"olga!" "Father"," if I faII"," I won't cry" "careful"," OIga" "RAVENSBRÜCK CONCENTRATION CAMP" "GERMANY"," 1 942" "Tomorrow I shall need "all my strength"" ""and will power"- l mustn't think of all the things "which torture my heart"--- which are more precious "to me than life itself"" ""Daughter"--- like so many other nights, "l think of you"--- of the things I'd like "to tell you"" ""and I forget that tomorrow"" ""tomorrow"" "MOABIT PRISON COURTROOM BERLIN"," 1 926" "Otto Braun"," professor"," member of the German Communist Party" "Accused of inciting public disorder"," organizing--- workers' strikes and street demonstrations--- against the government" "Betraying the German nation--- revealing state secrets to the Soviet Union"," formerly Russia" "What's going on?" "Arrest that woman!" "Have them release the prisoner!" "Drop your guns!" "Have the prisoner released or I'II fire!" "The keys!" "Don't move and nobody will get hurt!" "Outside!" "Quick!" "Are we already in Soviet territory"," comrade?" "At last!" "I Iooked like my mother or how she fancied her daughter" "I never met your mother"," nor your father" "I never knew you enjoyed family gatherings so much" "There are endless shortages in the Soviet Union--- even food" "But there is freedom and in the future"," no one will go hungry" "This struggle has no return ticket"," OIga" "I've made up my mind- I don't intend to return" "AII those months in prison" "I missed you" "children and family are not for us"," Otto" "We went over all that before you were arrested" "You can fight alongside me" "I fight alongside the revolution"," not a man" "We want bread!" "We want jobs!" ""Down with the go"v"ernment!"" "We want bread!" "We want jobs!" "Down with the government!" "infIation"," the economic crisis" "apologies for having--- to ask for help yet again" "olga!" "As if your putting the family to shame weren't enough--- now you get into fights like some street urchin!" "You're our daughter--- and while you live under this roof"," you owe us respect" "What the hell happened?" "There was a demonstration" "The Nazis arrived- I had to defend myself" "You'II end up getting yourself arrested!" "Your actions have consequences!" "You won't have to bother anymore with what I do--- nor with my negligence" "I'm leaving" "Where will you go?" "I'II get a job in berlin- Pay for what I eat and wear--- sleep under my own roof" "Are you trying to humiliate your father and I?" "!" "You don't need to work!" "You are my only daughter"," born to be waited upon!" "Why do you pretend to be working class?" "How many dresses have you got left?" "How many shoes?" "And jewelry?" "I'II bet there's enough to feed all the town's beggars!" "There are people who have lost far more than you in this crisis" "I just want to support them!" "Losing you won't cost me much more!" "You never cared never kept me company nor consoIed me" "You're hardly even a woman" "The great lawyer of the evils of the world" "Deep down"," it's all your fault"," Dr" " Benário" "Leaving your family for a miserable berlin suburb--- with people you hardly know"," is that the life you want?" "AII those workers coming to you for heIp" "I grew up seeing misery call on us every day" "How could I be immune to all that?" "Your way of speaking"," your extremism" "rebels rarely make good revolutionaries" "What about you?" "Whose side are you on"," anyway?" "You give alms"," yet defend the government"," the rich!" "Grand words won't change the world"," nor feed anyone!" "This revolution can only bring more suffering" "unfortunately"," politics is the art of that which is possible" "So what do you suggest?" "More aims?" "Compassion?" "Whose side are you on?" "Yours"," child" "Yours" "Father"," I don't know what it is I want" "But I do know what I don't want" "Take care of yourself" "We had to free our comrade Otto Braun from prison" "MOSCOW"," 1 928 And I'd Iike you all to know that in doing so I fulfilled two duties:" "one to the party--- and one to my heart" "We're facing a decisive moment in world history" "The Fascist movement is spreading--- and we must be prepared to fight it" "I want military training--- so we can fight for the victory of the revolution!" "Fight for a world with no injustices--- no misery"," and no wars!" "Long live the revolution!" "Fine words!" "Between a speech here and a parachute jump there--- you'II have little time to be a woman" "discipline"," efficiency"," total dedication" "You'II be our perfect revolutionary" "Have you any objection?" "No"," not I!" "My name is EIise Ewert" "Sabo to my friends" "In Germany I heard much about you and your husband--- ex-member of parliament Arthur Ewert" "The revolution in China"," the actions in the US--- and his differences with the Party" "No greater madness than to try and put the world straight" "But doesn't the world need that?" "To make believe the dream is possible is no easy task"," OIga" "I only hope you are successful" "Or at Ieast more successful than most" "I swear by the revolution and by the Party!" "The battalion crossed over 25","000 kilometers on foot--- fighting brazilian government troops!" "It's unbelievable!" "Pure revolutionary overkill!" "I read it in the papers!" "They were fighting poverty--- and the corruption of those in power!" "The battalion was called the Prestes column after its Ieader" "Luis carlos Prestes" "Did they overthrow the government?" "No" " But there wasn't a single defeat" "Wherever he went"," everyone called Prestes the "Knight of Hope-"" "Comrade"," are you sure they marched 25","000 kms?" "That's like going from Moscow to berlin and back"," nearly 1 0 times!" "I swear it by the revolution!" "Just imagine if we could be there"," fighting alongside them?" "The Prestes column" "Good evening" "Comrade OIga?" "Thank you" ""A re"v"olutlon ln Latln Amerlca," comrade Manullskl?" "!" "Soon the whole world will be Communist"," comrade OIga" "I am sure of it"," the whole world" "Except perhaps switzerland" "We'II need a place to take a break from Communism"," won't we?" "I am pleased you've accepted this mission" "It is my duty to accept it" "You will go to BraziI--- in charge of the security of Captain Luis carlos Prestes" "Comrade Prestes" "Comrade OIga" "I've heard much about you" "Your victories and leadership of the column" "Nothing comparable to what comes next" "I hope you two will get aIong--- since you'II have to pretend to be man and wife" "A wealthy couple on their honeymoon" "I will make sure you get to brazil safely" " Do not worry" "The necessary measures have already been taken" "You'II go to France first" "Forgive me for this separation"," mother" "If at Ieast you could tell us something" "When do you expect to get to brazil?" "The less I tell you"," the safer you'II be" "I know you have duties"," so I won't complain" "I only wonder whether this is the right time" "I'm afraid of what they might do to you"," if you're caught" "I'II be safe" "You're a wanted man in brazil" "President Vargas always wanted either your support or your death" "You should stay longer in Moscow" "I don't want to live in exile anymore" "It's time to return- I've no more time to lose" "I know your thoughts--- your feeIings--- every word" "Every gesture" "I'II always be with you" "Promise you'II never leave mother alone" "Those footsteps" "I know I'II never hear them again" "Ever" "These are our new passports- Senhor and Senhora ViIar" "FareweIIs are always tough" "That's why I prefer having no one to say good-bye to--- or waiting for me" "What about your family?" "I haven't seen them for a Iong time" " It is better that way" "feelings and doubts are unsuitable for any mission" "Let's go" " It's a Iong way" "You remind me of my mother" "The same frankness--- the tone of voice of a determined woman" "Mistress of your own destiny" "Does she dance well?" "Sorry for treading on your foot" "And my faults?" "Are they similar to Dona Leocádia's?" "Your nerves seem to be made of steel" "And you can be rather" "Harsh" " My work demands it" "Do you get along with your mother?" "I admire her" " She raised me and my sisters by herself" "Taught me to fight injustices" "My country can be cruel to those without money" "You must be anxious to swing into action" "We've been preparing for that" "We'II act at the right moment" "You look particularly attractive tonight" "It's part of the disguise" "These expensive clothes are outrageous" "I know it is our work--- but certain intimacies--- If I have been too forward" "You are the most gentlemanly army captain I've ever met" "Yet your situation can't be easy having to protect a man" "I was trained for it" "Midnight at last!" "Happy New Year!" "The Captain himself asked me to bring you both champagne" "Aren't you going to kiss her?" "It's New Year!" "She's your wife!" ""To illuminate forever-"" ""illuminate everything- "" ""To the Iast days of eternity-"" ""illuminate"," nothing more-"" ""That is my motto"," and that of the sun-"" "That poem certainly suits you" "Soon you'II be safe in brazil"," and our little farce will be over" "You could stay with us- Your experience would be useful" "I am surely to be given another task" "That kiss"," OIga" "I know you didn't want to- The situation forced it on us" "I did want to" "Good morning!" "I hope the Iong journey isn't tiring you"," Senhora ViIar" "I'd never forgive myself" "At least there are no spies on board" "Funny"," but ever since the Russian RevoIution--- there's always a hint of conspiracy in the air" "Don't you agree"," Herr Fischer?" "Yes" "The sea never tires me"," Captain- It soothes me" "Even if we were in the middle of a war"," I'd feel comforted" "That must be because you live in Lisbon" "The Portuguese love the sea" "Forgive me my rudeness"," but--- are you a Jew?" "What do you think?" "No"," of course not" "Thank God!" "Do you advocate the principles of Nazi Fascism"," Herr Fischer?" "Like all true Germans" "The Jewish bankers ruined Germany" "They and the VersaiIIes Treaty" "england and France wanted to humiliate us" "Fascism will protect us from the Communists--- and we will be a great nation once again" "Captain"," you're wanted on the bridge" "Pity" " The chat was as agreeable as your company"," Senhora ViIar" "Do excuse me" "Herr Fischer seems suspicious" "Another Nazi wanting an audience for his dreadful speeches" "Where does such hatred come from?" "And the Captain?" "What do you think?" "He was only trying to drum up some attention" "Whose attention?" "Yours" "Didn't you notice?" "What are you talking about?" "Senhor and Senhora ViIar don't exist" "It's fiction"," a lie" "You'II catch cold" "I meant no offense by suggesting other men's interest in you" "I know you're a seasoned revolutionary" "You've no need to explain" "I'm not explaining anything" "I don't want to talk about this" "Why not?" "I never had the time for such things" "Never wanted to find time" "I worked"," looked after my mother and my sisters" "Then came the revolution"," politics" "exile" "Never a woman?" "A man like me--- a soldier" "There's never been a woman" "until now" "You're beautiful" "I don't even know" "I don't know" "There's nothing to know" "Just feel what I'm feeling" "finland"," Sweden"," Denmark"," United States" "Cuba"," chile"," Argentina"," Uruguay" "We've traveled by train"," ship"," and now by plane" "A route leaving no trace!" "I hope the other envoys from Moscow have been as fortunate" "They're specialists"," like Arthur and Sabo Ewert" "They have been tried on other missions" "They're certain to arrive safely" "Look"," OIga!" "My country!" "could you be happy here?" "It looks like paradise" "Miranda!" "Everyone settled in?" "AII went as planned" "We were only waiting for you- We'II meet at Arthur Ewerts place" "How about security?" "Everyone has aIiases--- and good disguises- Businessmen"," international playboys" "wealthy people" "One can never be too careful" "As Secretary-GeneraI of the brazilian Communist Party--- one thing I guarantee:" "they took the bait" "No one so much as suspects you are here in Rio de Janeiro" "shall we?" "As Chief of police of Rio de Janeiro" "GETÚLIO VARGAS' GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS I assure you we'II stop the rally" "These so-caIIed democratic freedoms--- prevent us from committing excesses"," my dear FiIinto" "I'm not suggesting violent measures"," President" "We're not the ones talking of lack of democracy" " They are!" "Those who invented this national Liberation alliance" "A bunch of closet Communists!" "Some say Prestes is behind it" "He's smart" " He's always refused to be a sidekick--- or alliances with me- He wants power" "According to foreign secret services"," he's in Moscow" "President"," to me Communism is a matter of Iife and death" "Years later and you aren't over his throwing you out of his column" "Over a theft charge"," wasn't it?" "A false accusation!" "LibeIous!" "personally"," I'd get rid of Prestes--- once and for all along with all those red traitors!" "One judges a man by his actions- And actions by their results" "Your settling of accounts will have to wait" "Who'd have thought we'd be on the same mission?" "You look great in that dress" "Your hair"," a little lipstick" "Just part of the disguise" "The disguise isn't doing you any harm at all" "There is still one member of our command missing--- but I'II begin the introductions"," so we can get to work right away" "Léon VaIIée will be responsible for our finances" "Some money transfers have already been wired" "Gruber can soon start training the revolutionaries" "Our American comrade Barron is setting up--- a radio station"," so we can communicate--- with the rest of the country and with Moscow" "I'm getting parts from different stores- We won't raise any suspicions" "And we need to be able to communicate"," comrades" "GhioIdi!" "AII together at last!" "And we'II be victorious"," comrade" "That's Miranda's wife" "What is her role in the mission?" "I'm not sure" " He told us we needn't worry about her" "What's the country's present situation"," Miranda?" "We're organizing a big rally against the government--- together with the national Liberation alliance" "It's all under my control" "Do we really have the power--- to overthrow Vargas?" "I never thought I'd have the time to go to the beach" "olga" "I couId live here--- near this sun"," this sea" "Me and my Ewert- Live quiet days"," in peace" "Quiet days?" "As if nothing were wrong?" "What about our duty to change the world?" "That's our dream of happiness" "I believe in the revolution"," OIga" "But sometimes I Iike to think of myself growing old with Arthur--- having children" " I don't want to die with a bullet in my head" "Why can't you spend your life beside the one you love?" "My duty was to protect his life- With mine"," if necessary" "This country's sun"," this heat--- they have already warmed your heart" "FeeIings--- always get out of control" ""l'm con"v"lnced each day" "we're a little closer to"--- the fight between those who "wish to change this country"--- and those who seek to perpetuate "this unequal inhuman society"" "I've asked Ewert to consult ManuiIski about my return" "Your return?" "I thought" "Someone else should look after your safety" "I wasn't aware you were so anxious to leave" "You knew I'd return when my mission was over" "You may be needed here- PIus" "We're mixing work with our personal sentiments" "I thought you were happy" "It was my fault" "fault?" "I'II be more useful on another mission" "Others need me more than you do" "I hope this time you'II at Ieast say good-bye" ""Olga"" "It's no one's fault" "I need you" "Let me go" "I try"," but I can't" "I can't deal with this joy"," this pain" "I can hardly recognize myself when I'm with you" "I Iove you" "I can't deal with this" "I will do anything for you" "Even renounce the happiness I feel when you're near me" "I'II tell Ewert I agree with your decision" "And we'II have no further complaints" "I have no regrets" "The struggle being fought in brazil is between" "RIO DE JANEIRO CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES those wishing to set the country free--- on the one hand and"," on the other"," the traitors at the service--- of the imperialism of the major powers!" "Down with Fasclsm!" "Down with Vargas!" ""We want a popular"" ""national and re"v"olutlonary" "go"v"ernment!"" "Power to the Natlonal Llberatlon Alllance!" "Soclal justice and an end to misery!" "There will be uprisings throughout the country" "The British Secret Service fears there will be an attempted-- --Communist revolution in brazil" "The government must act now" "We cannot allow this chaos!" "My dear War Minister"," my dear Chief of police" "You cannot bring down a country through ideas alone" "This popular manifesto was just the excuse we needed" "The national Security Law will legitimately ensure order" "We should be grateful"," at the very least" "NAVAL BARRACKS IN NATAL"," NOVEMBER 23RD"," 1 935" "Have you discovered who ordered the revolt in natal?" "It seems it was spontaneous" "The press claim Prestes is in Moscow" "But I'm not fooled" "He's here" "Are you sure this safe is secure?" "There's a Iot of money in it--- not to mention documents which could incriminate us" "Anyone who opens this safe will be blown up" "Not a single piece of paper will be left intact" ""We cannot walt any longer"" "Either we bring the revolt to Rio"," or we abandon our people in natal" "It could be a trap set up by Vargas" "But the people of Recife already support us!" "Moscow wants to know our decision" "We are not ready to take the revolt nationwide" "We're not?" "If I remember"," you said in Moscow--- you could organize strikes and rallies" "The report said the Communist Party had infiltrated the army" "So it had!" "Many of the barracks are ready for insurrection!" "And will the army support the revolution?" "Many of my former fellow officers still support me" "Without the people's support"," victory is impossible" "The Party will call for a general strike" "If we don't act"," the government will certainly crack down hard" "It will crush the uprising in natal"," and arrest--- the more active militants across the country" "Another chance like this won't come up in years" " Maybe ever again" "olga"," I'm against it!" "AII this only exists on paper!" "GhioIdi could be right- Perhaps we should wait" "Wait?" "We've never been so close to the revolution" "We can change this country"," change history!" "When the revolution starts"," even the Navy will support us" "What do you mean?" "I have my sources" "The Navy will take power alongside us!" "3RD INFANTRY REGIMENT" "RIO DE JANEIRO"," NOVEMBER 27TH"," 1 935" "I assure you"," sir"," our troops are loyal to the government" "The barracks of the 3rd Regiment will be surrounded" "It's an isolated attack" "And the Aviation Academy?" "If the rebels take the planes" "I doubt it'II last till nightfall" "No other officer will support Prestes!" "And the population is under our control" "The 3rd Regiment" "The revolt has been crushed" "And at the other barracks?" "Not one rose up" "Vargas still controls the Army"," Navy and Air Force" "And the people?" "The general strike?" "The general strike we called for hasn't stopped anyone" "No a single factory- Not one demonstration" "But our supporters--- all those promises?" "The Army?" "!" "We trained so much" "For this?" "He didn't deserve that defeat- He didn't deserve it" "To fight for what is just--- good"," and for a better world" "I don't care if thousands have been arrested" "I want the leaders!" "I want Prestes in jail" "He's smart" " Catching him won't be easy" "CIeverer than the foreign Secret Services?" "until the investigations are finished--- the State of Emergency will continue" "How about the German police?" "They are assisting as best they can- It is hard to work undercover" "It's better that way- I don't want journalists gossiping" "They've found clues that foreigners are involved" "Foreigners?" "Sent from Moscow" "Let me go!" "What's is this?" "!" "I'm an American citizen!" "Shut up!" "I demand an explanation!" "Shut up!" "Take them both!" "I want to contact the American Embassy!" "What's that?" "!" "What are you doing to my husband?" "!" "No!" "No!" "Don't!" "This information could incriminate many people!" "We cannot take it all with us!" "But if the police finds this materiaI--- they'II know about the movement"," about Moscow!" "You must leave" " I'II stay and destroy everything" "To be arrested by the police?" "The explosives Gruber set up will do the trick" "hello?" "Yes" "What is it?" "Nothing important" "Here's the address" "They've got away!" "There's no one here!" "careful!" "It's probably wired!" "You guys afraid?" "See?" "We've found ourselves a treasure here" "What's in those papers?" "They belong to Prestes" "Luis carlos Prestes!" "Your new hideout is in Meyer--- a discreet house" "You'II be safe there" "And you"," Barron?" "I'II contact Moscow" "The other envoys must leave the country" "It was VaIIée on the phone" "I've been given permission to return" "Perhaps it wouId be best for you to leave the country now--- avoiding unnecessary risks by staying with me" "Our opinions almost always coincide" " Except on this matter" "Our life in that house" "In spite of everything"," I've no regrets" "Now it's my turn to ask" "My mind is made up- I'II stay with you" "If you need anything else, "l'll be out back"" "Thank you"," manuel" "The safe's security rig didn't explode" "It didn't?" "!" "The police found all the documents" "Names"," signatures"," addresses" "VaIIée managed to escape"," but Miranda's just been arrested" "Gruber was too experienced to be so incompetent" "We've been betrayed!" "Gruber gave the police the combination" "And Ewert and Sabo?" "They've been tortured--- but said nothing- But those papers--- will give the the police proof against them" "And EIza"," Miranda's wife?" "She's also been arrested" "This man"," do you know who he is?" "I won't a second time!" "I won't ask a second time" "GhioIdi" " It's GhioIdi" "Miranda will confirm it" "unfulfilled intentions"," failed attempts" "What doesn't happen is also part of history" "That too can change the world" "At the cost of so many arrests and deaths?" "I was politically responsible for the uprising" " It was my fault" "I was sure the Army would support the revolution" "When I led the column even at the worst hours--- when we fought the government troops--- our will to fight prevailed" "But now" "The Russian revolution taught us--- the impossible is possible" "Why doubt our ideals could change this country?" "We fought for this" "We're willing to give our lives for the revolution" "I know nothing about Prestes" "Are you sure?" "I don't!" "I swear!" "I don't know where he is!" "He moved to another hideout!" "GhioIdi!" "Carmem" "GhioIdi" "Carmem!" "Do you want her to get out of this country alive?" "It's your call" "I don't know where he and his wife are!" "Wife?" "What wife?" "Prestes is married?" "!" "Her name?" "!" "I want to know her name!" "Go ahead" "Her name!" "Her name!" "olga!" "Her name is OIga" "olga" "You're even more beautiful when you smile" "What have you got there?" "I hope it fits you- I lack practice--- but I wanted to make you something to wear" "When we fled"," you couldn't bring anything with you" "I Iearned to sew from my sisters" "I've never met a man like you" "One with such delicate gestures--- and such great dreams" "May I?" "I promise I'II try to spare your feet" "President Vargas himself has phoned me" "He wants us to end this" "And if we find the couple?" "Go in shooting then ask questions"," GaIvao" "Do you want Prestes dead or alive?" "The first one who gets Prestes"," dead or aIive" "I'II reward him with $1 00","000 réis" "Did I make myself clear?" "EIza!" "Come with me!" "Come on" "VaIIée's escaped"," but they got GhioIdi and Carmem" "If only we could help them!" "What's gonna happen to EIza?" "She should never have met us"," or taken part in meetings" "EIza put many people in danger" "That will end soon" "I saw the police on the way back" "FiIinto MüIIer must know I lived here in Meyer as a boy" "They'II start searching door-to-door" "We must ask the Party for help" "I've got to get you out of the country" "I meant no harm!" "It wasn't my fault!" "I didn't want to know anything!" "I'm sorry"," EIza- You ratted on our comrades" "They made me!" "It's the police!" "It's the police" "Keep calm"," manuel" "We must lose the soldiers and gain some time" " Go!" "You must flee" "I can't!" "I won't leave you!" "I'II start shooting"," they'II deal with me"," and you can leave" "They are too many!" "You wouldn't stand a chance!" "But if they catch you"," they won't spare you!" "I don't want you to die!" "Who is it?" "It's the police!" "Open it!" "Step aside"," we're coming in" "A man jumped out of the back window" " It must be Prestes" "Shoot him!" "He mustn't get away!" "It's Prestes!" "Shoot him!" "No!" "Don't!" "He's unarmed!" "Don't shoot!" "Arrest Prestes at once!" "The hunt is over!" "Take Prestes to the elevator!" "No!" "I'II go with him!" "My orders were clear!" "You'II be heard separately- Take him away!" "Never forget who you are" "Nothing can change what we had together" "Nothing" "I Iove you" "Take them away" "My little one" "My little one" "DETENTION CENTER"," RIO DE JANEIRO" "Are you all right?" "Don't be afraid" "These are doctors"," writers"," actresses"," workers" "No one will harm you" "My name is Maria" "Carmem!" "OIga" "Sabo is here" "Sabo!" "They'II kill Arthur!" "The electric shocks will start again!" "First me"," then Ewert" "Me"," then Ewert" "What have they done to you"," Sabo?" "Who sent you?" "I don't know" "I don't know" "When did you all arrive in brazil?" "Who sent you?" "I don't know" "This prison won't change who I am"," nor who you are" "You'II rot in here" "What will be left of your pride?" "Your dignity?" "I'II be like so many in brazil"," at the mercy of men like you" "How's Ewert?" "The responsibility for the uprising was all mine" "How long are you going to torture him?" "And why?" "!" "It's not our fault he isn't cooperating" "Perhaps OIga could help us" "Where have you taken her?" "Where have you taken her?" "!" "That's a secret" "olga hasn't said a word"," but we know everything" "We know exactly who she is- The German ambassador himseIf-- --gave us her complete file" "file?" "They'II have her deported" "You are genuinely concerned about her"," aren't you?" "How do you feel"," OIga?" "Sick" " I've had dizzy spells" "I never felt like this- I don't know what's happening" "It's none of my business"," but you're not pregnant"," are you?" "Pregnant?" "Yes"," pregnant" "What about your period?" "I am late" " I'd forgotten" "Pregnant?" "What am I to do"," Maria?" "I can look after myself"," but a baby?" "And in here!" "What if they send me back to Germany?" "olga Benário!" "You will be taken for interrogation tomorrow" "Prestes' wife" "I need you all to know" "I am pregnant" "Pregnant by Luis carlos Prestes!" "I need a lawyer and a doctor" "I am the wife of a BraziIian--- and I want to have my baby here in brazil!" "This note is for my husband" "It is my right that he should know I am pregnant!" "I ask you to give it to him" "Go on" "Ewert!" "Ewert!" "olga is expecting my child" "Can you hear me?" "My child!" "My child" "INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS"," SWITZERLAND"," 1 936 My son Luis carlos Prestes--- is still in jail"," and incommunicado" "And my daughter-in-Iaw must not be deported" " She's pregnant" "Do you have a lawyer?" "We do--- but the brazilian government is uncooperative" "olga and my brother aren't officially married" "brazilian law doesn't recognize their marriage--- but my son has already acknowledged paternity" "It's a delicate situation" "We'II do all we can" "Show me" "That's coming along nicely" "I never thought I'd ever enjoy knitting baby cardigans" "Did you never imagine yourself as a mother?" "Not a mother"," nor a wife" "So many feelings I never knew" "I always mistrusted words of love" "Sometimes"," I catch myself whispering his name" "He made me feel so strong"," and yet so fragile" ""The law ls on our side"" "The Supreme Court has sentenced OIga Benário to be deported" "Rumor has it the prisoners will revolt"," if that happens" "Any revolt must be crushed by force" "I'II send in as many men as it takes" "What about Prestes' mother and sister's international campaign?" "several countries and institutions support it" " They're not alone" "Some say they'II even try to intercept the ship--- if we send them back to Germany" "We won't touch Prestes or his wife" "The international authorities can't accuse us of anything!" "This cell is the right size for you" "A general without soldiers"," without arms" "Without your wife" "We won't let them!" "You're a Jew"," you can't be sent to hitler's Germany" "countless habeas relief petitions"," all dismissed!" "The ruling is final" "We'II resist to the end" "They won't take you away!" "Good evening"," ladies" "The police are concerned about Dona OIga" "We hear she isn't weII--- so we're moving her to a hospital" "hospital?" "A weII-equipped hospital" "You know better than I do"," if she doesn't receive proper care-- --she's likely to give premature birth" "It's a lie!" "Everyone up!" "The police are here to take OIga Prestes!" "They'II deport her!" "olga"," we can't let them deport you to Germany!" "It's inhuman!" "You're not well!" "I'm scared FiIinto MüIIer will use Prestes as a hostage" "To try and turn the situation round" " What if they kill him?" "Or storm the prison?" "I don't want any more deaths!" "We'II resist as long as we can" "I give you my word!" "You will be taken to a hospital and allowed to be accompanied" "F" " MüIIer has given me permission"," if necessary" "Accompanied by one of us?" "We give you our word" "Be brave"," Sabo" "You were always so brave" "Are you ready?" "Yes" "They really are taking us to the hospital!" "I know this route!" "Maria"," do you think the world wants to be changed?" "What?" "Our convictions--- our dreams" "Do you really think the world wants to be changed?" "I only know brazil"," OIga" "And people here are crushed by misery"," negligence"," and violence" "brazil" "I'II never understand this country" "The place where I found happiness"," and lost it" "We're at the hospital- The hospital" "Get into that van!" "I won't!" "You gave me your word" "I know" "But orders are orders- Take her!" "No!" "I'm staying!" "It's useless to resist!" "It makes no difference" "OIga!" "No!" "You gave me your word!" "La Coruna?" "Spain?" "A 7-month pregnant woman cannot board!" "That's against all maritime norms- And I'm in command here!" "The order was given by President Vargas himself" "This prisoner is of maximum interest to the Gestapo" "You must take both prisoners on board" "Two prisoners?" "There's another prisoner?" "Sabo!" "The national Security Law gives us the right--- to expel undesirable foreigners" "The La Coruna will sail directly to Germany" "The German Secret police"," the Gestapo"," will be waiting for you" "A gift from Vargas to hitler" "farewell"," carlos" " farewell" "OLGA HAS BEEN DEPORTED" "Sabo" "HAMBURG"," GERMANY OCTOBER"," 1 936" "I have come in the name of our Führer--- to take charge of two criminals" "Where are you taking us?" "What will you do?" "What will you do?" "!" "olga!" "olga!" "Sabo!" "BARNIMSTRASSE PRISON"," BERLIN"," 1 936" "Come on"," OIga!" "Come on"," OIga!" "It's a girl" "A girl" "Let me hold her!" "please!" "Here in this prison"," we don't allow such privileges" "Just for a second"," please!" "please!" "Anita!" "You'II be named after Anita GaribaIdi--- and your grandmother"," Leocádia" "My brave little girl!" "On account of the baby's birth--- you'II be a allowed a mug of milk and a bowl of porridge a day" "Then I'II have more milk" "Prison norms are quite clear" "Babies are separated from their mothers at 6 months--- and sent to a Nazi Party orphanage" "Six months?" "But in your case we shall be forced--- to make an exception" "We know there are people using you as excuse--- to carry out campaigns against the Germany State" "And in order to prove that this is a humanitarian regime--- we will allow the child to remain with you--- for as along as you can breastfeed" "History follows its course" "And we must be strong enough to try to follow ours" "Being Luiz carlos Prestes' mother can't be easy" "I am not a victim of my son or daughter-in-Iaw" "I am a victim of those who have imprisoned him" "I am a victim of those who keep him incommunicado" "I am yet another victim of the Nazis" "Your granddaughter--- she has been born" "This birth will strengthen our campaign!" "Comrades around the world support us" "We'II be able to send them food--- perhaps even visit them in prison" "But the letter from the Red Cross also warned that--- when OIga's milk dries up"," she'II be separated from her daughter" "They said we should go to the Gestapo" "Perhaps if we had the support of olga's family" "Her father is dead"," but her mother"," Eugenie"," is still alive" "They may not recognize our relationship with OIga--- but they won't be able to ignore her mother" "There's no time to lose!" "I will go to the Gestapo" "And if Eugenie is the only person who might be able to heIp" "olga and my granddaughter I shall speak to her" "We'II free them both" "It's from OIga"," to you" "She calls you mother" ""Dearest mother" ""l do e"v"erythlng I can" "for our little Anlta"" ""ln a way, our ll"v"es are reflected" "ln this little person"- lt ls so wonderful the "way she feeds off me"- lt's as lf l could pass on my "past, my lo"v"e for Carlos"" ""through this milk"--- which ls the opposite of all the blood shed ln the world-"" """l ha"v"e so much to tell"" "Today my little girl took "her first little steps"--- and laughed so much-"" ""Her smile is so lovely it makes us forget all that is bad in this life" "only humans are capable of destroying a family" "If only we could all be together-"" "As I said in my Ietter--- we came about OIga" "I'm only receiving you out of politeness" "Since my husband died I have not allowed OIga's name-- --to be mentioned in this house" "But her Iife--- and that of our granddaughter depend on your help" "I have no granddaughter" "olga is no Ionger my daughter" "And that girl in the picture"," isn't she your daughter?" "You can save her" "It's in your hands!" "Don't deny us your support" "This was my daughter--- not the Communist who's in jail in berlin" "please leave now" "Now I know why the Gestapo said you were a good German" "Don't dry up!" "I need milk" "Anita"," one day--- our family will all be reunited" "Me"," you"," and your father" "I still have milk to breastfeed!" "Dress the girl and pack her clothes" "No!" "I have milk!" "Dress the girl!" "You can't do this!" "It's a crime!" "She's a baby!" "A baby!" "My daughter is not guilty of anything!" "Pack the child's clothes- Take her out of here now!" "It's a crime!" "What you're doing is a crime!" "You can't separate us!" "I'm her mother!" "She mustn't be punished!" "Get out of here!" "Don't just stand there!" "Get the child!" "No!" "I still have milk" "You'II take her only over my dead body!" "Let go!" "Let go!" "Anita!" "No!" "Murderers!" "Nazis!" "hitler will kill my 1 -year-oId baby!" "Murderers!" "Mommy!" "First you must sign some papers" "Here" "And here is the doctor's report confirming--- the child has been handed over in good health" "We will not accept any future complaints" "Let me see OIga!" "Just for a minute" "She must know that we will take care of her daughter" "Can't we at Ieast" "leave OIga a note?" "please!" "deliver this note to olga" "It is her right as a mother" "please" "I want no more strength" "No more courage" "I'm frightened" "Been in jail long?" "First I was in Barnimstrasse"," where my daughter was born" "Then"," Lichtenburg" "You have a daughter?" "They took her away from me" "So many months without news"," I wonder if she's alive" "Today would be her birthday" "Ravensbrück" "What will it be like?" "How long will we be there?" "No one seems to care" "Do the majority of German people really know what's going on?" "The persecution of the Jews"," the labor camps?" "They know" " Just like other European countries" "They'd rather turn a blind eye" "They close their eyes to the horror" "RAVENSBRÜCK CONCENTRATION CAMP" "GERMANY"," 1 939" """My little one"--- I hope at least this "note reaches you"" ""l'"v"e sent so many letters," "left unanswered"" ""l'"v"e recei"v"ed this photo" "of our little girl"" "Anlta grows up safely, cared by "my mother and sister Lígla"" ""Not e"v"en the distance between" "us can keep us apart"" "Yours, Carll-"" "Good news?" "My daughter" "Hope" " There's hope" "Where can I find a broom?" "This place is filthy" "Come on"," Hannah"," let's clean up" "What's the difference?" "If we don't look after ourselves the Nazis will do whatever they like to us" "They think we don't have feelings"," that we're nothing" "With no past"," no present"," and no future" "We're all in the same boat--- and if we want to be treated with dignity--- first we must act like human beings"," and not animals!" "I won't accept that- will you?" "will you?" "!" """Carlos"" ""l'm glad I ha"v"en't changed as" "much as you'd ha"v"e liked"" ""Otherwlse, e"v"erythlng would be" so much more difficult for me-"" "Anita!" "Come here"," my dear" "MEXICO CITY 1 939" "Anita"," you fill me with hope and life" "Let's read you mom's letter" "Look at olga's handwriting" "I'm sure the letter is filled with love" "Love for you"," Anita" "shall we read it?" "Dear Anita"," mother"," Lígia" "I miss you all so terribly much" "I think of you every night"," my daughter"," and when I go to sIeep--- l imagine what lt would be like "to hold your little hands"" ""and kiss your face"" ""To ha"v"e you close to me fore"v"er"---"""" "Sabo!" "We're alive" "Hey"," you red bitch!" "Get back to work before I give you a thrashing!" "Work"," you red bitch!" "What do you think this is"," a holiday?" "Faster!" "Go on!" "Work!" "Sabo!" "What's the matter?" "Sabo?" "olga!" "olga!" "Sabo!" "Sabo!" "Ewert!" "They're coming to torture us again!" "No"," Sabo!" "I won't let anyone hurt you!" "The electric shocks will start again" "Ewert!" "Ewert!" "Sabo!" "We'II get out of here!" "bullet in the head" "Sabo"," don't die!" "It's no use"," OIga" "It's over" "Hurry!" "Put the body in the grave!" "Count!" "Count out loud!" "twenty-eight"," twenty-nine" "Loud!" "Louder!" "Thirty!" ""To illuminate forever- illuminate everything" "To the Iast days of eternity" "illuminate" "illuminate"," nothing more" "That is my motto"," and that of the sun-"" ""Hltler has renewed the offensl"v"e" "against the So"v"let Union"" ""Denmark, Norway and Belglum"--- remain under German occupation, "as does France"" "Any news?" "Nothing" "Not a single letter" "I don't even know whether the money we sent reached OIga" "AII our European friends are being arrested--- and sent to Concentration Camps" "AII we can do now is write the Red Cross again" "Such futile cruelty!" "If only we knew what's happening to her!" "What's the meaning of this silence?" "olga and CarIos" "I won't see them again" "I'II never see my son again" "Ever" "Detention Center"," RIO DE JANEIRO 1 942" ""My little one"," will we ever see each other again?" "We must be strong and wait for less trying times" ""Once again I tell you"--- neither time nor space can "undo what we had together"" "There can be no regrets "between us"" ""Only the lo"v"ellest" "memories of my life"- l send you kisses "and hugs"- "Lo"v"e"" "your Carlos-"" "Quick!" "unload the trucks!" "Bernburg" " That's a town" "only their clothes return- Not the prisoners" "The whole camp is panicking" "The Jews have lost their German citizenship" " They're defenseless" "It could be a new concentration camp" "Do you really think it's a new camp?" "They can't kill us- They need our slave labor" "Achtung!" "Attention!" "Another 2","000 prisoners--- will be transferred to the new labor camp" "Those who have been chosen should step forward and form a new group" "They are as follows!" "Faster!" "Are you all deaf?" "Faster"," I said!" """Darllngs"--- I find lt impossible to imagine, "belo"v"ed daughter"" ""that I wlll ne"v"er see you again"" ""or hold you ln my an"x"lous arms"" ""Carlos"" ""darling"" ""my lo"v"e"" ""must I renounce fore"v"er"" ""all the good things you ga"v"e me?"" "I would conform to that, "e"v"en with you so far"--- just to see your gaze "upon me once more"" ""And I'd like to see your smile"" ""l lo"v"e both of you" "so" v"ery much"" ""And I'm so grateful to life"" ""for ha"v"lng gl"v"en me you two"" ""But I wish I could ll"v"e" "one happy day"" ""the three of us together"" ""as I'"v"e dreamed" "a million times"" ""ls lt possible that I'll ne"v"er" "see how proud"--- you are of our daughter?"" """Dearest Anlta"" ""my dear husband"" ""my little boy"" ""l weep into my bedclothes"" ""so no one hears"" ""for lt seems I ha"v"e no strength" "to bid you farewell now"" ""so I won't ha"v"e to do lt" "ln my tough final hours"" ""After tonight"" ""l want to ll"v"e for this brief" "future I'"v"e got left"" ""lt was you, darling"--- who taught me the meaning "of willpower"--- especially when pouring forth "from springs such as oursel"v"es"" "I fought for what ls "fair, good"" ""and for a better world"" ""l promise you now"" ""as I say good-bye"" ""that to the last instant"" ""you wlll ha"v"e no reason" "to be ashamed of me"- l want you to understand:" "preparing myself for death "doesn't mean gl"v"lng ln"--- but knowing how to face lt "when lt comes"" ""Ne"v"ertheless, so many" things may yet happen-"" """To the final moment"--- I shall remain firm "and with a will to ll"v"e"" ""l kiss you all for one last time"" "Olga-"" "Dona Leocádia died in June"," 1 943--- without ever seeing her son Luis carlos Prestes again" "Eugénie Benário died in--- the Teresienstadt concentration camp"," in 1 943" "GetúIio Vargas"," elected President of brazil for a second term--- committed suicide in 1 954" "Anita Leocádia lives with her aunt Ligia Prestes--- in Rio"," where she is a university professor" "Prestes was freed by the amnesty"," in 1 945","" "and only then received word of olga's death" "Years Iater--- he and their daughter Anita received her last letter" "I fought for what is fair"," good"," and for a better world" "olga Benário Prestes" "english subtitles:" "Hugo Moss and Monika Pecegueiro do AmaraI"