Escape From Sobibor Page #3

- Yes, sir.

Send him to compound 3 tomorrow morning.

Ask for me at the gate, Scharfhrer Bauer.

- I will have a gold piece, I want

inserted at the end of the handle. Here.

- Yes, sir.

Look at this.

Thank you.

See, the skin is the most nourishing part.

I've put a piece in your soup too.

Try it.

You must eat. The best revenge

is for you to survive.

- Itzhak...

- Hmm?

My family was murdered too.

Roll-call in 2 minutes. Come on! Quick!

- All I'm saying is that maybe somehow

we can use the Ukrainian guards.

- It's possible.

- How loyal are these Ukrainians to the SS?

They hate the SS as much as they

hate us, but they're mercenaries

and also known as shooting at them.

We use them all the time.

When we find gold or

jewels in the sorting sheds

we steal some of it sometimes and bribe

the Ukrainian guards to bring us food.

They get rich but at

least we stay alive.

- Whats your idea?

- Look, suppose we find the right Ukrainian,

we bribe him to bring us

poison. Strychnine, cyanide...

- Alright, we have

the poison, then what?

- Well, who serves the SS meals? The

butchers. We get them to do the poisoning...

- They're children, Samuel. It's

too much responsibility for them.

- You're right. The problem

is we are not soldiers.

We don't know how to

kill, we never have...

Roll-call, come on.

Sergeant Bauer wants me.

- What are you doing?

You're not allowed in here.

- Sergeant Bauer ordered me here, sir.

Wait here.

- What's taking Moses so long?

- Maybe he got lost.

No, here he is.

- Moses! Moses! Moses! What happened?

Did someone hurt you? - No.

- What is it? What happened? Tell us.

- I went there to get this.

- From sergeant Bauer. - Yes, I know that.

- I saw the shower place.

And there are no showers.

'Cause all the people who

go in there, are killed.

I saw the dead bodies.

Women, babies...

All twisted together. And prisoners like us

throw them on carts and pull them away.

Everyone who goes for a shower is dead.

Everyone. Shlomo, our whole family is dead.

- You knew this. You knew

and you didn't tell us.

- My family are dead too.

The sergeants, they said if I told anyone,

they'd kill me.

Our mother, our father and our sister

are murdered.

Now I want to kill.

And I will kill!

- Which one of you is Leon?

- I am. You are the new...

eh... the new goldsmith.

- Shlomo.

- Yes, hello Shlomo.

- What's going on in here?

How can you do this in a place where

they murder your families?

They kill little children.

And you make music, you laugh,

you play games, you even make

love. In here, it's a carnival.

And you work for these monsters!

You packet our clothing to send to Germany.

My mother's clothing,

my father's clo...

Now that you know the truth about Sobibor,

will you still make jewellery for them?

What will you do? Refuse?

Consider yourself an honoured

person because you let them kill you?

No, you won't. As we don't.

And every day will be

an agony of conscience.

It's the same for everybody here.

When I came here, I was

with my wife and small child.

They took me to work in the sorting shed.

My wife and child were sent to the showers.

The next day I am sorting through

clothes, and I... I come...

I came across their clothes.

I find them by accident.

This is the way I find that

they are dead. My wife. My child.

But what is there to do but survive?

Yes, we sing and we dance.

Sometimes we make jokes. We make love.

If not, we deny life.

We work for them so we may survive.

And we survive for a reason.

Revenge.

And some day we will have it.

Do you understand?

I will do anything for revenge.

Even if I have to die for it.

- How old are you?

- How old do you have to be?

You're old enough.

Wagner's going to be

late on his round today.

No he isn't!

Here he comes!

God morning, ladies.

And how is the work

progressing this morning?

- No, please...

- Is that yours?

- What are you going to do?

- What do you think?

There are no babies in Sobibor

- You're going to kill her?

- Because I am in a good mood

today, I'm going to let you live.

- No! - I really shouldn't. You're

a lucky woman. - Give me my baby!

You don't understand. I'm offering you

a chance to live. It's quite unusual.

I spit on your offer, you Nazi bastard.

We got to get out of here.

We got to get out.

- But even if we do.. even

if we do escape, what then?

- We disappear into the forest.

There are partisan groups there. We

find these groups and we join them.

But first things first. We

must find a way of escaping.

This should be one of our easier days.

These Dutch will behave themselves.

I'll take this.

- Here. Be sure to keep your baggage check.

- Thank you. Just a second.

- Here you are.

- We're not allowed to accept tips, Madame.

- Nonsense. Please, take it.

- I can't.

Well, then only as a

souvenir from Holland.

Are there any other

Dutch people already here?

No, this is the first train from Holland.

- Here is your baggage check. Don't lose it.

- Thank you, I won't.

When they ask for seamstresses or

laundresses just raise your hand.

Whatever it is, say

you're a professional.

- Why?

- Just do it.

Look at the SS. They're amused.

- Bastards!

- Not only do we die for them, we dance

for them like stupid performing bears.

- That was charming. A lovely

folkdance. - Thank you. - Very charming.

Now, everybody dance. Play.

I want you all to have a good time.

Come on.

Dance! Enjoy it. Let's dance.

Let's dance. Come on. Dance.

May I have the honour?

Let's dance. Come on.

- Hello, Bajle.

- Hello.

- You dance beautifully.

- Thank you.

- You came to Sobibor alone?

- Yes.

- Where are your family?

- I don't know where they are.

- I'm by myself.

- And I'm by myself.

- My name is Chaim. -

I'm Selma. Hello. - Hello.

- Would you dance with me?

- Oh, I would.

Come on! Come on!

- You look like you want to dance.

- Yes, but I don't know how.

Would you like me to show you?

- But no laughing.

- Maybe just a little.

Let's dance! Come on!

One, two three,

one, two three...

I keep seeing people

coming to you for advice.

We talk it passes the time.

Whatever it is, if I can ever help,

just say so.

Bajle, I don't know how

to say things like this...

but I want you.

Let me tell you, you do know

how to say things like that.

Shlomo, I'm 26.

Why don't you ask one of the younger girls?

I've never eaten an apple before.

I wouldn't want a green one.

Bajle... When?

We'll see.

Wagner's coming!

Keep working.

- When will the SS rings be finished?

- We'll finish the last ones today, sir.

I have orders from

Commandant Reichleitner

to close down the goldsmith

shop when the rings are done.

- Why?

- It doesn't matter why.

Now listen to me. I'm making you

the head of the mechanics shop.

You'll have 4 or 5 men under

you and a lot of hard work.

If you want to live, you'll

see that it's done right.

- You can take that one

with you. What's his name?

- Moses.

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