Miracle at Midnight Page #7

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a visit at headquarters.

We have a few questions.

[ engine starting ]

[ Doris ]

else, I want you

to do this.

When I let go of your hand,

go straight to the church...

And run up the steps.

- Daddy will be waiting.

Do you understand ?

- When are you coming ?

Go straight to your father.

Go now.

Don't look back.

Where's your mother ?

[ engine revs ]

Mrs. Koster.

Come with me.

We have some questions for you

at Gestapo headquarters.

[ crying ]

She isn't coming.

Oh.

[ sniffs ]

You know, doctor,

you have done

an incredible thing.

What have I done ?

I did all this

and I couldn't save Doris.

I made her a promise.

But she is very strong.

I think she will be all right.

I want these matters

dealt with immediately,

captain.

I will take care of it

personally.

[ clicks heels ]

[ door opens ]

major Langer.

- The fuehrer has sent

Adolf Eichmann to see you.

- I'm honored.

I do not believe he has

come to honor you,

general.

I promised to purge

Denmark of Jews.

And it is purged.

You can confirm this to him.

Herr Eichmann has not come

to see me, general.

He is waiting...

And he is not a patient man.

[ sighs ]

Today, one of

the bravest men in

Denmark is a German...

And a member

of the Nazi party.

You risked your life

by warning the Jews,

And then again

by persuading Sweden

to take them.

Why ?

I came to this country

as a young man...

Ambitious

and a little homesick

as young men are.

The Danes welcomed me,

and some of them were Jews.

It's easy to persecute

the nameless and the faceless,

But these people

are not faceless to me.

I-- I could've

walked away, but--

You know, a--

A man must live with himself

a long time,

And if he can do something

to ease a little...

The terrible ache

in this world,

He must.

I love Denmark.

It's my home now.

And when your home is on fire,

you want to save it.

That's all it was.

My home was on fire.

[ Karl ]

the next five weeks

weren't easy for us.

Hendrik began to heal

and else was safe,

But the Germans

still held Doris.

Then just before Christmas

they released her,

and we began to breathe again.

I wasn't to see her

until the war ended in 1945,

Two long years later.

In just a few weeks,

over 7,000 Jews had been hidden

and transported to Sweden.

Only 464 were captured.

The majority of those survived.

When they returned to Denmark,

all who had fled...

Found their homes and businesses

had been watched by friends

and neighbors,

Their pets cared for,

their gardens tended.

In every language and religion,

to be humane is to love

your neighbor.

People have said the Danes

showed enormous courage

in their time.

Else !

But I think we all felt

we only did what was normal.

In a time when the world

was lost in madness,

We were lucky to escape it.

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