The Zookeeper's Wife Page #4
Times are very hard.
It's not your fault.
You have always been so good to me, Miss.
You and your husband.
Now, I'll be good to you.
Be careful.
Attention. Attention.
Tomorrow the evacuation
of the ghetto will begin.
Pack your belongings,
and prepare for resettlement.
And now, listen to an old story.
I wrote it for you.
It's a children's tale.
So...
Dr. Korczak...
Where are they taking you?
We are going to
a land called Ro,
to visit a great magician there.
His name is Zi. He's a
very good friend of mine.
Yes.
Dr. Korczak,
my car is outside the gate.
It's just outside, just there.
It's impossible.
I need your help now, or the
fear will be unmanageable.
God bless you,
Dr. Zabinski.
Goodbye for now.
Pray for us.
What's this?
Look who's joined the party.
The pig farmer of Warsaw.
What will the pig farmer
do now, I wonder.
Who knows, Herr Heck?
A man might be surprised.
He comes here whenever he likes.
He touches you however he likes.
What would you have me do?
I can't send him away.
We have to work
with him, we agreed.
It was the only way to do this.
Never
To what?
This...
This dance you do with him.
This fun little game you play.
You don't even see it.
He frightens me.
I am here with a house
full of desperate people,
and he comes here
and he frightens me,
and you're not here.
And there's nothing
I can do. You're not here.
People are dying, Antonina.
Thousands of people are dying.
And you are here. You stay
hidden here, safe and sound.
You don't know.
You don't know.
Grandparents, women, children.
The littlest of children.
And I'm trying to help them,
but they're dying in my hands.
And you don't know.
You don't know what it's like.
And here you are,
fooling with that man.
Jan, don't you see?
He owns us.
He owns us now.
Antonina. Antonina.
Mrs. Anzelowna?
Yes?
And your mother?
Out. Come out. Out.
Here, down on your knees.
On your knees.
Down!
Down!
Was it her hair?
Was it her hair color?
Of course not.
Someone at the boarding house
must have turned them in.
On this
day, the 19th of April, 1943,
on the eve of
Adolf Hitler's birthday,
Reichsfuhrer Heinrich
Himmler announced
the final extermination
of the Warsaw Ghetto.
Rise up, citizens of Warsaw.
Join our brothers
and sisters in the fight.
For on this day,
our ghetto will be liquidated.
The Warsaw Ghetto
will be no more.
Today is April the 19th.
Passover begins tonight.
May we have a Seder?
Antonina?
I know it by heart.
It's snowing.
What is it?
Mama?
They're burning the ghetto.
Here's cash and papers. We'll move Mrs.
Mayzel to Bramki.
They're taking Mrs. Poznanska
to Foksal Street.
Jan...
Yeah, good.
How did you get here?
I followed you.
You never let me go anywhere.
Drive on.
Let me go!
Be quiet.
Burn it down.
Where's your mother?
She's at the doctor's.
Mmm-hmm.
And your father?
He's in Zalesie, I think.
Zalesie?
I bet it's cold out there.
How long has he been there?
A week. I mean, a month.
A month? That's a long time.
I thought I just
saw him the other day.
No, I told you.
He's in Zalesie.
Well, I love Zalesie.
I like to swim there, in the lake.
It's beautiful.
I bet you wanted
to go swimming, too.
And that's why you yelled at
your father on Zurawia Street.
No.
Then why did you yell?
I wasn't supposed
to leave the zoo.
I want to speak to your
mother and your father.
Tell them I've come by.
Yes.
But Papa's in Zalesie.
I forgot.
Your papa's in Zalesie.
Good boy for reminding me.
Your parents
must be proud of you.
Tell them they should
be proud of you.
Heil Hitler.
Heil Hitler.
Hitler ist kaputt!
Stand down.
We had a girl, Papa.
I've named her Teresa,
like the saint.
Oh, that's a good name.
That's a beautiful name.
Hello, Teresa.
Are you all right?
Yes.
I'm wonderful.
This is Warsaw
calling-This is Warsaw calling.
August 1st, 1944.
This is Warsaw calling.
The Polish Home Army is rising
up against the Nazi Reich.
We call on all
great citizens of Warsaw
to free our city and our nation.
The German Army must not stand.
Follow me.
This is Warsaw calling.
This is Warsaw calling.
Go!
Aim.
Shoot
Go.
Go, go, go!
I was told that
he was shot in the neck.
The Germans took him
to a prison camp,
I'm sorry, Miss.
This is Warsaw
calling-This is Warsaw calling.
Citizens of Warsaw,
we urge you to leave at once.
The city is no longer
safe for you.
I repeat, you are not safe.
We urge you to take
only what you can carry.
Leave at once.
This is Warsaw calling.
The Home Army is overrun.
The Russian offensive has begun,
and the German Army
is expected to fall.
You are not safe.
This is Warsaw calling...
Herr Heck's taking
the bison out of Warsaw.
Miss, you're not
leaving the zoo.
I have to know
what happened to Jan.
Miss...
I have to know.
You've packed your things.
The war's turning. I've been
ordered back to Berlin.
What bad luck for us.
We'll be sorry to see you go.
I'm here to ask you, my friend,
I'm looking for my husband.
He was captured
by German troops.
He was taken from the zoo?
No. From Old Town.
The underground army's
fighting in the Old Town.
What was Jan doing there?
Buying grass for the bison.
What did you say?
Jan was buying grass
and he was captured.
Why are you really
here, Antonina?
I hoped you
might help me find him.
As a gift to our friendship.
He might be dead.
He might be.
I don't know.
I don't know anything.
And what gift would
I receive in return?
I'm curious to know.
Has Jan been keeping
secrets from me?
No, of course not.
Are you lying to me, Antonina?
No.
I just want to find what
happened to my husband.
And if he's dead,
I want to bury him.
"Hitler ist kaputt! "
I heard your son say it.
He's a child, Lutz.
It means nothing
to him, it's a game.
repeats them, that's all...
Where does he hear them?
Um...
I don't know.
People come and go all the time...
Who comes and goes?
Soldiers and guards and...
Believe me,
Did he hear it from his father?
Did he?
No.
No.
You're lying to me, Antonina.
I can see it in your eyes.
No.
No!
No, Lutz! No!
Look at me.
Look at me.
You disgust me.
So, that's how it is.
You hid it well.
But I wonder
what else have you
been hiding from me?
What have you been
up to, Frau Zabinska,
in your little zoo?
Excuse me, please!
Jerzyk!
We have to get them out.
Herr Heck is coming.
Herr Heck wants you out.
Everyone!
Pack your things. They're coming!
Hurry, they're coming!
Go! Go!
Go to the truck.
Yeah, go quickly.
Go to the truck.
Quickly, please, go.
You must hurry!
Go. Go.
Come back when the war's
over, promise me.
She's coming with us!
Go quickly, boys!
Rys, get in the truck.
No, I'm not going.
- No!
- Rys!
Take Teresa,
we'll catch up to you.
Promise me you'll hurry.
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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