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{\an8}This series is inspired by “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”
and is based on memories
by Holocaust survivor Lali Sokolow.
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Some names have been changed and some events
were fictionalized for narrative purposes
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memories of Lali Sokolow
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Poland, January 1945
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I am a prisoner
of the Russian army.
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My name is Lali.
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I am Slovak.
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So what are you doing this evening?
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The Russians want to invite
local women dancing.
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A dance ? Really ?
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I heard they had
a lot of food.
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That's right.
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They would come get you
on the square at seven o'clock,
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You would be driven back here at midnight.
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And they would like more women
be at the party.
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I see.
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They're going to shoot us
what if we don't go there?
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There is this…
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prices, as they call them.
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How many friends could you bring?
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Could it be married women?
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I don't see why not.
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I could probably bring five of them.
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THANKS.
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See you later.
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She has accepted.
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She said she would bring more.
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And Ivana?
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She died in her sleep.
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She didn't
just not awake.
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I am very sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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Eat slowly.
In small portions.
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I'm sorry.
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You're too young for that.
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I told you, mom.
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Bring them warm clothes and shoes.
My brown lace-up shoes, hmm?
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This soup is the thing
the most delicious one I have ever eaten.
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Listen now.
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You're just girls...
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but I must speak to you as a woman.
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The Russians took our village.
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And if they find you here,
Bella and I...
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we will have serious problems.
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I don't even want to think about it...
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You are nothing to them.
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You understand ?
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You can stay in my attic…
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but you must stay
hide inside.
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No one should see you
or hear you.
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THANKS.
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For everything.
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But we want to go home.
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You really must have
a real strength in you for having arrived this far.
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I will prepare you
hot water for your bath.
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THANKS.
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Are you participating in the dance?
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No. They lock me in my room.
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So where should we go?
to get these prices?
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My father and my brothers
will not return from this war.
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My mother is overcome with grief...
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and I have two younger sisters.
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Petrov.
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Captain Petrov.
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Right there with the mustache.
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He has them.
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THANKS. Watch me twirl.
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Well, how are you?
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It's okay.
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It's late.
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I do not like it.
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Dance ?
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Was there a ball?
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This lasted several nights.
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I was locked up.
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This girl…
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Lali?
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I wasn't with them.
I could only hear.
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Lali?
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I'm locked in...
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every night.
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It's good.
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You can tell me.
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Oh, I don't think it's safe.
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This happened a long time ago.
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Good girl.
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What kind of man...
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These girls had nothing.
Husbands and fathers were gone.
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Their families were starving.
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They kept me there
for several weeks.
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It took time
so that the Russians trust me.
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- Slovak.
- Yes sir.
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We need to get some officers back.
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We'll be back in 30 minutes.
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It will be ok ?
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Yes sir. Of course.
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Hey, hey, can I buy your bike?
Here. Take it, take it.
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Slovakia?
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It's about a day away.
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When you reach a forest,
continues towards the east.
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Take it.
I want to live, just like you.
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Come on.
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THANKS.
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Gita! Gita!
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Gita, come here!
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There is water here.
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Water.
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- Here.
- It's a good place.
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Yeah, this way.
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- Hey, there's a Dutch oven here.
- Bring him.
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But quickly. We must hurry.
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They took our damn pot.
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I hate this place.
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Gita didn’t tell me these things
until much later.
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These girls, what they went through.
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They were raised to live
in an innocent world.
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It was taken away from them.
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The train towards Korompa
will leave soon.
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Passengers are invited
to get on the train.
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I can help you ?
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When did they leave?
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A few days after you left.
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There were soldiers
in the streets.
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Mom woke me up early and gave me
a package to take to the Molnars.
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Ms. Molnar...
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didn't leave me
return home.
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She hid me.
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The package mom gave me
was her jewelry and some photos.
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Just a few days
after I leave ?
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It was chaos.
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They were all gone
when I came back.
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I stayed with Mrs. Molnar...
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hidden.
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- Goldie, they...
- I know.
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Look, I know.
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But I thought I wouldn't see you again,
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and look, there you are.
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They were old.
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And Max and Maria
had to stay with the boys.
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I thought I was the only one left.
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Lali...
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Oh my darling.
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Oh my darling.
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There is a girl.
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I met her at the camp.
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His name was...
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Her name is Gita.
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I can use it
to earn money.
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I have nothing.
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Yes. On the way to Bratislava.
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Goldie, I...
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I don't want to leave you alone anymore.
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Go ahead.
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There is nothing more important.
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Is this mom's?
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It's in Gita.
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GITA, I'M THERE, I WILL FIND YOU
LALI EISENBERG DE KROMPACHY
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Good morning.
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You are coming back from Poland,
from Birkenau?
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- Yes.
- Yeah.
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Do you know my friends, Gita Fuhrmannova?
Hannah? Ivana? You know them ?
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Sorry.
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- Okay, that doesn't mean he's dead, okay?
- But where is he ?
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Do you think he lives here?
and he sleeps on the street?
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No, we'll find him.
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Listen, we are
in our country now.
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First we need to find something to eat...
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then you have to wash yourself and get help.
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You stink too.
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Well, I'm done.
He didn't make it.
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Do not give up.
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I'll wait for you at the entrance.
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Gita, I am here and I will find you.
Lali Eisenberg of Krompachy.
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Excuse me.
Sorry, I'll pass.
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Lali!
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It's her. It's her.
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It's you. It's you.
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Behold, through this ring
you are devoted to me,
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according to the law of Moses
and the people of Israel.
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I've said it a thousand times in my head.
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Lali…
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I love you.
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We've had all of our worst days.
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The best are ahead of us.
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It's beautiful.
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Oh, look at me.
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There is a sandwich
in the fridge.
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Lali, I'll be late.
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Goodbye!
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Where are you going ?
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Nowhere.
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I was just washing the cups.
Are you doing well ?
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Yes.
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So, I thought,
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the story after the war could be
a little final chapter.
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A summary.
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You moved to Australia,
etc.
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Then they lived
Happy forever.
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It's not always that simple,
is not it ?
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Yes of course,
there is often an epilogue.
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Like, the story ends and we find out
that you and Gita made your life together.
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We wanted a happy ending.
We were still chasing her.
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What is it, Lali?
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I don't want to talk anymore.
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Someone's knocking at the door.
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Good morning.
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We are looking for
Mr. Ludwig Eisenberg.
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Lali, look at me.
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Please come.
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I'm fine, I'm fine.
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Sit down.
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This place was our home.
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Good food.
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A good tune.
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Gita had a bakery nearby,
the synagogue,
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and his friends.
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I don't know.
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You will work ?
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I can stay a little longer
If you want.
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No no.
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It's good.
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All right.
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Okay, you have
soup in the fridge.
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I will bring the new draft tomorrow.
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Why not get some fresh air,
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to move those old bones, okay?
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- See you tomorrow.
- See you tomorrow.
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No matter where you go...
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I will be there.
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Good morning.
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We are looking for
Mr. Ludwig Eisenberg.
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It was indeed my name.
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Eisenberg, yes.
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Please come in.
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THANKS.
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We were asked
to verify your identity, sir.
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Asked by who? For what ?
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We are Australian citizens.
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You changed your name
after the war ?
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Yes, for Sokolov.
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It's all on the papers.
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We were asked by...
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the German consul
to give you a letter.
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What is this ?
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It was opened.
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It's a request
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from a German law firm
which depicts a former SS officer
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requesting a declaration
in favor of his client.
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For their customer? A Nazi officer?
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That's right.
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A Nazi officer
tried for war crimes.
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He asks for your help.
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SS officer Stefan Baretzki.
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here are the details
from the law firm,
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and the German consulate.
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We'll let you think about it.
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Good morning.
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Good morning.
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What day is it today ?
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THURSDAY. We spoke yesterday.
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I can ?
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Come in.
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- For you to read.
- Yes, I will do it.
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This time I focused
about you and Gita.
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In fact, I can't wait for you to read it.
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I may have found
how to tell that.
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It's good.
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And you seem happy.
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I'm.
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But how are you?
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I did not sleep much.
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The past is with us now.
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You see, we left the camp,
we left Slovakia…
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00:34:49,710 --> 00:34:51,800
and we arrived here.
275
00:34:51,980 --> 00:34:55,980
The past followed us
like a sick dog.
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00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:02,050
You said we were
"happily ever after", but it was difficult.
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00:35:02,900 --> 00:35:10,600
Gita was so sad for so many years.
And then all these nightmares.
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00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,210
- I'll get you some water.
- No.
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00:35:22,390 --> 00:35:25,700
Why don't you sit down?
I'm going to get us some water.
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00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:34,220
- Gita…
- You need to sign these cards.
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00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:36,300
It's for the second
Louise's birthday,
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00:35:36,310 --> 00:35:39,300
and for the twins
of Gina and Joel who are five years old.
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Lali…
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00:35:52,540 --> 00:35:54,400
Hold.
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00:35:54,650 --> 00:35:56,690
THANKS.
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00:36:04,180 --> 00:36:06,220
Were you thinking of Gita?
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00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:12,300
All this happened
at the same time.
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00:36:12,950 --> 00:36:14,990
All what, Lali?
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00:36:19,050 --> 00:36:21,650
Again and again.
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00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,450
I consulted
the famous doctor from Cohen Street.
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00:36:52,140 --> 00:36:54,180
We tried everything.
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00:36:54,580 --> 00:36:56,620
Nothing works.
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00:37:00,010 --> 00:37:03,000
I thought
that I would heal in time.
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00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:07,260
Other women who were there
have recovered.
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00:37:09,430 --> 00:37:11,570
You must hate me.
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00:37:12,010 --> 00:37:14,020
No.
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00:37:14,170 --> 00:37:16,250
No never.
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00:37:17,900 --> 00:37:20,040
I'm so happy for you.
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00:37:46,810 --> 00:37:47,700
So.
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00:37:51,310 --> 00:37:53,000
It might be cold.
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00:37:53,740 --> 00:37:57,040
- Good night.
- Gita…
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00:38:10,170 --> 00:38:11,400
And There you go.
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00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:16,220
Cheese and pickles.
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00:38:16,550 --> 00:38:20,000
Lali, there you go.
Come and eat something.
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00:38:22,730 --> 00:38:23,800
THANKS.
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00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:26,550
Oh you are welcome.
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00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:39,350
Lali, I need you to tell me.
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00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:41,950
I'm starting to worry.
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00:38:43,020 --> 00:38:44,990
Are you feeling sick?
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00:38:45,010 --> 00:38:47,450
No, not sick.
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00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:53,700
-Heather...
- Yes, my friend, what is it?
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00:38:58,180 --> 00:39:00,400
It's not for the book.
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00:39:05,710 --> 00:39:06,850
All right.
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00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:18,610
The police, like
if we were criminals!
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00:39:19,780 --> 00:39:21,050
Baretzki.
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00:39:21,900 --> 00:39:23,450
He was a monster.
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00:39:25,170 --> 00:39:27,350
I know who he was.
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00:39:31,260 --> 00:39:33,750
Do you remember
what he did for us?
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00:39:37,290 --> 00:39:39,500
What ?
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00:39:46,140 --> 00:39:47,500
Are you serious ?
321
00:39:52,910 --> 00:39:55,210
What has he done for us?
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00:39:58,450 --> 00:40:02,470
You would stand up in front of the whole world
to say he was a good guy?
323
00:40:02,470 --> 00:40:03,860
I don't know.
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00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,750
Are you losing your mind?
325
00:40:07,670 --> 00:40:10,460
- Can we at least discuss it?
- What is there to discuss?
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00:40:10,460 --> 00:40:13,310
- Of these things!
- Which things ?!
327
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,660
For what...
328
00:40:19,110 --> 00:40:21,410
why are you so angry
all the time ?
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00:40:25,690 --> 00:40:27,980
I do not know what to do.
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00:40:29,240 --> 00:40:31,790
- Tell me what to do.
- I can't tell you what to do.
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00:40:31,790 --> 00:40:34,600
Of course you can.
I will do anything for you.
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00:40:38,100 --> 00:40:40,400
Lali, I can't take it anymore.
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00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:46,570
I can't continue like this.
334
00:40:48,150 --> 00:40:50,440
- You neither.
- What ?
335
00:40:51,340 --> 00:40:53,630
I can't give you
what you need.
336
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:58,950
- The family you want.
- Gita, you are all I want.
337
00:40:58,950 --> 00:41:02,760
- We run, run, and we get old.
-Gita, stop!
338
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:11,970
Am I punished?
339
00:41:12,750 --> 00:41:15,040
And you ?
340
00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:23,050
I want to go to Europe...
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00:41:27,220 --> 00:41:28,500
See my house.
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00:41:30,150 --> 00:41:31,700
Cilka…
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00:41:33,310 --> 00:41:38,550
Esther's daughter, Mimi,
I'm 16 now. I want to see her.
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00:41:43,730 --> 00:41:47,000
- I can't accept this.
- You can not.
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00:41:52,340 --> 00:41:55,000
I didn't know if she would come back.
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00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:02,250
So, I had to write this statement.
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00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:09,950
I wanted to tell the truth,
you understand ?
348
00:42:12,530 --> 00:42:14,900
But what is truth?
349
00:42:19,190 --> 00:42:22,000
How do we know what is right?
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00:42:38,410 --> 00:42:40,950
You were like a brother to me.
351
00:43:15,650 --> 00:43:17,960
I wrote the statement,
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00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:20,960
and I brought it
at the German embassy...
353
00:43:21,710 --> 00:43:24,350
and they sent it
at the law firm...
354
00:43:25,260 --> 00:43:27,940
and I do not have
never heard from them again.
355
00:43:28,930 --> 00:43:31,650
You remember
what you wrote?
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00:43:38,670 --> 00:43:42,450
That he was present during the selections…
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00:43:43,900 --> 00:43:47,520
that I saw him murdered
many people…
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00:43:50,140 --> 00:43:54,720
sometimes just because he was
in a bad mood.
359
00:43:57,270 --> 00:43:59,820
He went to prison.
360
00:44:04,210 --> 00:44:07,510
I heard about these trials, Lali.
361
00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:11,620
Baretzki…
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00:44:11,710 --> 00:44:14,250
committed suicide.
363
00:44:16,130 --> 00:44:19,630
He was a brutal psychopath.
364
00:44:24,110 --> 00:44:28,850
And I wouldn't be
alive today without him.
365
00:44:35,510 --> 00:44:38,850
And I must live
with this all my life.
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00:45:25,270 --> 00:45:27,810
You are beautiful.
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00:45:30,210 --> 00:45:32,760
You too.
368
00:45:38,820 --> 00:45:43,160
- I missed you.
- I missed you too.
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00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:50,540
Oh, do you cook?
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00:45:52,020 --> 00:45:54,160
It smells good.
371
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:57,250
- You are hungry ?
- I'm very hungry.
372
00:46:00,340 --> 00:46:02,890
Hold on.
373
00:46:03,370 --> 00:46:05,920
I need to talk to you.
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00:46:25,950 --> 00:46:29,350
I went in
our old apartment in Bratislava.
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00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:34,750
I thought of us sitting on the floor,
because we didn't have a table.
376
00:46:37,650 --> 00:46:40,350
What we wanted.
377
00:46:41,780 --> 00:46:44,330
How happy we were.
378
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:03,500
Lali…
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00:47:05,260 --> 00:47:08,150
I almost didn't get on the plane.
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00:47:12,150 --> 00:47:14,700
I was so sick.
381
00:47:14,710 --> 00:47:16,950
Sick?
382
00:47:18,300 --> 00:47:20,690
Why didn't you tell me?
383
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:26,790
I went to a doctor
and he told me I was sick...
384
00:47:31,050 --> 00:47:33,450
because I was pregnant.
385
00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:38,030
You what ?
386
00:47:38,950 --> 00:47:41,700
Gita, no…
387
00:47:42,890 --> 00:47:47,650
- No. Oh, Gita.
- We're having a baby.
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00:48:21,610 --> 00:48:24,650
I think I would like to go back.
389
00:48:26,870 --> 00:48:29,610
Yes, in Birkenau, at the camp.
390
00:48:32,380 --> 00:48:36,750
I thought you
would never return to Europe.
391
00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:43,150
I know, I never wanted,
but now...
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00:48:44,090 --> 00:48:46,150
if you came with me?
393
00:48:48,240 --> 00:48:51,050
Lali, oh, it’s…
394
00:48:55,820 --> 00:48:58,950
Isn't that a thing
What should you do with your son?
395
00:49:02,550 --> 00:49:05,950
We never gave him
talked about the past.
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00:49:10,350 --> 00:49:12,300
He knew it, of course.
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00:49:12,310 --> 00:49:16,000
He witnessed
nightmares of his mother.
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00:49:16,150 --> 00:49:18,740
You don't want your child
see your pain.
399
00:49:19,380 --> 00:49:21,770
But he saw it.
400
00:49:23,730 --> 00:49:26,440
I'd never thought
tell you the same.
401
00:49:26,900 --> 00:49:28,950
And now you know,
402
00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:31,000
so come with me.
403
00:49:31,580 --> 00:49:34,450
People will probably think
that you are my daughter.
404
00:49:34,530 --> 00:49:39,500
- Or a nurse.
- Hey, that's enough, huh?!
405
00:49:44,860 --> 00:49:47,350
Lali, I would love...
406
00:49:48,810 --> 00:49:50,690
if you are sure.
407
00:49:50,690 --> 00:49:53,700
I want to go back to camp...
408
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:56,200
in Birkenau…
409
00:49:57,700 --> 00:50:00,500
to see it through
of those old eyes.
410
00:50:01,340 --> 00:50:03,850
And with you by my side...
411
00:50:04,410 --> 00:50:06,900
I would very much like.
412
00:51:08,780 --> 00:51:09,700
Come.
413
00:51:10,650 --> 00:51:12,200
You deserve to rest.
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00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:10,500
LALI SOKOLOV DIED PEACEFULLY
OCTOBER 31, 2006.
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Heather made it her mission
to make Lali's story known to the whole world.
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00:52:17,500 --> 00:52:21,760
It took him 11 years
to find a publisher who wants to publish the book.
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00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:47,500
SIX MILLION JEWS
WERE EXTERMINATED DURING THE HOLOCAUST,
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00:52:47,500 --> 00:52:50,100
ONE MILLION OF WHICH PERIOD
AT THE AUSCHWITZ INTERNMENT CAMP.
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00:52:50,100 --> 00:52:53,800
THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE DEAD
INTO THE GAS CHAMBERS IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THEIR SELECTION ON THEIR ARRIVAL.
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00:52:53,900 --> 00:52:57,400
AUSCHWITZ WAS THE LARGEST CAMP
OF NAZI CONCENTRATION,
421
00:52:57,510 --> 00:52:59,400
AND A MASS EXTERMINATION CENTER OF JEWS.
422
00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:06,200
APPROXIMATELY 8,200 SS MEMBERS
SERVED IN AUSCHWITZ. ONLY 10% OF THEM
WERE TRIED FOR THEIR CRIMES.
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00:53:06,650 --> 00:53:11,000
BETWEEN 1940 AND 1945, NAZI GERMANY
AT LEAST DEPORTED
1.3 MILLION PEOPLE IN AUSCHWITZ.
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00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:16,000
1,100,000 JEWS - 140,000 POLES - 23,000 Roma
- 15,000 SOVIET PRISONERS
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00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:19,400
25,000 OTHER NATIONALITIES
AND ETHNIC GROUPS.
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00:53:19,400 --> 00:53:25,800
232,000 OF THE DEPORTED WERE CHILDREN,
OF WHICH ONLY 700
WERE RELEASED ON JANUARY 27, 1945.
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00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:29,550
1.1 MILLION OF ALL PEOPLE
DEPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ DIED
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00:53:29,560 --> 00:53:36,450
SOURCE :
AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU STATE MUSEUM
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00:53:48,700 --> 00:53:51,010
- Are you ready ?
- Yes.
430
00:53:51,010 --> 00:53:53,720
- We can stop at any time, okay?
- All right.
431
00:53:53,760 --> 00:53:55,120
GOOD.
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00:53:55,120 --> 00:53:59,820
Interview with Lou Sokolov,
February 21, 2004.
433
00:54:00,180 --> 00:54:01,700
Can you tell me
your name please ?
434
00:54:01,700 --> 00:54:03,930
My name is Lou Sokolov.
435
00:54:03,930 --> 00:54:05,570
Is this your birth name?
436
00:54:05,570 --> 00:54:09,230
No, I was born Ludwig Eisenberg.
437
00:54:09,470 --> 00:54:13,950
- What name are you known by?
- Lali. They called me Lali.
438
00:54:14,020 --> 00:54:17,720
- Are you married, Lali?
- No, I was married.
439
00:54:17,850 --> 00:54:21,990
- What was your wife's name?
- Gita. Gita Sokolov.
440
00:54:22,710 --> 00:54:27,250
- Where did you and Gita meet?
- We met at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
441
00:54:28,210 --> 00:54:31,560
I was taken from my parents' house,
442
00:54:31,560 --> 00:54:35,110
and carried like an animal...
443
00:54:38,020 --> 00:54:40,410
to an unknown place.
444
00:54:47,470 --> 00:54:52,400
I was a tattoo artist,
tattoo artist in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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00:54:53,150 --> 00:54:57,300
Dedicated to Gita and Lali Sokolov.
May their memory be a blessing.
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00:54:57,350 --> 00:55:02,350
END CREDITS SONG “LOVE WILL SURVIVE”
PERFORMED BY BARBRA STREISAND
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