Black Book

Black Book

Israel, October 1956

We will now make a short stop in what is called a kibbutz

Be back in the bus in 15 minutes.

Enjoy your visit.

(Ronnie) I'll make a photograph.

You are disturbing the lesson.

You may watch, but not make pictures.

I speak hebrew.

But you speak dutch?

Aren't you Ellis de Vries

from The Hague?

Ronnie?

El... What are you doing here?

I live here, this is my country.

-Are you jewish?

What are you doing in Israel?

accompanying my husband.

Him, with that collar.

George. He suddenly 'got religion'.

Because of the war, the doctor says.

So:
a lot of Jesus and no sins like that.

It's nice and quiet at night.

The last man i saw you with,

wasn't he a Canadian

That's him .

That's my Canadian.

George. A friend from Holland,

from the war.

How the hell did you end up here?

Next stop is Kapernaum.

This is where Jesus performed his

first healing miracle.

Bye sweetheart. I'll write.

I'll send pictures. Bye Ellis.

Rachel Rosenthal.

I am married.

Write down, Rachel Rosenthal

Address?

De kibbutz Stein.

-Shalom.That's what it's called isn't Shalom?

Shalom-

Holland, September 1944

And Jesus said..

Light of the world...

light of life...

Jantje. Stientje. You're up today.

- Good morning, mrs. Tjepkema.

- Good morning.

Good morning, children.

Good morning, miss

-Good morning, Rachel

We promised not to say Rachel anymore,

remember? Never

It's clearing up. Tonight

I want the stables clean.

alright, boss.

At your seats, go.

Father, could you do a prayer?

Our guest probably learned

a new text.

Good, close your eyes.

And jesus spoke again to them:

I am the light of the world.

Who will follow me, shall not

walk in darknes...

...but will have the light of life.

-Amen.

Amen.

Beautiful, and no slip of the tongue.

Stientje, give her a plate.

If the jews had listened to Jesus...

...then they wouldn't have had

all this suffering. Then again...

please begin.

Here.

Hey, you there, girl.

English music is forbidden.

But not for naked girls

You're not funny. You scared me.

I thought you were a kraut.

How can I make it up to you?

Have me on the boat.

A ciggarette like that, i'd like as well.

-Jawohl.

What's that crazy guy doing?

-Getting rid of ballast, so he can ascend.

Get down.

What are you going to do?

-That's my hideout.

Wait. look:
Germans.

You can't go back, come.

(unknown voice)

enjoy your meal, boy.

(ROB:
) Hey, take it easy, boy.

# there's always one beneath the sun

# who's bound to make you feel that way

That voice on the record...

That's you.

-That was me.

In the old days. Before the war.

First you sing,

then you have to keep your mouth shut.

Here, my dad caught these for us.

That's sweet of him.

Will you light the stove?

Nice thing.

-You can keep it.

Really?

-a souvenir for you who saved me

How sweet.

Thank you.

With a positive side effect.

-What do you mean?

Now I don't have to spit anymore bible texts

to get any food.

Ssshhhh..

A car.

It's a gasoline engine.

Miss Stein?

Rachel Stein?

I know you're here.

The germans have found your pass

at the burnt out farm.

Helmsman Maalderink, the krauts know

you were in the neighbourhood.

They wrote down the number of your sail.

Says who?

Come on.

one plus one is two, even for the krauts.

a hidden jewish woman

dissappears...

...and the only sailor around to

help is you.

What are you doing here?

-To warn you.

Soon the SD will come and arrest her

for transport to Poland.

And you and your family, will be

put in jail, for aiding jews.

How did this news reach you?

The police report of the krauts landed

in the hands of the The Hague police.

They gave it to us.

-Us? Who's us?

Us are us. Be happy, that there's so

many good cops, in Holland.

I wanted to tell you one thing.

Hide. NOW.

Good night.

Wasn't I clear enough?

-You have to help me and Rob to go into hiding.

With 'us' you mean the resistance. You're

with them. So you can help us, right?

Maybe yes, but it's dangerous.

-We'll take that risk.

Please don't let us down.

Please?

There's an escape route, through the Biesbosch.

I can get you to liberated territory.

Cross country, NOW?

That's madness

In a few weeks the tommy's will

be here and Holland will be liberated

Your Tommy's have been cut

to pieces at Arnhem

Choose:
come with me or,

take care of yourself

Wait. we'll come.

Be ready tomorrow, 2 'o' clock.

I'll pick you up-

Don't bring too much, but make sure

you can hold out for a while.

It's here. I'll wait on the corner.

Yes?

-I'm here for the notary.

I am Rachel Stein.

follow me,

I will check for you.

(Mrs. Smaal:
) Wim, there's girl called Stein

here. Do you have a moment?

My husband can see you now.

Smaal.

- Rachel Stein.

My father said, to call for your

aid, whenever I'll be in trouble.

Every young lady, can call

herself Rachel Stein.

My parents and my little brother.

What can I do for you Rachel?

My hideout is blown up.

I have no papers, nothing.

I have a chance to cross

over to liberated area.

Really?

- Yes.

I will be needing money to

live.

How much?

At least enough,

to last me a year.

100 grand?

No, that's impossible.

Half of it?

In dollars and jewels, if possible.

I don't want it to take up too much space.

You'll have to sign the receipt.

I have to justify this to your father

later on.

Do you know where my parents are?

No, I don't know

and I don't want to know.

Where do I sign?

-Here.

Hold on.

You don't want to check first?

No, I trust you.

Rachel, you can't trust someone blindly.

Those times are over.

Checkpoint:
Show me you papers.

Van Gein, from the SD,

with a load of arrested jews.

10 pieces

Check. You may continue. Have a good trip.

Heil Hitler.

Heil Hitler.

Come out.

Let's go.

Rachel. Rachel.

Max. That's my little brother.

We're here too.

-Mum.

my girl.

Sshh.. Be quiet, come, come

How did you get here?

-Throug. him.

He said, you were going to cross.

-Then we wanted to go too.

This is Rob, he helped me.

Hi.

Don't push, be careful, go forward.

Come and sit.

Please, sit.

Hurry up boy.

He's just had an operation.

4 days ago.

I'm sorry, I didn't know.

Could you throw away the plank?

You're not joing us?

No, the skipper will take

it from here.

safe travels

Lady, take that off.

It glows too much in the dark.

I keep it on even in my sleep.

Then move up your collar.

The krauts see everything.

Let's go.

Look:
gingerbread. Saved it for a

party. That means now.

What happened to you?

Acute appendix infection.

He almost couldn't join us.

My notary found us doctor

just in time.

He operated him secretly.

-On the kitchen table.

Did mr. Smaal know where you were?

Of course. He gave us the

address of the hideout.

Odd, he kept repeating he

didn't know.

No, careful.

Where was your hideout?

-In the attic of a boring grocer's man

A socialist, but still good.

- but Brussels is better.

Now, we'll never be separated again, right?

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