Escape From Sobibor Page #5

map of the entire camp.

We can get that for you.

We can also get you a fairly good map of the

minefields outside the camp. - Minefield?

Minefield. Except for the front gate,

it runs all around the

perimeter of the camp.

You see how terrified they are of us.

Also, I need to know everything you can tell

me about the SS and the Ukrainian guards.

- How many. What they do.

- We can get that for you.

- Now, the two of us can not be seen

every night, alone, talking together.

- How can we meet without causing suspicion?

- Well the SS is used to see me here.

Perhaps if you had a girlfriend, you

would come and visit her every night.

That would look normal to them.

I think we'd better get you a woman.

It's got to be somebody completely

trustworthy. Give me 24 hours.

- Where's your brother?

- He's sleeping in the carpenter shop.

How did you know to kiss me there?

I liked to look at film posters

when I was a kid.

When you were a kid?

- Yes, before I came here.

- Oberkapo!

- Yes, sir!

They have looked long enough.

- I am sure, they now understand that no one

steals from the Reich. - Yes, sir!

Dismissed!

Berliner turned them in.

I saw him watching them last night.

Thank you, Toivi.

- Hello, I am Luka.

- Sasha. Hello.

For such a brief acquaintance,

that was a lovely smile

Love at first sight.

Those are my instructions.

- It is a beautiful night.

- Look at the moon, Sasha

Look at the board, Sasha.

- Do you want white?

- No, you have it. - I'll take it.

We should go just before dark.

Enough light to find our way into the woods.

Too dark for them to hunt us.

- That will give us a head

start until the morning.

Right.

- Is there an electrician?

One you can trust?

- Yes, Abraham Weiss. He does

some of the electrical work here.

Because among the last things we do, is we

cut the electrical lines and the telephone.

- It will leave them with

now way to call for help.

I understand.

- How many SS are here?

-16 and 125 Ukrainians.

- The Ukrainians are all armed, right?

- Yes, there is a lot of strength there.

- But when you cut out the

brains, the strength is useless.

- How do we get rid

of 16 SS all at once?

- I don't know if my men

are capable of killing.

- But killing the SS

is the key to our plan.

I've a tailor, I.. I have a carpenter,

I.. I have two shoemakers.

I.. I ran a flour mill.

Before the war I was a book-keeper.

I played the piano. I wrote songs

They will manage because they have to.

What is the simplest plan?

I will tell you. 600 prisoners

walk out the main gate.

They just walk out.

Right after evening roll-call.

They just walk out the front gate?

That's impossible. That's crazy.

Except for one thing. Nothing is impossible

for us. So let us create a plan.

With 600 prisoners...

.. who walk out the main gate

- Are you waiting for the Russian?

- Yes.

- Are you in love with him?

- I think so.

- What am I saying? I know so.

- What's he like?

I don't know. I fell in love so quickly

I haven't found out yet.

- Has he said that he loves you?

- No, not until tonight. In about an hour.

Good evening.

Sasha, this is Abraham Weiss,

the electrician that I spoke to you about.

- We've just had a

very interesting game.

- Yes, we have. But I am a better

electrician than I am a chess player.

Good to meet you, lieutenant.

I'll be seeing you tomorrow night.

Good. Good.

One thing I know.

The Kapos have the run of the camp.

For any plan to succeed, when must have

the cooperation of at least one of them.

But they work for the Germans.

Is there anyone we can trust?

Kapo Porchek. 1 or 2 others, maybe.

One I know we can't trust

is a man named Berliner.

- We must kill him. Don't leave any marks.

- It will be done. My people will do it.

We talked last night about

cutting out the brain.

Let us suppose, just suppose that most SS

were dead. Even... even all of them.

- Alright, let's suppose.

- It would have to happen secretly.

We would have to isolate them, kill them,

one by one, in an hour at the most.

Now let us assume we can do that.

Where would we stand?

The Ukrainians would become confused.

The escape could begin.

Right.

The prisoners in compound 3, the men who

cremate the bodies, how do we get them out?

This is a problem. They can't come out.

We're forbidden to go in there.

We can't even get a message through to them.

We've tried. I don't think we can help them.

- You wanted to see me.

- Yes.

- Can you make knives in your shop?

- Like this?

- Careful. Yes, just like that.

- How many?

- As many as you can make, starting now.

- Consider it done.

Leon, with your Kapo Berliner...

the sooner the better.

Luka, let's go.

This had better be important,

or it's 25 for you.

I told you sir, I don't know

what's happening in there.

Kapo Porchek said for

me to get you right away.

That's all I know.

Porchek!

Porchek!

Only in the belly. No marks.

Go and tell sergeant Frenzel

that oberkapo Berliner is very sick.

Everyone must be in position by 3:30

The killings must begin at 4.

It must be done in one hour.

Their punctuality and their greed.

- Can we make use of that?

- I think so.

For example, Samuel is making a

pair of boots for lieutenant Niemann.

We can get him to the shoe shop

for a fitting and kill him there.

- What about Reichleitner and Wagner?

- Reichleitner is a problem.

We know he checks the entire camp at noon

and then again at 5 after roll-call.

But he always has men with him.

Wagner has no pattern.

Shlomo is making jewellery for him.

Could you get him to the machine shop?

We need this kind of information

on every SS in camp.

We must have our killers

in the right place at the right time.

- Can we get some watches, so

we can coordinate our timing?

- Yes, I think so,

from the sorting shed.

Good.

- Sasha, I have to be one of

the killers. I want Wagner.

Shlomo, my men will be

in charge of the killings.

And I will make the assignments.

Sasha, I know I'm not

supposed to talk about it

but it's terrifying to listen to you talking

about life and death is such a cold blood.

- Well, sometimes one has

to think of them that way.

No.

- No? Why not?

- Because, everything is too real to me.

Too alive.

Sasha, what I feel for you...

I...

No, Luka. You must nor say that.

Please, listen to me.

I have a wife and a little daughter.

As far as I know they're still living.

I love them both very much.

- Why didn't you tell me?

- I do not know.

- We are pretending, aren't we?

- Pretending?

Lukatshka, I... never intended...

Oberscharfhrer Niemann!

Oberscharfhrer Frenzel!

Wagner and I will be

in Lublin for 3 days.

No transports are coming in

until after we're back.

You two will be in charge while we're away.

Alright, we'd better go. Gentlemen?

We just found out that Captain Reichleitner

and Wagner left today for a 3-day trip.

- Leon and I have come to a decision.

- We escape tomorrow.

- At last!

- Oh, God.

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