The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler Page #3

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has volunteered, Piotr Lipinski.

Miss Irena.

- Hello.

- Hello.

Thank you, Piotr.

You understand the risk?

Only small problems,

but l am not too worried.

We will take my disinfectant truck.

- l beg you, keep them together.

- l'm sorry, it's not possible.

Sister Jolanta, please understand

whatever happens they will always

have each other.

One slip, one word in Yiddish.

They could give each other away.

How will l ever find them?

How will they find each other.

The important thing is to survive.

Take her. Please go!

Tell me, what do you want

to be when you grow up?

A priest.

Yes, very good, that's perfect!

You can do it.

Papers? Vehicle check.

What do you have in the truck?

- We have a problem. Vehicle check.

- All right. Let's go for a walk.

Our Father who art in Heaven,

Hallowed be thy name...

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth,

as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who

trespass against us...

Children!

Let's show Miss Irena

how we know our bedtime prayers.

Now l lay me down to sleep,

l pray the Lord my soul to keep;

And if l die before l wake,

l pray the Lord my soul to take.

First month. Room and board.

ls there anything else l should know?

She had a brother.

- This is Adam.

- Hello, Adam!

- Does he speak Polish?

- Perfectly.

Irena.

Jacob!

l'm sorry,

l didn't mean to frighten you.

ls Eva all right, Karolyna?

Yes, everything's the same.

Eva has met with community leaders.

They want to speak about

- hiding their children.

- Of course.

You had a good instinct,

to rescue Karolyna,

it's risky but there is no other way.

And what if my wife and l do

not survive the war.

Who will claim our son?

l keep a record of every child.

And if this record or you are destroyed?

What guarantee can you give

our children will survive?

l can't guarantee anything,

not even escape from the Ghetto.

Babies pass easily but if they

can speak, they must speak Polish,

know Catholic hymns and prayers.

My children only speak Yiddish.

l understand this is very difficult.

They will need to memorize

their new Christian names,

their new home address,

the entire history of their new family,

harmless gossip about

their neighbors - all of it.

What you are saying is we must

teach our children to lie.

To survive, yes.

- What about conversion?

- l make it clear l do not wish this.

You may not wish it, but on young,

impressionable minds,

time and education will surely

dim any memories of their past.

ln this case, he will grow up

a good Christian.

For mothers and fathers, to give away

a child is an unthinkable act.

This is the truth.

The other truth is Hitler calls Jews

a cancer on the nation and speaks

openly about the annihilation of every

Jew on the continent.

Outside these walls there are

Poles prepared to risk their lives

to save your children.

We Jews - We Jews have survived

in the hardest times.

And now we are faced with

another extinction.

Perhaps this time we can only

be saved by a new generation of Jews.

How wise are we to take away

the birthright of this new generation?

l recommend we

consider this proposal.

Thank you.

l am not in favor of sending our

children into such a dubious world.

Now America is in the war. This news

favors our liberation and for this,

we should wait.

Our dear friend has presented us

with the difficult truths of our time.

We should thank

her for her courage to speak.

Quickly.

Jasio go back,

there's another bag!

- No! l will not.

- Go get it!

Let me go!!!

No, No!!!

Sister Jolanta. Walk with me.

Please, please.

My name is Michal Laski,

l know who you are and what you do.

The man you saw just now.

He is Untersturmfuhrer Karl Brandt.

He is in charge of Jewish Resettlement.

We are told in a few months they will

begin to send everyone in the

ghetto to work camps in the East.

- Why do you tell me this?

- l have a son - Jasio, 10 years old. His...

His mother died last year.

He has no one.

- He has you.

- He lives with smugglers,

goes under the wall at night,

risks his life every day.

l want to get him out before

he's caught and shot.

lf from time to time l help you,

will you help me?

Mr. Laski, l will help your son

without conditions.

lf from time to time you help me,

you would be helping many children,

- including your son.

- There's a passage through a brick wall

on Twarda Street. On the other side

in the abandoned house.

Does your Jasio have red hair like you?

Yes but thanks to God

he now wears a cap.

You know about this new German unit

now in charge of the Ghetto.

Yes, for work camp resettlement.

Stefan, do not be like this.

You know how many thousands of Jews

have disappeared from the Lodz Ghetto.

Vanished. And to where?

Some place they call Resettlement.

Doctor Korczak told me to prepare

for the worst.

lf there is no other way,

that is what l must do.

Where is everyone?

What has happened?

Books, bank accounts, invoices,

reciepts they've taken over all of it.

Who?

Guten tag.

Amen.

Karolyna, can you tell us why this night

is different from all other nights?

Sweetheart?

l know why tonight is different.

Tonight is different because once

we were slaves and now we are free!

Jacob!

Papa!

l am not here for Sedar.

l have some news you must hear.

Eva.

The underground received information

verified by Polish train machinists,

some lucky Jews who escaped,

even from a few good Germans.

They all say camps are being built.

Concentration camps, work camps.

Auschwitz is like this, we know.

You remember the thousands of Jews

who were deported from Lodz,

the ones who disappeared.

Last week 300 train cars of clothing

returned for sorting.

What else, Jacob?

We hear rumors they are building

another camp. Treblinka.

Only 90 kilometers from Warsaw where

there are fake station platforms,

underground bunkers.

One thing they have not

constructed - barracks.

No barracks, l do not understand.

Why no barracks?

Mama, they do not...

ln such a camp,

the only purpose is death.

We need to find a way

to get you out of the Ghetto.

Get out, you say! Get out how?

Get out to where?

Papa,

Irena has made

an offer for Karolyna.

There is a convent in the countryside.

This is not possible.

She will be converted! Never!

Chaim!

These many months

l have said nothing.

Now l will give my opinion.

Our dearest Irena has risked

her life for us many times.

Now, she has made an offer for

Karolyna we must accept.

- l believe a convent is best.

- No, it must not be done.

Chaim Rozenfeld!

You have loved me since l was a little

girl in pigtails and after these

many years you know very well

an opinion from me

is not a suggestion.

Next time,

when you come she will be prepared.

Irena, the Underground knows

what you're doing.

They want to help.

There's a man you should speak to,

goes by the name Trojan.

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