"The first day of January" "The year of Our Lord 1922," "Edith Stein, I baptize you with the name of Teresa Edwige." "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit." "All Aboard!" " Hello." " Hello." " This is for you." " Thanks." "Edith!" "Mom!" "Mom ..." "How much weight you lost my dear." " I'm just a little tired." "I'm proud of you." "A professor of philosophy." " My daughter!" " Mom, you must know:" "I am Jewish and I remain Jewish ..." "But I converted to Catholicism." "Why?" " Why did you do that?" " I have long looked for love   And I've found it in Jesus." "In Him and through Him we get to God." "You have betrayed us, like Jesus." "He has been crucified to save us." "You had no right to do that, Edith." "I know that you are always a die-hard in all your actions," "But I beg you," "For my children, my grandchildren renounce." " Sorry, Mom" "I cannot step back." "Mankind can only find itself by the encounter with God." "It is God who gives us the strength of inner life." "And Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!" " You're no longer my daughter." " Mom!" "Mom ..." ""Heart, my Heart .." ".. What happened to you?" "What oppresses you so much?" "What a strange new life"?" ""I do not recognize you   Far is what you loved." "Far is what grieved you." "Far is your fatigue and your rest."" "Thank you." "In your opinion, what oppresses Goethe's heart in this poem about love?" "Couldn't it be love itself?" " Karl?" " Perhaps the changes produced by love?" "Goethe is unable to resolve the internal tensions   of his new love   which he calls "a chaining of limitless power",  Or a "magic thread which is impossible to break."" "Goethe's experience of love is just as irresistible  as imperfect." ""Oh!" "When you're near me, I know that,"" ""I must not and I shouldn't love you."" ""Oh!" "When you're away from me, that I know,"" ""I love you with all my soul."" "For the next lesson, I ask you to compose your own poem on the meaning of love for you." "Let your mind and heart work freely." "Thank you." " Hello, sir." " What is it?" " Excuse me if I bother you, professor." " Say." " I'm not sure what means "derivative interpretation" ""..." "Of the so-called metapsychological energetical aspect ..."" ""..." "Of Freudian psycho-analysis."" "Miss, how many times should I repeat you that these details are there for the assistants?" "Excuse me, professor." " Nothing, nothing." "Yes" "Do you think that even women should deal with politics?" "There is no profession that women cannot exercise." "A woman is not only a woman." "Each of them has a particular talent" ".. like man." "Just like man." "Just like man!" "She just needs to make use of it." "Yes?" "You dreamed of a career in politics or philosophy?" "None of them." " Have you ever desired to marry, Professor?" " Um ... no." "What do you plan to do, then?" "Keep living to look for the truth, as I always did." "Professor Stein, .." ".. what is your relationship, philosophy-wise or not, .." ".. with Professor Husserl?" "Professor Stein, have you been in contact with Rosa Luxemburg?" "Professor Stein, what do you think of Mussolini?" "What made you convert to Catholicism?" "Please, not all at once!" "Good morning, Professor Stein!" "One day, in Göttingen, a few years ago .." ".. you said to be an atheist." "Do you remember, professor?" "Yes, I remember, Dr. Heller." "And do you also remember that you lost your cross?" "Yes, I remember." "And now you claim to have found it again, .." ".. is it not so, Professor Stein?" "It is neither the time nor the place to speak about this." "But back to our questions." "Husserl was my spiritual master and my friend." "I never met Rosa Luxemburg, but I read her books." "Hmm ..." "Mussolini." "He is dangerous." "And it is St. Teresa of Avila's book that made me .." ".. discover christian philosophy." "No, madam." "This is exactly the time and the place." "all these people are here to hear," "And to understand, Professor Stein, .." ".. how it happened that a Jewish girl could be .." ".. getting to be a .." ".. famous and respected personality .." ".. who stands today at the center of general attention." "In former days, you were only .." ".. a mere assistant .." ".. of Professor Husserl." "But now you are a philosopher of international repute, .." ".. Professor Stein." "Today you hold conferences all over Europe." "I have to believe .." ".. that more than a dream came to reality." "You too, .." ".. if I remember correctly, were one of the most brilliant minds .." ".. of the university." "Professor Husserl considered you a genius." "I'd like to read what you wrote recently." "You are not interested in philosophy." "But in power, in a political career, .." ".. You are never satisfied, you always want more and more." "You have no limit, Professor Stein." "Typically Jewish." "But you broke with your tradition, with the faith of your ancestors .." ".. Ha-alav shalom, .." ".. it really means more." "Remember that I was not arguing about your faith, .." ".. but the hypocrisy of the way you practice it." "You use Catholicism as you use now provocation!" "To reassure your consciousness!" "Years have not changed you, Dr. Heller." "You continue to look outside yourself for the confirmation of something .." ".. you failed to find inside." "Thank you for your attention." "You know, Brigitte, I really liked your thesis." "It's a shame you have to stop your studies." "My father died, he committed suicide." "My family had no longer any money for me to continue studying." "Then what will you do?" "I would like to do something for my country." "All this chaos scares me." "Strikes, demonstrations, corruption, unemployment ..." "Germany is sick." "I'm so scared." "I have a tremendous feeling that one day .." ".. I too will be driven to suicide." " What's this?" " This?" "It is the emblem of a group of young people." " With them I have a sense of security." " Listen, Brigitte, .." ".. No group can ever bring the order back, .." ".. If each one of us is not willing to change his own destiny." "Someone has to begin!" "Go back to your studies, follow my advice." "Come see me, sometimes, if you can." "We can talk ..." "Now I must go." "Goodbye." "Did you really decide to divorce?" "I have no other choice." "All her family is Jewish." "I'm already making preparations for their departure." " And the children?" " The boy will stay here with me." "He is blond and can not be taken for a Jew." "But the girl must go with her mother." "What a pity!" "Your wife is such a gorgeous woman ..." "What a pity!" "I cannot disappoint the party." "If we do not give a good example, .." ".. You know that ...." "Convey my warmest greetings to your wife, Professor Hesse!" "Who does not bear the cross and does not follow me .." ".. is not worthy of me." "He who wants to follow me must deny himself." "My dear Hans, I have something to ask you: do you remember my friend Moskiewicz?" " Not well." " She died suddenly." "Everyone said it was a heart attack." "But it is not true." "She died along with her friend." "They committed suicide." "You too." "You have also played with the idea of suicide." "I have never considered it seriously." "But now, the mere thought of it makes me shudder." "So, please, promise to never do it." "I promise you." ""Look around, in Spain!"" ""Here the satisfaction of the subjects stands in a serene peace .." ".. I reserve the same to the Flemish."" ""It is the peace of the graveyard!"" "Well done!" "I see you know our Schiller!" ""No, my lord!" "You are unfair to me!"" ""I am not and do not wish to become a Nero for my kingdom!"" ""But stand up!" "I want to oppose you, not as a sovereign ,.."" ".."but as an old man facing a young man full of enthusiasm .."" ".."that went beyond what had been the sign"." ""I must warn you, however, avoid my inquisition."" ""I would be confused if ..."" " Please, it hurts!" "Please, sit down." "I want to be frank." "I have too much esteem for you to hide the truth." "Please, sit down." "You want to tell me that is no longer an honor to have me here among you?" "Here, it seems that someone fears your success." "It is not my success that scares, as you know well." "You should only take it as a temporary adjournment." "I hope that in fall ...." "I could not teach for long because I was a woman." "And now because I am a Jew." "It will be a serious loss for our Faculty." "Do not believe that I did not fight before abandoning you." "Thanks." "I must hand on this call." "Professor Heller would like to meet you." "Franz Heller?" "He told me that you have studied together in Göttingen." "Now he was appointed member .." ".. of the Central Executive Committee of the ministry." "However, if the professor is a friend of yours .." ".. You should have no fear." "Well." "Goodbye." "Good luck, dear Edith." ""I no longer recognize you." "Far is what you loved, .." ".. ." "Far is what grieved you, far is your fatigue and your rest." ""Ah!" "When you're near me, .." ".. I must not and I shouldn't love you."" ""Oh!" "When you're near me, I know that, .." ".. I love you with all my soul."" "I'm afraid Hans." "For the first time I am really afraid." " What happened at the university?" "They have sacked you?" " Yes." "I'm not afraid for myself, but for Germany." "So far I have always been certain that someone, I do not know who, .." ".. but that someone would stop them." "What they plan to do is totally insane." "Oh, Hans ..." "Hug me, please!" "Come off with me, Edith." "Let's run off before the air becomes stifling!" "I want to marry you." "I can not marry you." "Forgive me, please." "Forgive me." "I love you, but I cannot." "Now stand still!" "I'm leaving tomorrow for Poland." "I'm going to Lvov." "Will you return?" "No, I do not think so." "I'll send you the picture." "I love you, Edith." " Thank you." " Thank you." "A sound full of charm, isn't it?" "It was the dream of my all life to learn playing the harp." "You came eventually, Edith." "I always read your writings with great interest." "You, however, preferred to abandon science to serve power." "I had to." "Today, action is needed, not philosophy." "On the other hand, when we were in university I had the feeling that .." ".. Instead of living life by tasting it .." ".. in every aspect, .." ".. we were only doing philosophy." "Do you remember, Edith, .." ".. of this time we tried to look for your gold cross in the water?" "Ah, I see." "Then, how are things?" " Did you marry?" " No." " And Hans?" " Why did you summon me?" "Let's go over there." "As you know, the law of 1933 .." ".. forbids people of Jewish origin .." ".. to accomplish any didactic task at the university." "Please, sit down." "And unfortunately, obviously you are no exception." "It seems that my conversion still makes you sick." "Yes!" "I believe you are the one who once said .." ".. that faith is a dark light that is too little for our mind?" "You forget that I am a philosopher and therefore .." "if philosophy is the search for truth .." ".. shouldn't we also acknowledge the alternative source of truth?" "No, no, no, no." "Now you are denying your dear Husserl." "No, no, no, no." "I do not deny him." "He showed me the inductive nature of phenomenology." "And it is my intuition that led me ...." "This conversion is a farce." "No true catholic would ever say .." ".. that he found faith through intuition." "The mind cannot produce the truth." "It can only find it, Dr. Heller." "And without intuition, a more complex vision of the essence, .." ".. even revelation is impossible and this is what happened to me." "Excuse me, but this is nonsense!" "You only were afraid .." ".. and that is why you chose God rather than truth!" "And stop laughing!" "Truth seekers seek God, without knowing it." "But what is so funny?" "Stop it!" "Oh, eventually these dogs have stopped barking." "Edith .." ".. History is not on your side." "History has rarely been on the side of philosophy and reason." "Do not pretend not to understand." "I know, and you as well, that the Jewish people .." ".. is responsible for the perversion of our civilization." "The only perversion I see is the one you want to impose on the german people!" "I will write to the Pope!" "Oh ..." "Do you think that the Pope would seriously consider a woman .." ".. who denied her fellow people, who only made a choice of convenience .." ".. Looking for protection .." ".. believe me, he wouldn't consider .." ".. a coward." "Go away .." ".. leave this country, Edith." "It is a friend's advice." "My power .." ".. and your beauty can still save you." "I never sided with power." "You know that." "Germany is my country." "I will not leave this country." "Never!" "My dear, Germany belongs to the german people .." ".. It is surprising that you keep on not to understand that there is no room for you." "If you want to come to Christ, never try to reach Him without His cross." "It is not from me!" "You are catholic .." ".. You should know this sentence." "You should not despise me." "These are absurd illusions, Franz." "Absurd illusions ..." "Do not touch this harp!" " JEW " "Mom ..." "Mommy!" "Rosa!" "Where are you?" "My dear friends, brothers and sisters .." ".. The Zilberstein, teitelbaum, Cohen, .." ".. Stein, and Lowenstein families, .." ".. You all that these days are leaving Breslau, your home, .." ".. To take a long and tiring trip .." ".. We wish you luck .." ".. Never forget those who remain here, .." ".. But who love you and will pray for you." "Goodbye, my dear." "May the Lord be with you in your journey." "You did not come to the tomb of your father for long." "Mom, I know that you do not forgive me, but you love me." "And that is what matters." "I cannot lie: .." ".. I have been sacked from the university because I am a Jew." "But I do not leave this country." "Next week I go into a convent." "Why?" "Edith, why?" "Why?" "For carmelites, God establishes the relationship between Him and the soul." "This is the essence of the order." "Now the symbol of my life is the cross." "I want to be like a child." "The soul of a child is like clay: it takes the form you give it." "I must ask you one thing." "Your brothers and sisters are leaving forever, they suffer." "Do not talk of your decision, which remains among us!" "We will talk later." " Mom, I'm a Jew, I too am suffering!" " Shut up!" "Remember the day when Edith came back from school .." ".. She was around 5 years old, she was sitting in this place and saying: .." ".."I want to go school with grown-ups!"?" "And when she was sitting still on the floor .." ".. When disobeying her mother?" " Shush!" "There was no way to move her, we had to force her!" "And when you cried for three days because you had seen a drunken man on the street?" "The youngest but the biggest nuisance." "The youngest but the most ambitious." " You had always wished to be first." " Ah, yes, .." ".. As a child I had an odd behavior." "Once I convinced Erna and Rosa to skip school." "At home we sang, danced, played, then all of a sudden .." ".. Mom is back:"And you, why aren't you at school?"" "Erna was afraid, but I did not." "And we said mom it was your idea." "And mom gave us a slap, saying:"God will punish you!"." "And you, Edith, shouted:"God does not exist!" "There is no God!"." ""There is no God!" "There is no God!"" " Aunt Edith, what is "ne-mofology"?" " What?" "I tried to explain her what is phenomenology, .." ".. But I must have caused more confusion than anything else." "Do you really want to know what phenomenology is?" "Yes?" "Well." "See this piano?" "At present it is only a piece of furniture to store cookies .." ".. And it becomes what it was created for only when I open it .." ".. And play." "It is its hidden potential that makes it alive." "But who makes it alive?" "I, because I know that it can produce music." "Without my conscience and yours .." ".. this poor piano would be condemned to remain forever .." ".. only a holder for cookies." "It is the last time I see you all together, my children." "But you will not be alone." "I stay here with you, mom." "We will come back, mom." "After all we are in Europe." "This nightmare will not last forever." " Mommy, hold me tight!" " My daughter, do not leave me!" "However, in New-York we have many friends." " They said they will help us." " Yes, and there are so many Jews.." ".. we'll feel at home." " Yes." "It will be a beautiful adventure." "Anyway, it is the wisest solution." "What are you gonna do?" "I received an invitation from a university in America." "Aunt Edith!" "In America!" "Aunt Edith!" " Then you come with us in America?" " Yes, but not right away, OK?" " Yes." "In America!" "We go to America!" "Which university?" " Shut up." " Mom, I cannot lie." "I'm staying here." "I have been accepted in the Carmel of Cologne." " I will join next week." " A Carmel?" "What is this?" "A convent, Elsa." "I understand, to save yourself, you betray your people!" "Why?" "Explain us." "You can always explain everything." "This I cannot explain." "This is my secret." "Just while they are humiliating us, .." ".. persecuting us, you are abandoning us." "God separates us first, so that He can better offer Himself to us later." "The relationship with God gets realized in Jesus, .." "through Jesus." "These are empty words." "Do you know who you're talking to?" "To us!" "Your family!" "You've always been selfish, since childhood!" "Selfish and arrogant!" "Leave her alone!" "The car has arrived." "Come on, kids!" "Here we go!" "Here, there is a lot of baggage to load!" "Here we are!" "Here we go!" "Run!" " Do not get empty handed!" " Come on, run!" "I hope you'll get what you want, Edith." " I've always been proud of you." " Thanks, Jacob." "Then all your life was a lie?" "Aunt Edith, why do you want to be Jesus?" " For love." " If you love me, you got to join us." "I'll wait." " You and Jesus as well." " Oh ..." "I'll wait for you and Jesus." "Goodbye, Auntie!" " Goodbye." " Goodbye, Grandma!" "Wait for me!" "Goodbye!" "Goodbye!" "You're still young." "The world is before you." "You have taught me to be good and righteous." "As a christian, my soul belongs to God, to Jesus." "But as a Jew, my blood belongs to my people." "Pain is breaking my heart." "I wonder if you're my daughter." "I'm your daughter!" "I am exactly like you!" "Edith, you have always been lacking the strong hand of a man .." ".. Your father." " Yes." "I missed him." "But not anymore, now my soul is already engaged." "Never return home, Edith." "Let me die." " You don't want to see me anymore?" " No." " Take care of mom." " Don't worry." "I prepared some food." "I put in the large bag." " Thank you." " I love you, Edith." "I love you too, Rosa." "Come on!" "I'm tired." " Take him in your arm." " Here we go." "You see, another lazy one!" "Hurry, mass is about to start." ""Et dixit Jesus discipulis suis:" "'nemo potest duobus Dominis servire,..'" "'..aut enim unum odio habebit et alterum diliget,..'" "'..aut unum sustinebit et alterum contemnet,..'" "'..non potestis Deo servire et mammonae'." ""'Ideo dico vobis, ne solliciti sitis animae vestrae quid manducetis,..'" "'..neque corpori vestro quid induamini'." ""'nonne anima plus est quam esca et corpus plum quam vestimentum?" "'" ""'Respicite volatilia coeli, quoniam non serunt....'" "Welcome our new sisters." "Welcome." "Welcome, God bless you." "Welcome in the Lord's peace." "I never imagined things would be this way." "Help me." "I beg you, give me strength." "I left everything." "I have no other wish that by and through you .." "God's will be done." "He will decide how long I will stay here and what will happen next." "In Manibus Tuis sortes meae." "I'll be your spiritual director." "Here you cannot continue your studies and your philosophical research." "We do not want to know where you come from .." ".. Or what have you done so far." "The convent applies absolutely strict rules." "You are 42 years old." "One joins the Carmel only by vocation, .." ".. not as a way to withdraw from the world." "Novitiate is a difficult period." "Even for young people." "There will be no exception." "For me you are all the same." "I know, Mother." "It is not allowed, whatever the reason may be, to enter the cell of another sister .." ".. or to speak with her." "For this, there are appropriate days and places, .." ".. And specific times." "I do not know yet what led you to come here .." ".. in a place where the rules are so rigid and severe." "I repeat, one joins the Carmel not to escape from the world .." ".. but only by vocation." "Forgive me, mother." "The hardest choice is silence." "I speak no more." "I pray." "You know that this one is a Jewish professor?" "Apparently she also wrote books." "I would like to know why she came here." " Me, I love Jesus" " Yes, I wish I could also." "Use more soap." "Do you not see that it is still dirty?" "Remember that during novitiate, the door of the convent remain open." "She is not so young anymore, I don't think she will succeed." "Back to your cell .." ".. and pray that the Lord gives strength to your soul." "I am more scared of Mother Joseph than of God Almighty." "I'm not afraid." "We are called to suffer with Christ to collaborate to his work .." ".. of redemption." "United with the Lord, we are part of the body of Christ." "Christ continues to live in us and to suffer in us, .." ".. in this way our suffering is fruitful." "Hans." "Erna, Rosa, mom, Paul ..." "Another life." "As your Mother Superior, .." ".. I have the right to open the mail." "It is the rule." "The sisters have to be prepared to news .." ".. that might upset their serenity." " But I am waiting for a letter from my mother." " You should never discuss." "In the end, it is only from God that one can understand the Spirit, .." ".. this mystery, which forever has attracted us, .." ".. the mystery which is our existence." "What is spiritual in the existence .." ".. is found in our knowledge of God, .." ".. without it being never revealed to us, .." ".. that is, without ceasing to be a mystery." "What is purely spiritual is only .." ".. what happens at the bottom of our heart" "I begged you to reduce your correspondence to the minimum .." ".. But I note with regret that you continue to write and receive mail .." ".. for your philosophical investigation, .." "Subtracting time .. for prayers." "Since I am the oldest sister, I think it is my duty .." ".. to warn you against the serious danger of vanity." "Christ asks you for a little humility." "Many sisters think that you took refuge in the convent .." ".. because you do not you want to share the fate of your people." "I invite you, from now on, .." ".. to show greater humility .." ".. And more obedience." "If you want to be everything, do not wish to be something." " What's the matter?" " Praying this way seems absurd to me." "You are only moving novices away from God." "Sisters, go to the refectory." "Sister Greta, get out, too." "It is not up to you to comment the teaching of your superior." "St. Teresa of Avila always said: .." ".."Prayer is establishing an intimate relationship with God."" "But what dialogue is repeating everlasting litanies?" "!" "It is not up to you to comment the sayings of St. Teresa of Avila." "Back out." ""If you want to be everything, do not wish to be something."" "This is not from me, Mother." "Excuse me, mother superior." "There is a communication for sister Edith." "Your sister Rosa is waiting for you in the parlor." "Where are you going?" "You can not receive visits without my permission." "Have a little pity." "My sister is going through a hard time." "She is conveying a message from my mother who is seriously ill." "In this case I grant you permission, Edith." "I cannot see your face?" "You cannot get out of here?" "We are not allowed to cross this grill." "So, how are you?" "Erna wrote from America." "She also sent pictures." "Here, look." "Mum's ill." "Can't you come visit her?" "My life is not mine anymore." "You look exhausted." "Why mom ...." "Why doesn't she answer me?" "Tell me." "Edith, how could she answer you?" "She keeps repeating that you abandoned her." "I pray for you every day." "It is not your prayers that we need now .." ".. but your presence, you, Edith." "You speak of love so much." "But what is your love?" "Your mother is at home, about to die." "She needs you." "Your people are about to be exterminated, .." ".. your family is dispersed all over the world." "What do you do?" "You leave us to just stand closed in here." "This to me is not love, this is .." ".. contempt." "It is selfishness, insanity." "You, with all your prayers, you're killing us." "Please do not talk this way." " Give me your hand." " I cannot bear it anymore." "If you knew what's going on outside!" "Rosa" "I was not supposed to come." "Mother, if you want to know, forbade me to come here!" "No!" "Why?" "Why have you forsaken me?" "nooo!" "Forgive me .." ".. Mom." "Gloria Pater et fili et Spiriti Sancte,.." "..sicut era in principio et nunc et semper..." "Don't you fear death?" "Mamma ..." ""In illo tempore dixit Jesus turbis parobolam hanc,.." "..simile factum est regnun caelorum.." "..homini qui seminabit bonum semen in agro suo." "Cum autem dormirent homines.." "..venit inimicus ejus et superseminavit zizania.." "..in medio tritici et abiit." "Cum autem crevisset herba et fructum facisset..."" "Blood ..." "Blood ..." "Blood!" "Blood!" "I cannot ..." "I cannot!" "I cannot!" "I cannot do it!" "Control yourself!" "Enough." "Back to your cell." "Pray God." "The convent is not a refuge." "Here one sacrifices one's life to God, till the end." "Go out, look for your satisfaction elsewhere." "But remember that everywhere there is so much suffering." " Mother, are you driving me out of the convent?" " No." "It is only an advice." "Now go back with God." "You know, she died peacefully." "Faithful till the end to her religious convictions." "I know." "Did she talk of me before she died?" "She did not forgive me." "Mom always loved you much." "But now .." ".. I want to stay with you." "You can stay here if you want." "Thank you, Edith." "I'll stay here with you." "Come, daughter." "Our superiors have agreed .." ".. for you to continue your philosophical studies." "You will also be exempted from physical work .." ".. till the day of ordination." "I no longer need to continue my studies." "You are a woman of great quality, .." ".. and our aim is to serve God in the world." "End your book, daughter." "Dear Hans, tomorrow is the most important day of my life .." ".. I'll become Jesus' bride." "Rosa will remain here with me." "She will become the doorkeeper of the monastery." "I cannot sleep." " I am scared for tomorrow." " For the solemn vows?" "I'm afraid because doors will be closed forever." "I'm so scared, I do not know if I can give up everything." "If you're not convinced, respects your doubts." "My parents wanted me to marry someone I did not love." "So, I ran away to a convent." "But now .." "I think of love .." "I think of children ..." "What nonsense!" "I was a terrible little girl, always ready to fight at home and school." "I became an atheist and a rebel." " But you've been a good girl?" " Mh mh." " Yes?" "I received a sign." "We always receive so many signs." "But we do not know how to read them." "Mine came from St. Teresa of Avila." "She took my hand and asked me to pass through the seven rooms." " The seven rooms?" " Yes." "Each of us must overcome stages." "St. Teresa says that the path that brings us to the center of ourselves .." ".. go through seven dwellings." "Or, if you want, seven rooms." "In the first room the soul is deaf and dumb, .." ".. still a prisoner of the outside world." "When one begins to progress on the path of inner knowledge, .." ".. that the soul begins its journey." "In the second room, the soul fights against the attractions of the outside world." "It feels that everything in the world is ephemeral." ""Si lo quieres, Dios mío, muramos con vos, .." ".. Como dijo Santo Tomas."" ""One can die for you," said St. Thomas Aquinas." "In the third house .." ".. The soul is purified through meditation." "She is ready to welcome suffering .." ".. And to renounce the temptations of the outside world." "But it is not strong enough." "In the fourth room, imagination dominates." "Knowledge, intelligence and memory .." ".. weigh on the soul, but to progress you must give up all this." "In the fifth room, the secular world has no more influence on the soul, .." ".. Now freed from all constraint." "That is why I am happy here." "But you .." ".. You have to do your own way." "The sixth room is the room of suffering." "But the soul renounced all temptations of the outside world." " And wait." " Wait?" "What?" "What is found in the seventh room." "But this I still do not know." "It is still ahead of me." "Do not sacrifice for something you are not sure of." " And the seven rooms?" " You can serve God elsewhere than in a convent." "you should not be afraid." "Have children." "Find your happiness elsewhere." "Thank you." "Edith Stein, are you here .." "because you want to join .. forever .." ".. your soul to Christ in the monastic order?" " Yes." " What do you want?" " The mercy of God .." ".. The poverty of the order, living together with my sisters." "Are you ready to comply with these principles until the end of your days?" "Yes, I wish to." "I hope so." "I, Edith Stein, I do solemn profession of faith .." ".. and take vow of obedience, chastity, poverty, .." ".. before God and the Blessed Virgin Mary .." ".. of Mount Carmel until death." "As of today, Your name will be .." "Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross .." "Teresa, like the saint who helped you in your conversion .." ".. of the Cross, like the cross that you wish to bear." "Who wants to be part of the life of Christ .." ".. must go through crucifixion." "He should be crucified like him, must deny himself, .." ".. Surrender to suffering and death .." ".. As God commands or grants, the soul, the I, freedom." "The ultimate determination on ourselves is the right of the soul." "Personal freedom is such a great secret.." ".. that God Himself before it stops with respect." "The soul reaches God when it surrenders totally to Him." "And this gives ourselves the most sublime experience .." ".. of our freedom." "About what is the greatest experience of personal life, .." ".. the Carmelite teaching agrees with the theory that .." ".. our inner world is the place of absolute freedom." " Edith!" "Come here!" " I?" " Yes, come!" "Yes." " Run, there's a surprise!" " For me?" " Yes." " A person you do not expect!" " Really?" " Yes" "I want to show you my child." "Beautiful, isn't she?" "I wish I could kiss her up." "Oh ..." ""Qui respondens dixit:" "..'non in solo pane vivit homo....'" " Sisters, Mother ..." "There is an official delegation." "They came to the convent for elections." "They are willing to respect the rules of the order." "We can vote without leaving the Carmel." "Those who wish to .." ".. can deliver their ballot to the gentlemen." "As for me, I do not intend to vote." "Vote, sisters." "Vote against Hitler." "He is God's enemy." "He is leading Germany to disaster." "The convent is not suitable for political agitation." "Let everyone behave according to their conscience." "Te Deum Laudamus, te Dominum confitemur." "Two sisters are missing." "Inge Fichte and ..." "She is sick." "And Greta Würtzel has left the convent." "And Dr. Edith Stein?" "Being a Jew she is not entitled to vote." "But if you need my "no" ..." "I see that our paths cross again, Dr. Stein." "Sister Teresa Benedicta, Sir." "All right." "I came here to meet you and I cannot even see your face." "It has been a long time you haven't set foot on the other side of the grill." "Too bad." "You would see happy people who believe in our system." "The order is replacing anarchy, .." ".. The german people have regained confidence and optimism." "Your new order is based only on hatred and lie!" "It leads to war and death millions of people." "Professor Stein, .." ".. this is no longer philosophy but politics." "For opinion of this kind you risk jail." "You know, don't you?" "If you want to save your life, there is only one solution: you must leave the country without delay." "I am not afraid of you." "Germany is my country." "I'm staying here." "Whatever." "You must fill this form for the Gestapo, Dr. Stein." "I hope with all my heart that this is the last time I see you." " You are a sentimental." " And you a danger." "From every point of view." "Goodbye." "Mother!" "I beg your pardon." "Terrible things are happening." "They are targeting all Jews." "A woman was pulled by the hairs, .." ".. thrown on the ground and trampled on." ".. and shop windows are all smashed." "What will happen to us, mother?" "We are going through a night of horrors .." ".. that will last long." "We must pray, Sisters." "We must pray." "Rosa, leave the door open.." ".. And let in whoever needs help." "Run, sister!" "Quick!" " Bring water!" " Bring bandages!" "Hurry, hurry!" "Where is Mother Superior?" "Hurry!" "The Lord is great and will protect us!" "I want mom!" " Hurry!" " Hurry!" "Hurry!" " They burned everything!" " Over here!" "This way!" "What do you want?" "We are looking for Dr. Edith Stein and Rosa Stein." "I know that you love Edith." "She is in danger." " Give her an opportunity to save herself." " Are you sent by her?" " No, it is my own initiative." " You overestimate my power." "Why did not you listen to me?" "I had advised her to leave the country, to go to Palestine or America!" "There are strict laws." "I can not make exceptions for anyone .." ".. Not even for Edith." " Help us, Professor." "You can if you want." "We did not do anything." "Leave, immediately." "Go to America, Holland, France." "Where you want, what matters is that I do not see you anymore!" "Is that clear?" "There is a need for someone who takes sufferings on himself, .." ".. sufferings of those who hate and who are hated." "I offer myself to my family and my people, .." ".. for the living and the dead." "For all those that God has entrusted to me." "The mystery of the cross can only be understood by who is crucified." "My lord, why the Germans and why the Jews?" "Ah!" "Ah!" "They said they'll deport us all, if you are not handed over within five minutes." "But it is insane." "How can I let you leave the convent?" "You should not worry for me, Mother." "I am ready to face my fate." "But why?" "!" "Converted Jews are hunted throughout Holland." "It is a way to get revenge from our archbishop.." ".. Who urged us in a letter.." ".. to offer our protection to the Jews." "This is my spiritual testament." "Please, .." ".. keep it." "Shush ..." "Shush ..." "Close everything!" "Come, let's go!" "You promised me that you brought me my mother." "It is true, but until I find her I will be your mother." " But you're a nun, you cannot be a mother." " You're right." "I did not have children, but I had a mother." "Take it." "I made it myself, you know?" "Blow your nose." "Here!" "Again, come on!" "Oh ... very well." " I'm hungry!" " Wait ..." " Are you hungry?" " Take." "I want my mom!" "Where's Mom?" "I want mom!" "Here!" "It is clear now." "You see, I did not understand how you could face death .." ".. so peacefully." "Now, I've understood." "Sure." "What greatest glory, for a woman so thirsty for undying fame, .." ".. than becoming a saint?" "I hurt people." "Yes, I hurt so many people in my life unintentionally .." "My mother, my sisters, you as well..." "And for this I ask forgiveness." "Forgive me." "Don't you believe I never wondered .." ".. If my desire to share the passion of Christ .." ".. was a sincere choice?" "Or if I had renounced the world out of pride .." ".. rather than to recognize my doubts .." ".. if I was scared of fathoming my heart?" "I do not know." "I am not able to answer." "Edith, your heart is so dark." "What did you think you could ever find?" "I do not know." "Or maybe yes." "Maybe if ...." "If the container is not ready, it cannot be filled." "We learned this in philosophy, remember?" "Why have not you looked for a safe place?" "You know, I tried." "And I did not found." "I cannot understand you." "We wounded each others, Franz." "We fought as enemies all our lives to get to what?" "Farewell, Edith." "You'll never know why I came here." "Save your soul, Franz." "Save your soul, you still have time!" "Edith, look!" "Breslau we are home!" "We're home ..." "My God, if we could get off!" "Get off and go back with mom!" "Mom!" "Do not look for me on this earth .." ".. But in the Kingdom of God" " Do not look longer on this earth ..." " Do not look longer on this earth ..." "Get all down!" "Throw down those corpses!" "Get all off, come on!" "Get off, everyone!" "Hurry, hurry!" "You, what are you doing!" "Away!" "Stay in file!" "No!" "no!" "no!" "No!" "no!" "no!" "Aren't they noisy?" "Those Jews!" "They want to be noticed." "Shush!" "Shush!" "Do not cry." "You must not cry." "Shush ..." "Left!" "Come on." "Left." "Next!" "Right." "Come!" "Come on, come on!" "Wait, wait!" "My doll?" "I want it." "Shush ... do not worry." "I'm going to get it." "Come." "Right." "To the right!" "On the left, life." "On the right, death." "You should not be afraid." "Right!" "The child must live." "Right." "You, on the left!" "Right." "I'm scared, Mom."