In Darkness Page #2

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Come...

- Stop, Yid, or I'll shoot!

- Don't shoot!

I'm not a Yid!

- I know ortnik. He's my friend.

- Hands up!

- Antoni's in the ghetto.

- All Ukrainians are my friends.

- Come on, we'll check it.

- eep your hands up!

Left here!

Hey, ortnik, this guy says

he knows you.

He's okay.

Let him go.

- Socha, what are you doing here?

- I work here. The sewer was blocked.

You're lucky they found me.

See any Jews down there?

Just bodies. They caused the blockage.

- Tell me if you find any live ones.

- Absolutely!

- It's our duty.

- Yes.

Herr Officer!

Watch out!

You look like hell.

Hard day at work.

If you like, I'll draw you a bath.

Did you hear it?

I doubt if there's anything

left of the ghetto.

Did you see anything?

Those poor people.

They're offering rewards

for turning in Jews.

Some people are making a pile.

God will punish the greedy.

The Jews crucified Jesus.

It's written in the ible:

"His blood be upon them and

their children." The priest said so.

That's just church politics.

Just think about it.

Jews are just the same as us.

Our Lady and the apostles,

they're all Jews!

Even Jesus.

Jesus?

Mania...

Have you seen Mania?

Mania. Have you seen Mania?

Has anyone seen Mania?

Is Mania your sister?

She stepped on me as she was leaving.

She left?

- Where did she go?

- I don't know.

She was crying.

Said she didn't want to die here.

I must...

I must find her.

lara...

- You can't go out there!

- I must find her!

Where is she?

lara...

Where is she?

Go and find her!

Find her.

Having a party, Mr. Socha?

Some sausages.

Good morning.

Really? That's steep!

Onions are ten zlotys.

Last week they were five!

You can afford it, Mr. Socha.

A week ago your wife...

had no cash and now

suddenly you're shopping...

for an army.

asia, do you want some candy?

Smartass.

I love you.

Listen to this nonsense

from Mr. Goebbels...

"Our heroes in the East will prevail

over the olsheviks and Jews...

in the steppes."

And get slaughtered in Stalingrad!

I never thought I'd miss the ghetto.

Unbelievable, isn't it?

You're welcome to go back!

e quiet!

The Germans are losing, that's obvious.

You have to read between the lines.

- The Germans...

- Mr. Chiger, we all know...

you speak their f***ing language.

The language of Heinrich Heine.

You should learn it.

ut I suppose in your view ignorance

is bliss. Right, Mr. Grossmann?

I've brought food.

Take it easy, calm down!

Stop it! Stop pushing!

- That's ours!

- Stay calm!

- Calm down, you'll kill each other!

- That's our bread!

Take it easy I said.

Is the campaign in the ghetto over?

My sister went back there.

To the ghetto?

Anyone left alive was taken

to Janowska Camp.

The ghetto is empty.

You...

you...

and you...

come with me.

Szczepek, you stay here.

No, no, no.

Look!

We'll move you here. It's safer.

For you or for us?

There are lots of hiding places here.

How do we all fit into this sh*t hole?

I didn't promise to take care of every

Jew in Lvov. Too many is dangerous.

Exactly how many can be saved?

Ten.

Make it twelve or fourteen at least!

Ten, eleven at the most.

I've chosen seven.

And who made you God, Grossmann?

It was my room. I took all the risk.

- And the idea was mine, too.

- Which I'm paying for!

That makes you better than us?

efore the war we'd never have been

in the same room!

What a joke! Listen to the professor...

who refuses to speak Yiddish!

All your education didn't

buy you any sense.

ringing children into such a hell!

You fool!

etter to leave them with the Germans.

- Like your loverboy did with his.

- Stop it, you b*tch!

Quiet. e quiet!

You old b*tch!

- This is pointless! Enough!

So?

There's the four of us, Mundek...

lara, Janek, erestycki...

That makes eight.

Chaja,

- Landsberg.

- Why Landsberg?

- He's a cripple!

- At least not a mental cripple!

So, Landsberg makes ten...

- Frankiel eleven.

- Speak Polish, damn it!

And Irena?

- Frankiel is more useful.

- I'm staying here anyway...

I don't trust these Polacks.

Who's coming?

- There's twelve of us.

- I said ten.

- I'm staying here. - You have to come.

- Why? - ecause I say so!

I'm begging you...

Twelve. Like the twelve apostles.

A Yid wouldn't know,

but the twelfth was Judas!

There were always twelve.

After Judas there was Matthias.

Okay, twelve, but that's it!

- You can come with us.

- Daniel, too?

I'm not coming without him. And what

about those kids? They have no one.

Thirteen? Fourteen? Sixteen?

Give a Jew a finger

and he'll take your arm!

- I'm begging you...

- No!

Eleven or no one.

You can always leave your kids

behind, if you like, Mrs. Chiger.

We'll wait here.

Come on.

rysia!

rysia, come on.

Here you go, little one.

We're grateful for all you've done...

ut 500 a day for only eleven

is a lot...

Out of which I buy all your bread,

potatoes and sugar!

- Yes, but you still earn...

- A mere 70 zlotys...

that I share with Szczepek.

You're bargaining over your own life.

You're just like any other Yid!

Wait.

Wait!

Goddamned rats!

Come here.

Come on.

Goddamned vermin!

Are you cold? We'll be alright.

Don't be afraid, little one.

Mama, will they bite us?

- Marysia will love this!

- There's blood on it.

I'll wash it out. It's the perfect size.

- For your Stefcia. - They're hideous!

- Give them to her.

A ghetto souvenir from Uncle Szczepek.

There you are! Speak of the devil!

I was just asking your charming wife

where you were.

You've got Jews living in your sewers!

- Poldek knows nothing about it.

- Like I said, I only saw corpses.

A woman on Peltewna Street

could smell fried onions.

It came from her toilet.

I could smell it myself. Look.

They must be here.

If we enter the sewer here, it can't

be far. Can we get down there?

- Well, yes.

- So let's go.

Come on, Poldek, let's go!

No one knows the sewers

better than your husband!

Listen, I live in a beautiful home.

Want to know who gave it to us?

Some rich Yid family I never even met!

Poldek,

the Germans pay 500 cash

for every Jew we catch.

Let's hope we'll find

some Jews in the sewers.

Preferably rich ones.

Look.

- Idiot, you announced us! e quiet!

- The rat scared me, sir.

God, what a stench.

You could choke to death in here.

Poldek!

Isn't it this way?

Well...

Poldek...

F*** it!

I can check over there, if you want.

Alright. Check it out.

Nothing here.

F***! The sh*t's ruined my boots!

Take me outside.

- No way. It's much too dangerous.

- Please! Just for a little bit.

My shoes are broken.

I don't know.

How are the children?

It's only a rat.

Come on, sit down.

She took one look

at the tablecloth and said...

it was nice. "Nice!" After all the

trouble I took to clean it!

- So I told her to f*** off.

- Szczepek!

Then she told me she'd rather "..."

Aleksy anyway.

Wanda, we have to find Szczepek

a woman like you...

just a little younger.

New?

This here? From Mr. Chiger.

- It's Swiss.

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