(yelling) Where should we go?" "(Voices, dogs barking, music.)" "You hit me?" "Get dressed..." "Come on, go!" "Take nothing!" "(Voices, dogs barking, dramatic music.)" "Hurry up!" "Come on..." "(Voices from the courtyard, dramatic music, steps.)" "Open the door!" "(Lift rattles, steps.)" "Mark my words, we're now just German like those people down there." "(steps) Open the door!" "(Lift clanks to a stop.)" "(Doors shut, trampling on wooden stairs.)" "Everyone out!" "By the door!" "Hurry up!" "Jews, out!" "(Noise and voices from the stairwell.)" " What is going on here?" " Nothing." "Keep going!" "(Noise, voices, dogs barking.)" "Come on please!" "Don't look back!" "Mommy, I want my mommy!" "(shot)" "(Outcry.)" " To shoot a child!" " When the stupid thing is running away!" " Yes, because everyone is so "nice" to her." " Do you belong to the Party too?" "(softly:) I don't belong to any "association"." "Mr. SS man, hey, she over there!" "Come on, don't run, just walk quickly." "That was close, right?" " Where will we go now?" " I have no idea." "Lona, you are our last hope." "We just now escaped." "Yes, in the subway station." "What is the station name?" " It don't know." " I believe Heidelberger Platz." "Yes, good Lona." "It's okay." "See you soon." "(clacking heels.)" "Mama!" "Listen Anna!" "Karl Hotze, a friend of mine, has accommodations for you." "You must pay them, but away from the street." "They're taking all the Jews to the big Hamburger Strasse assembly camp." "Berlin is to become "Jew-clean"." "(Exciting music.)" "Lyudmila is a russian emigrant, not a communist." "Watch what you say." "(Squeaking door closes.)" "Dimitriev, 4th floor." "Listen, to them, you're "Rosa Gemberg"." "Okay?" "Remember." "And you're young "Max"." "She doesn't need to know who you really are." "She has lived here for 23 years." "Old Russian nobility." "Perhaps she's a spy." "In any case, she's in it for the money." "(Music ends.)" "Phew!" "Here we are." "Dimitriev." "Max!" "(Door opens.)" "Hello." "Here are the two." "Rosa Gemberg." "And her son Max" "Lyudmila Dimitrieva." "Come in." "Thank you." "We have a business relationship, right?" "Good." "Then first I'll show you the apartment." "Follow me." "Here I sometimes give my concerts." "Then you'll need to stay in your rooms." "In absolute silence." "Only once my guests have left, are you permitted to open your door." "I sometimes have the Party bosses as guests, you understand?" "And here is your domain." "These are the former servants' quarters." "This room would be best for you." "Then this would be for the young master." "Satisfactory?" "Then all that remains is to arrange the finances." "For that, let's allow the young master to be alone." "Come along." "(Melancholy music.)" "(Melancholic music ends.)" "(Steps, door opens.)" "And?" "Do you like it?" "Well, at least we have a roof over our heads." "Can't we go home anymore?" "No, we can't." "(Music:" "Nocturne in G major by F. Chopin.)" "My Epstein was also a Jew." "Now he lives in America." "Our marriage was a catastrophe." "Nevertheless, I thank him for everything that you see here." "My Epstein was rich." "I loved that." "Is there still a Mr. Gemberg?" "I suppose the young man is hungry." "Mhm." "Lona, aren't you going to put yourself in the poorhouse?" "For young Max." "French soap!" " This is for the lady of the house!" " The lady gives thanks!" "Yes, the onions were the hardest to procure." "A scare commodity." "Kohlrabi!" "This will make a feast." "You are a splendid cook, Rosa!" "The best I could!" "I can't cook." "For this, you're unbeatable." "May I ask how you became friends?" "Lona took over the business of my husband." "He had to give it up in 1938." "Textiles, wool, and knitwear." "Since that time she has bravely split the proceeds with us." " The obvious thing to do!" " It is not, Lona." "It's rather perilous." " Stop please, Rosa!" " Allow me the pleasure of praising you!" "Mere sentimentality, ladies, I cannot stand." "You've said nothing of your husband, Rosa." "He was a great man." "He could bring the whole room laughter." "Rosa's husband was a genius!" "So he's no longer alive." "They took him to the concentration camp at Sachsenhausen." "She managed to get him out." "But unfortunately too late." "I didn't know him anymore." "His mind was so diminished." "He could barely speak." "They had crushed his ribcage." "He died shortly afterwards." "Would anyone like a cognac?" "Yes, I believe we could all use one." "Except for the little one, of course." "(Wheezing.)" " Normally I avoid alcohol." " Nothing is normal in these times." "So, down with it!" "Na zdorovie!" "Na zdorovie!" "Cheers!" "(Door opens, piano music ends.)" " Is it the siren?" " Sh!" "Stay quiet, my boy." "It's nothing at all." "I'm a bit lonely." "You know, I also had a boy." "He was the same age as you." " Where is my mother?" " She's sleeping." "We had a little too much to drink." "One needs that sometimes, understand?" "I often lay in bed with my Seryozha." "And I told him stories." "Would you like that too?" "Come on." "Come on!" "We warm up, and I'll tell you stories." "Hm?" "Please?" "(♪ Prelude in A Major by Chopin)" "Today is the day on which my Epstein divorced me." " Unfortunately, I had to compel him to." " Why?" "I'll tell you, even though you won't yet fully understand it." "Why do you back away from me?" "I'll do nothing to you." "Or are you afraid?" "Well, now you'll see." "(She giggles.)" "(She giggles.)" "Tell me, are you circumcised?" "Well tell me, are you or are you not?" "I am." "My Epstein was also circumcised." "I loved that." "Too bad." "Soon there in Germany  no more circumcised men." "What are you doing?" "We were going cuddle one another, hm?" "Mon Dieu, you're a little block of ice." "(A major Prelude ends.)" "Give me your hand!" "Can I go to my room?" " You want to already?" " Please!" "Too bad, Mon Dieu." "Too bad." "Come on, at least give me another kiss." "(♪ A Major Prelude begins again.)" "(smacking kiss.)" "(A major Prelude ends, door closes.)" "(Crockery rattles, door opens)" "(door bell rings)" "The first guests are arriving." "You must go to your rooms." "And don't forget, you don't exist." "You aren't there." "We'll disappear into thin air." "Nice the way you help your mother." "(door bell rings)" "Now you're overacting!" "(Crockery rattles.)" "(Piano Trio in E flat major by F. Schubert.)" "Shhh!" "(footsteps.)" "(Door opens)" " Sorry, I'm looking for the loo." " Next door down." "(Door closes, panting.)" "(Door opens.)" "Tell me, what precisely are you doing?" "We're the house staff." " And so you have to hide?" " Not hide, stay quiet during the music." "Mother and son, right?" "You we're really frightened when I came in." "(Air raid siren)" "We'll talk some more, in the air raid shelter!" "(Several air raid sirens.)" "We're not going to the basement." "Hurry, gather together everything you have." "(Voices from the hall, sirens wailing.)" " Are you ready?" " I have nothing else." "Now what?" "(woman asking about the children)" "We'll stay here and wait." "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "(Bombers buzzing, fearful breathing.)" "Shhh!" "(distant explosions.)" "(Bombers sound closer)" "(Loud hiss, strike.)" "Ah!" "(shocked breaths)" "(persistent strikes)" "They'll do nothing to us!" "They're after the Nazis." "Don't be afraid!" "(howling bomb strikes)" "Don't be afraid, they're not after us...!" "(crying) Don't hit us." "They won't hit us." "(Bang, shattering glass, cries, coughs.)" " Are you hurt?" " No." "It's on fire!" "Come on!" "Get out!" "My hat!" "(fire hisses and crackles.)" "Pull yourself together, we need to get out!" "The other exit, come on!" "Where is the key?" " Michael, the key!" " I don't know!" " Find the key!" " There it is!" "Calm down!" "(sound of dropping bombs.)" "(Cough, explosion.)" "(siren sounds)" "Look out, the beams are collapsing!" "Come on!" "(Loud bang.)" "Oh, God!" "I would have wished another childhood for you." "(Door opens, coughing.)" " Lyudmila!" " You're alive!" "Mon Dieu!" "Your apartment is on fire!" "What will become of us?" "You must get away, fast." "The basement is full of the Party." "Not to Lona's." "It's monitored by Gestapo." "Go to Hotze, Karl Hotze." "I don't know where he lives." "I don't have his address." "You must simply remember:" "One six, five four, three seven." "16 54 37, 16 54 37..." "He's a good boy!" "Thank you!" "Come on!" "(Cough, screams.)" "Where's a phone booth that's still working?" "(Voice:) Medic!" "I can't find a medic." "There!" "Telephone booth over there." "Come on!" "Come quickly!" "(cry of pain)" "What is it?" "What are you doing?" "(Bang.)" "(Crash.)" "So, that was it." "As I told you, we'd survive." " Did you hurt yourself?" " A little." "(Exciting music, palpitations, cough.)" "(Cough closeby.)" "(Voices.)" "I'm cold and hungry." " Do you still know Hotze's number?" " 16 54 37" "(Worn music, noise of chopping, shovels, stones.)" " Mrs. Gemberg?" " Yes?" "I'm Karl Hotze." "It's a pleasure." "Young man, would you like some raisins?" " Yes." " Here." "I can take you to acquaintances of Lona." "I don't know them well." "They are the Teubers." "Lona is also heading there, taking the subway." "We'd better walk." "The subway is constantly monitored." "It means a two-hour hike." "Whoever gets tired, can ride on the bike rack." " And you?" " Me?" " Yes, if you become tired?" " I won't get tired." "I've walked continuously for 24 hours before... in a camp, you know?" "You have to in there, or you'll never march again." "There's no mercy." " You were in a concentration camp?" " Buchenwald, yes." "As a criminal, under criminals." "After two years they had enough of me and I of them." "(Doorbell.)" "(knocking)" "(Voice:) I'm not a streetcar!" "I hate this." "These guys show up during the day." "For the 100th time, business only in the evenings." "Come back again later!" "Foot corns on my doorstep!" "Lona Furkert made arrangements." "Is she already here?" "Not that I know of." " What do those two want?" " To live with you." "Not officially of course." "But if we stay out here much longer, we'll invite trouble." "Yes, come in." "(Door strike.)" "Mrs. Gemberg and her son were bombed out." "No interest in the family tree!" " What's going on?" " Put something on, you slut!" "Should I get dressed up for the toilet?" "No manners anymore, these brats!" " And for the finances?" " We'll pay of course, Mrs. Teuber." "I'm all for Grandma Teuber." "So, let's go to the parlor!" " Have you known Lona long?" " It's none of your business!" "(Door closes.)" "That's my man." "We present ourselves." "We met by chance in the subway." "Quite by chance." "A chance is sufficient." " Hello." "Ernst Teuber." " Gemberg." " Karl Hotze." "Hi." "You always overdo it!" "Real coffee beans!" "I'll make some!" "It's terrible..." "Twice they rummaged through my bags in the subway." "What are you saying?" "Provisions for the whole week in case I don't get back to the apartment." "Girls, time for feeding!" "Morning!" "This is Grete, who was previously seen naked, and her little Horst." "Over there is Rosa, my youngest." "Hanging on the wall is Felix." "He's not here, he's making mincemeat of the Russians." " These two will stay with you." " With me?" "With the boy?" "With your's too." "He knows about more "positions" than I did at 13." "(Grandma Teuber) Louts!" "Really, this is real bean coffee." "You have total shit for brains!" "I'm sorry." "Quiet, quiet!" "(Grandma Teuber:) Instead of a brain you have a bubble!" "I'll get back to the field." "Mission accomplished." "Head high, it'll be okay!" " Thanks for the coffee, Lona." " Don't mention it." "(Grandma Teuber:) You see how stupid Grandpa is!" "If he'd only cut his hair the way he boozes coffee!" "Grete sleeps in her marriage bed, and the sofa is for you." " Is Greta married?" " In some ways yes, in others no." " Won't strangers disturb her husband?" " No." "The guys won't be disturbed at all!" "A fine mess." " Lona, how do you know these people?" " I had no choice!" " What the boy is going to see here!" " Only until Hotze finds something new." " I can't stay here a week." " Do you want to survive or not?" " Are you sure they're not Nazis?" " They're definitely not political." "They just want the money!" " It's a fine mess." " Grandma Teuber said that too." "So long as they don't betray us for money." "(Moaning pair, groaning mattress.)" " Morning." " Morning." "May I ask you something Grandma Teuber?" "Go ahead!" "No false modesty." "Do you think it right to rent out your daughters to strange men?" "I think it's alright." "People must have something to live on, as long as they live." "A bit of spreading the legs open is innate in us." "Or do you use the stork?" "No." "But I was married." "And?" "Is it different then?" "You haven't had one of these in a long time." "See, this is what Grete gets from the guys." "Because of her beautiful crooked legs." "Through which a whole football can pass." "They are crazy about them." "She pays herself with that!" "One needs fresh air." "Are you coming?" " Mhm." "(Worn music.)" "(quietly:) In case we get separated, check at the station every hour  to see if the other is there." "But inconspicuously!" "Okay?" "Do you understand?" "It's frigid." "As long as I don't have to endure this." "Go back?" "No, I do not want to go back." "Do me a favor, ask Rosa for a shawl and gloves for me." "I'll wait here." "Germans!" "Support yourselves!" "Don't buy from Jews." "(Diesel engine)" "Heil Hitler!" " May we please see your identification?" " Identification, of course!" "Oh, it's not there." "I must have left it at home." "I can show you my old postal identification." " Your Name?" " Rosa Gemberg." "Birthdate?" "Your birthday." "12th of October 1908, in Beuthen." "Do you take us for fools?" "Your name is Anna Sarah Degen and you're Jewish." "Total nonsense!" "Aren't you ashamed?" "I'm coming from the doctor, want to work, and you stop me with some rubbish?" "I'm not a foreigner, let me go." "Who are you anyway!" "?" "Secret State Police." " And so you stop people getting to work?" " Where do you work?" "(Dramatic music.)" "(Stifled sobs, Music ends.)" "(Loud voices, whistling locomotive.)" "(Stifled sobs, voices, tragic music)" "Hello, Michael!" "Michael Degen!" " Are you in our conveyance?" " The impossible!" "He is a Jew." "(Voice:) Watch it!" "You bugger!" "I didn't want to be in the station." "I got lost." " And what is your name?" " Max, Max Gemberg." "It's nothing." "You don't need to fear me." "We just need to get away from here." "Come on, with me." "Don't be afraid!" " But, what if she's not there now?" " Why shouldn't she be there?" "Then I'll keep you with me." "(Bell.)" "(Steps.)" "I'm bringing the boy back to you." "Rosa, your runaway is back!" "Mama!" "Hello, Mrs. Gemburg." "I'm from the civilian welfare." "I bringing your Maxie." "He ran off." "Ran, ran where?" "Please come in!" "He could not find you at the station." " Mom, you said..." " I said nothing at all!" "And the gloves?" "I don't need them anymore!" "What are you doing to me?" "I'm about to die of fear  and you're wandering around the train station!" "He was just confused." "At least he's back again." "I'm Erna Niehoff." "I know of nothing and saw nothing." "Take care, Maxie!" "And you best stay at home!" "Oh!" "(Crackling of paper)" "Here's my phone number if you need my help." "But don't leave it behind." "You understand?" "Mama!" "(Music)" "(Sobs, music continues.)" "An NSV nurse." "Who now knows what's going on here." " She brought me back!" " Exactly, and now knows where we live." "The men in the car..." "Were they the Gestapo?" "Yes." "In the car sat one of Father's friends. (Music ends.)" "Perhaps you've mistaken her." "You need to renew this." "I wanted to do that for a while, but you know how it is." "I looked for you through the entire Stettiner Station." "Can you imagine how that feels?" "As for that situation with you and Daddy, I'm so very sorry." "I miss him so much." "(sobs) I'll just need a moment." "(Music ends.)" "(Door opens.)" "I'm sorry, but you can't remain here." "Find somewhere else." "(Door closes)" "(Whistle, sound of train.)" "Everything went well?" "A good trip." "I'm Martchen, Hotze's sister in law." " Rosa Gemberg." "My son Max." " Hi!" "The bag is bigger than the guy." "Best leave it to me." " Thank you." " Come along." " Lona Furkert has taken good care of us." " She's a sweetheart!" "A bit more walking... but after that, you'll have it well." "Step through here." "This is your new home." "(Music ends.)" "Oh, they're already there." "Come in." "I have the whole top floor for you, with a flushing toilet." "Only we can't have heat in here." "So, make yourselves comfortable here." " Were you seen, Rosa?" " And if so?" "They weren't wearing stars." "Be careful by the window." "Our neighbor is a Nazi." "He's always watching through binoculars." "We don't have contact with him, but he knows we're communists." "It's best if he doesn't see you." " The curtains should be closed, Käthe." " I forgot." "I'm sorry." " Another glass, Mrs. Gemberg?" " Yes, gladly." " Call me Rosa." " We don't need to be formal." "I'm Käthe." " Cheers." " Cheers." "So, here I am again." "So, this should fit the boy reasonably well." " A Hitler Youth uniform?" " He can't go out without it." "That would arouse suspicion." "Such a boy needs to get into the fresh air!" "Here, try this." "Wonderful." "It fits you." "Will you help me in the garden?" "Can you pull weeds?" "We'll get you used to it." "(Music starts.)" "Don't put up with crap." "If someone gives you crap, hit back." "(Shot, music ends.)" " Good shot, right?" " If you weren't aiming at me." " I could have." " Tough talker!" "Back it up." "With this you can even..." "Ow!" "Are you crazy?" "Stupid asshole!" "Man!" "Who started it." "You or me?" " It was just for fun, you dick." " Yeah, good fun." "The asshole thinks he's Max Schmeling!" "I have no handkerchief for this." "Here, take mine." "Man oh man, you're a hot-tempered prig." " I've never seen you here." " The situation is mutual." " And what is your name?" "Max... as in Schmeling." "I could have guessed." " Where do you serve in Hitler Youth?" " In Köpenick." "A 100-percenter, huh?" "My father is a SS Sergeant at Prinz Albrecht Street (ie." "SS HQ)." " Not at central command?" " No free rooms there." "A comedian." "Can I give it back to you, washed, tomorrow?" "No hurry." "(Noisy teenagers in background.)" " Do you have a name too?" " Rolf Redlich. "Double-R"." "Say, have you ever gone hunting for shrapnel?" " No, where?" " Here, in front of your nose, in the forest." "What for?" "Are you from the moon?" "It's great for trading!" " Do you want to?" " I don't know." " You're too cowardly, huh?" " Do I look like it?" " Definitely." " I can prove you wrong." "Dumbass." "So, are you with me?" "Maybe." " Good." "Tomorrow, same time?" " Whatever." "Weren't you ever political, Rosa?" "With a sick husband and a small child?" "For you in particular it would have seemed vital." "I had to earn money." "Jakob was a sweet man, but not a businessman." "(Käthe:)" " I thought that was in your blood?" " That's Nazi propaganda, little sister!" "You didn't see what kind of hell hound we were getting in this Hitler?" "It was clear." "You don't understand my situation and about me, not a thing." "You have a comfortable life here." "We're certainly not communists." "You Jews would stand on the sidelines." "That is the truth." "Käthe, what are you doing now?" " It's true." " Stop it!" "(door opens.) Time for the news." "(Window closes.)" "(Radio whistles and rattles.)" " Not so loud!" " I still can't tune it." "(Radio:" "Four drum beats.)" "(Door closes.)" "Look out." "(Radio:) This is England." "An international commission has established that..." "In Germany, in 1939 there were 200.000 Jews  and now at least 160.000 have been abducted or killed." "There were 75.000 Jews living in Austria, and now at most 15.000." "(Leaves rustle, birds singing)" "You need to get gloves like these, otherwise you'll burn your fingers." "There!" "Is that a piece of shrapnel?" "Not bad for starters." "It's from a 8-8." " Is it still hot?" " Nah, or you would've heard flak last night." "It has been in the ground a while." " Here, you can have your first shrapnel." " Thanks." "(music starts.)" " Are you coming in with me?" " No, I have to ask mother." " Oh, nonsense, you're not a a little kid anymore!" "Come on!" "(music ends.)" "(Radio:" "Four drum beats) This is England..." "Dad, are you at home?" "I brought a friend. (Radio shut off)." "(Father:)" " How long have you been here?" " Just now." " And you?" "Were you eavesdropping?" " Dad, this is my friend, Max Gemberg." "Huh, have you been eavesdropping?" "(Clatter of empty bottles.)" "What did you hear in the hallway?" "I asked what have you heard?" "Can I get an answer?" "The English broadcast." "(Rolf:) He's crazy." "He couldn't have." "How did you know it was the English broadcast?" "I just know." "Heard it at home too?" "Tell me!" "I'll won't betray anything." "Or you." "Hm, and if I don't believe you?" " But you have to." " I don't have to do nothing, got it?" "(loudly:) Is that clear?" " Have you eaten already?" " No, I'm starving." "Then I'll make a few sandwiches." "(Exhales) That went alright." " Do you live alone with him?" " For quite a while." "And your mother?" "She ran off." "He drinks too much sometimes." "He can't handle it at all." "Don't you eat pork?" "Yes." "Can you tell me why the Führer has it in for your people?" "Do you know what he's doing to your people?" " What's he talking about?" " No idea." "And why doesn't he have to go to war?" "He is an engineer." "Important war transportation, you know?" " Before, he was a great-looking man." " Is he a Nazi?" "Just like your father at Prinz-Albrecht Street." "I'd rather leave." "Tell me, are you a Jew?" "Be assured we won't say anything." "Dad won't either." "Yeah." "(Door closes.)" "(music starts.)" "What are you looking at?" "Young Hotze." "They're in just as much danger as we are." " Who?" " Everyone downstairs." "They're risking their lives for us." " They don't have to." " No, they don't have to." "To know things are still this way in this country." "It's a wonder." "(door opens)." "Boy!" "Wake up!" "Get dressed!" "Come quickly!" "You must get out." "I'll wake your mother." "(Voices in the house)" "Rosa, get dressed!" "We have Gestapo in the house!" "You must get out fast!" " Max, can you jump?" " Yes, why?" "You must jump out the window." "Then from below, show your mother where she should jump." "Quick!" "Then go to the end of the garden." "There is a door." "We have..." "And boy, make no sound, even if you get hurt!" "Don't be afraid!" "Martchen!" "Take care." "Take care of yourselves!" " Over here!" " Bye, Martchen!" "Take care of yourself!" "(Cough.)" "Come quickly!" "(Dog barks.)" "The door!" "(Watering can falls over.)" "(Breathing, barking.)" "Now go!" "(Dramatic music begins.)" "Duck!" " Mom, did you hurt yourself?" " I landed the wrong way." " And now where?" " I'm asking the same thing." "Come on!" "(Dramatic music ends.)" "I can't go on with my foot." " Want to take off the shoe?" " If I did, I couldn't go on." "I was here with Rolf." "Who is Rolf?" "The boy with whom I went hunting for shrapnel." "What?" "You were running around the forest with a strange boy looking for shrapnel?" "Why didn't you tell me this?" "I needed to know this." "I didn't think it was so important." "You thought so?" "Not important!" "Who is this Rolf?" "He is a little older than me and lives alone with his father." "You know the Father?" "Nice." "Perhaps he's a Nazi or something!" "No, surely not." " "Surely"?" "What makes you so sure?" " Rolf said he wouldn't betray me." "What does "wouldn't betray you" mean?" "He somehow realized that I'm a Jew." "(Sigh.)" "(softly) I'm speechless." "We hide like moles, cower in strange apartments,  so nobody discovers us, and you..." "you're running around here with a Nazi." "What mistakes am I making now?" "(softly:) None." "Forgive me, please." "None." "(music.)" " I keep thinking of Hotze." " I think about Martchen." "(Exciting music, footsteps.)" "Quietly!" "Martchen isn't there either." "(Door unlatches, panting.)" "(Sigh.)" " Are you in pain?" " Oh pain, hunger, everything." "I'm hungry too." "Where is Lona?" "If Hotze was picked up, Lona is in danger too." "What then?" "We stay here and wait." "I don't know where we should go." "I don't know how long this war will last." "I know nothing more at all." "I'd prefer death." "Mama, don't say such nonsense!" "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I didn't mean it like that." "I would just like to wash my hands." "Everything sticks to me." " We're going to the Redlichs tomorrow." " The Redlichs?" "Rolf's father." "(Music ends.)" " There it is." " Aha." "Good." "I'll wait here." "(doorbell.)" "(Emphatic door knocking.)" "Are you crackers?" "Why all the noise here?" "Get in there!" "I wanted to ask, what Rolf is doing?" "Off on a career!" "As a replacement soldier." "Training with the bazooka." "And you?" "My mother is by the street." "Your mother?" "Then bring her in." "Should I perhaps have a look at you?" "Don't worry!" "I once took a first aid course." "Oh boy, it's a wonder that you were still able to walk!" "The best thing would be to stick the whole thing inside a refrigerator." "And do the thing same with me." "(Groan.) Careful." "(Sighs of relief.) Skilled hands, if I may say so." " Oh, stop it." " Don't be modest!" "It would be best to elevate your leg." "One moment." "As high as possible." "Thank you." "I'll make some coffee, as long as you're here." " We want to be trouble." " You're not." "Quite the contrary." "Max can look for coffee cups in the cabinet." "And on the window sill is some apple juice, if you'd like it." "Unfortunately I don't have milk anymore." "But there must still be some sugar." "(Crockery rattles.)" "Great, right?" "(sigh)" "Well, I'm anxious that he might call the Gestapo." "Help yourself, my boy." "You too, Mrs. Gemberg." "The sausage is from Poland." "As real as it gets." " More coffee?" " Gladly." "Always black gold." "Thank you." "It's possible that your foot would give you such trouble... that only cooling would help." "If it's too cold, I'll wrap the bag in a towel." " Of course it's better without that." " Thank you, it's fine." "May I ask why are you not at home?" "We were bombed out." "We're on the road." "(quietly:) Uh-huh." "If you want, then you can stay here too." "There's enough room." "And, having a woman in the house wouldn't hurt." "You can see the man's state of affairs." "Mr. Redlich, we're not simply just Germans." "I know." " I know!" " You want us to stay anyway?" "We're already working it out, huh?" "With the splint, your mother will walk better than on her healthy foot." "Well, I'll be!" "Max Schmeling is apprenticing in handcrafts." " Man, how did you get here?" " Your father picked me up off the street." " The Gembergs are living with us now." " The Gembergs?" "Well, Max with his mother." "Your splint, Mr. Redlich, could be patented." "See how light these are." "Polish goose down." " Are you often in Poland?" " Earlier I was often there, professionally." " But now it's in Russian hands." " Really?" "Yes." "Soon, dear Germany..." "good night!" "(Lyrical music begins.)" " Can I help?" " It's all right." "I'll do the same with the other bed." "Hmmm, how that smells!" "May I ask what that is?" "Pirozhki, stuffed dumplings." "The recipe of a Russian friend." "Pirozhki: sounds almost as nice as it smells." "(Lyrical music ends.)" "Could I please have one more of the wonderful pirozhkis?" "Gladly." "But not, lest it would bad for you." "Thank you." "Please call me Erwin." ""Mr. Redlich" sounds so formal." "I think today I'll eat until I burst." "It tastes so delicious, right?" " Hmm." " We're not supposed to be out here." " Nonsense!" "After the all-clear signal everyone looks for the best pieces." "(Continuous gunfire.)" "It has been properly cleared out here." "I've got something!" "It's shining like the... (Bang.)" "Ouch!" "Max!" "My leg hurts so much!" "I have stepped on something." "Help me up!" "Not so fast!" "That hurts!" "(tragic music.)" "Your trousers are wet!" "Crap!" "I peed on myself." "Please don't tell Dad anything." "(Whimper.)" " Man, you're very bloody down there!" " Quick, back home!" "Oh!" "I can't." "I'll lie here and you get Dad." "You run home fast." "Go!" "I'm not going without you." "Give me your arm and I'll carry you." "It's not far." "(Cries of pain, Dramatic music)" "(Cries of pain)" " I have to lift you higher." " Aaah!" "My ass!" " Make it quick!" " I am!" "(Loud scream.)" "We're almost there." "(Music ends.)" "(loudly:) Mr. Redlich!" "(loudly:) What is it?" "Mr. Redlich!" "Rolf!" "Rolf!" "What happened?" "What's wrong with him?" "He came upon a grenade." "Rolf!" "Rolf!" "The effort was in vain, son." "(Sobbing.)" "I cannot get him into the house." "I no longer have the strength for it." "(Sobs.)" "(loud sobs.)" "(softly:) I am to blame." "God has not forgiven me." "No one is to blame, Mr. Redlich..." "Erwin." "This is the punishment for my having taken your people to Poland." "Whole trains full." "All the people with the yellow star." "I didn't want..." "Believe me, Rosa, I never wanted for..." "But I was a participant." "I witnessed it all... (crying) The selections." "The sky fire-red from the furnaces." "Mr. Redlich." "All were killed." "Women and children." "People like you." "Simply gassed and then into the oven." " Stop it!" "I watched..." "and kept silent." "(Sigh.)" "I was too cowardly." "I was too cowardly, Rosa." "Now he takes my son." "You he lets live." "(Melancholic music starts.)" "(Melancholic music ends.)" "(knocking.)" "(Door opens.)" "Oh Martchen!" "You're alive!" "You're alive!" "(Sobs.)" "(music starts.)" "(Sobs.)" "I looked for you all over." "There's no word from Lona either." "We were so worried." "What about Käthe and Hotze?" "Hotze was abducted." "Käthe was too." "I know nothing else." "Look, the boy is already asleep." "Yes, both of you have had a hard time." "(Sigh.)" "I don't want something else to happen to you." "Hotze was too careless, always distributing leaflets." "Of course they found out about him." "Such a silly boy!" "I'm happy you're back." "It makes me so happy!" "Oh, Rosa." "(Sobs.)" " What happened to you?" " Better not ask." "So, I'll prepare some food." "We're hungry." "Should we wake him?" " Let him sleep." " Very well." "I'll be right back." "(Whine of rocket launchers.)" "(Ongoing rocket noise, dull strikes.)" "(Sudden silence.)" "What's coming now?" "It's already getting light." "When the day arrives, the Americans come." "Those aren't pilots." "Those are tanks." "(Rumble, clinking glasses.)" "Those are ours or the Russians." "The Russians?" "(Curb chains rattle, Clinking glasses.)" "Climb up, to see if you see something." "(Footsteps, voices, tank engine.)" " Hey." " A Russian!" "What?" "Are you sure?" " He had a red star up there." " Russian?" "Now we're back to being normal people." "(Door rattling) Quiet!" "(Voice in Russian.) "We should open it!"" " How do you know Russian, Rosa?" " Come on, we must go up!" "Rosa is dead." "Now I'm Anna again." "Anna Degen." "Come on, quickly!" "(Knocking)" "(Door rattling) Hurry up, open it!" "(Russian:) Get back in!" "Where are soldiers hiding?" "(Russian:) You're hiding something, we're ready for it." "Where are soldiers?" "(Russian:) We are not enemies." "I'm Jewish..." "This woman saved us." "She says she was waiting for us." "She's Jewish." " Where did you learn Russian?" " In a boarding school in Prague." "Escort this woman away." "I want to speak with her alone." " My friend!" "She did nothing." "(German:)" " Keep quiet!" "I want to talk with you alone." "Who is this?" " My son." " Then he can stay." "(Russian:) Leave him here." "Go." "(German:) Sit down." "(loudly:) Sit down!" " Where did you learn Russian?" " Our family comes from Poland and migrated to Germany after World War I." "Speak slowly!" "Where is your husband?" "(softly:)" " My husband is dead." " Since when?" " For years." "He was in a CC." " In CC?" " CC for Concentration Camp." " I know!" " You've thought about it a long while." " You said to speak slowly." " Why was your husband in the CC?" " He was a Jew." "You're a German and you have a Jew for a husband?" "I'm also a Jew." " Are you a German boy?" " He was..." "I want him to give the answer!" " So, you're a German?" " Yes." "Even though your father is a Jew?" " I'm a German and a Jew." " You're not a Jew." "Even if your father is a Jew, you're a long ways from being a Jew." "Show your passport!" " We have no passports." " Show me your German passports!" "I have an old postal ID, but it's a forgery." "Because you're a spy." "You have no Jewish husband." "You know that all the Jews were killed." "In the case of our people..." "forced to dig our own graves." " And then they killed her!" " Mama!" "You are a Jew, yes?" "That's a lie!" "Your mother raised you to lie." "You know very well that Hitler murdered all the Jews." "Yes or no?" "Yes." "Then why are you alive?" "And your mother?" " We were hiding for two years." " You're lying!" "You are a Jew, right?" "Your father is dead, right?" "Do you know what you, as a Jew, must do when your father has died?" "Do you know?" " What do you do then?" " I pray." "(softly:) What do you pray?" "(louder:) What do you pray?" "Kaddish." "Then pray!" "I want to hear it." "Now!" "Loudly!" "Jit'gadal wejitkadasch sch'me Rabba  b'alma diw'ra chir'ute, we'jamlich malchutej,  be'chajechon uw'jomechon uw'chaje d' chol beyt Yisroel ba'agala  uwisman kariw, w'imru Amen." "... Osse shalom bim'romaw, hu ja'asse shalom alejnu  we'al kol Yisrael we'imru Amen." "I also prayed in that way for my father." "(Tragic music)" "He had to dig his own grave." "(Russian:) Men, bring them back!" "Did they do something to you?" "(German:)" " You helped her hide?" " Yes." "Why?" "My sister was a communist and her husband too." " Where is your sister?" " Dead." "Ravensbrück concentration camp." " And her husband?" " How would I know?" "I hope he survived." "I don't know." "I hope he did." "We'll drink to reconciliation." "(Russian:) Bring the vodka bottles!" "(pouring bottle)" "Thank you." "(pouring bottle)" "To peace!" "(Russian:) To victory!" "To Stalin!" "(German:) Repeat: "We'll live forever"." " We'll live forever." " Now drink!" "I think I'll be sick from it." "You're a man, so drink!" "(Swallowing hard.)" "(Tragic music starts.)" "Are you coming?" "This is progressing so rapidly." "Due to the stupid jaundice." "Are you in pain?" "It could be worse." "Do you ever think about death?" "When I was your age, I never thought about it." "Maybe that was a mistake." "But speaking honestly..." "I wouldn't want to return to the world again,... not even as a beetle." "(Tragic music.)" "Erna Niehoff and Käthe Hotze died in a concentration camp." "The others survived." "subtitles by SmartyBoy"