Rosenstrasse Page #3

Ask the policeman in the middle.

It's freezing. Fire into the crowd

and they'd disperse.

Willi, we've got no orders for that.

What do we do if they stay here all night?

The cold will get the better of them.

They look like they'd sooner

freeze to death than leave.

With this ring I can wish

for anything I want.

Go home, your lips

are already turning blue.

Can't I go home with you?

No. I'm afraid not.

I lost my key.

Then ring at the neighbor's.

There's no one left.

Stop it, who knows what they'll do?

It's already dark anyway.

I won't let you go home alone now.

Of course it was dangerous to take her in.

Dangerous for her...

and for me.

But...

was I supposed to leave

her there on the street?

Please leave now, Hannah.

The past can be so exhausting.

Can I come back tomorrow?

Yes, of course.

It's alright to come later than today too.

I don't sleep very well at night anymore.

Can I bring you anything?

- Cake perhaps?

- Bring some for yourself.

I shouldn't eat sweets anymore.

I wish I could do

something to make you happy...

in return for pestering you so.

Perhaps a record album...

Oh dear, they don't have those anymore.

Was there anything in particular?

Sonata in A major by Cesar Franck

for violin and piano.

Fabian's favorite sonata.

I had an...

old shellac of it, but unfortunately I...

dropped it.

See you tomorrow.

You played absolutely marvelously.

- A fabulous concert.

- Glad you liked it.

A photo please.

Hold still please.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

- Congratulations.

- Thank you.

- You were fantastic, Fabian.

- I'm glad...

Grandpa would have been pleased with you.

- With both of us.

- Of course.

With both of you...

- Blessings my child.

- Thank you.

- I thought you played wonderfully.

- So did you.

But you were better.

And you were even better.

The whole world will worship you.

People won't be able to get enough of you.

London, Paris, and New York.

Have our parents left?

Came and gone. Don't bother about them.

The old general will surrender eventually.

Let's go paint the town, you're my guests.

- With or without dancing?

- With, of course.

Of course...

At least mother could have

said hello after the concert.

If I know her,

she'll write you a letter in secret.

Fabian's parents are always so nice to me.

I'm so ashamed.

He's probably used

to anti-Semitism by now...

and doesn't take it as hard as you do.

Fabian and I want to get married.

That's bound to end in a catastrophe.

Will you still be my best man?

It would be a pleasure.

The old general

will disinherit both of us.

Yes, but maybe you can

come on tour with us.

Prague, Vienna... Riga...

Just let me finish gigolo school first.

Lizzy, could I use the phone?

Darling?

I've just decided we're getting married.

Miss Lena...

What a surprise...

A pleasant surprise.

It's a pleasure to see you too, Anton.

Is my father here?

The Baron,

the Baroness,

and the young Baron returned 2 days ago.

My brother's home?

From Stalingrad.

And you?

Who are you?

Arthur...

You're alive.

I saw the pictures...

in that horrible snow.

It happened 3 days

before we were encircled.

I got lucky.

I escaped to a field hospital.

Is she with you?

That's Ruth. Come in.

This is my brother Arthur.

Have a seat.

How is Fabian?

He's at a collection

center on Rosenstrasse.

I can't get him out.

I can't help him at all.

But you're still married?

It's of no use anymore,

they came for him at the factory one day.

Father is the only one

who can get him out.

Help me convince him.

I couldn't even get him

to come to your wedding.

He's even more stubborn now.

But now he won't be able to refuse you.

You're still such a beautiful woman.

My mother is beautiful too.

Did you allow her to come here?

No...

But she must have a good reason,

if I know her pride.

Her exaggerated pride.

And your pride isn't exaggerated?

Elsa.

Your pride has ruined her life.

Not I ruined her life, but Fabian Israel.

I distinctly remember forbidding you...

to ever set foot in my house.

First hear her out.

Stop that. It isn't becoming.

Stand up this instant.

Father...

Fabian needs your help.

Without you he will be deported.

Without you he'd be in England now.

What?

He offered him money...

to emigrate, provided he...

agreed to divorce you.

How could you?

Fabian never told me.

You do know what they do to Jews?

Lies broadcast by Radio London.

I've seen it with my own eyes, Father.

Come my child.

I'll get you an apple.

Behind us were the SS and the SD.

They rounded up and shot

the Jews without mercy,

often making them dig their own graves.

By the thousand,

by the thousand, do you hear?

If you don't help Fabian now,

they'll take him to a concentration camp.

No single individual can change that.

But at least you can try.

Father...

Come on.

If someone asks

what your name is, you say...

Gisela Lehmann. OK?

Gisela is a stupid name.

- Then Helga.

- Oh no.

- Then what name do you want?

- Hannah.

You're sticking with Helga. Got that?

What's your name?

Helga Lehmann.

Good, very good.

Are you married, Hannah?

No, not yet...

Thank you.

But I have a boyfriend.

Is he Jewish?

No.

What a shame.

Jewish men are so gentle.

My mother thinks the same way.

She wants to prevent us from marrying.

I understand her.

Why?

Some non-Jewish men left their wives.

to their fate back then.

Little Ruth's father for example.

He was Aryan.

One of the many men who got scared and...

abandoned their Jewish wives.

I have perhaps

never been in love before.

All I've known is just woe

or just fun.

I have never been

grieved to death,

never felt my heart swell with joy.

And what good after all

is a heart

if there's no one around

for you to give it to?

Come in.

Miriam Suessmann.

Your husband divorced you two years ago.

Yes.

Our mistake, we should have

picked you up long ago.

I...

We have a daughter.

You'll take her with you. Where is she?

With an aunt in the Rhineland.

Don't worry, we'll find her.

Quiet.

I can't go on.

I'm strong enough.

I can work for both of us.

Ruth's mother was deported because...

her awful husband divorced her?

Maybe he wasn't really so awful, Hannah.

You didn't get a divorce.

Maybe he was just weak.

A lot of men couldn't take the pressure.

After all, they would have

had to give up their careers.

What was his name?

Brauer.

And the little girl,

how did she react

when she found out her mother...?

She couldn't have known.

Even I didn't find out until much later...

It wasn't until much later

that Ruth's mother and...

Fabian's parents were taken

from Levetzowstrasse straight to...

On this site stood one of

the largest synagogues in Berlin.

In 1941, the Jewish Parish in Berlin...

was forced by the Gestapo

to convert into a collection center.

From here more than 37,500

Berlin Jews were taken to...

the Grunewald

and Putlitzstrasse train stations...

and deported to the

death camps listed above.

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