Uprising Page #2

and I'll bring back bread.

Your mother thinks I don't know

she sews for rich Polish women, but I do.

Make sure she's careful on the streets.

It's so dangerous.

Promise me you won't tell her I know.

I promise.

We have to hurry, Rachel.

-I promise, Papa.

-I go to help.

Be careful on the other side.

I will be, Papa. I will.

Now light a Shabbat candle.

Sorry I'm late.

-You heard about the ransom demand?

-Yes. It's a terrible situation.

I think now we must ask your men

to speak to the relatives of the hostages.

-See what they can contribute.

-How much time do we have?

Tomorrow night, 6:00.

For 38 years, this is on my hand.

Here.

Put it in the envelope, Mrs. Rochon.

You will get my David back.

He's a good boy.

They have no business taking him.

You are a good boy, too.

Your mother must be very proud, Calel.

Good day.

Captain Szerynski,

this is the ring you wanted to see.

So what's a pretty girl like you doing here?

Same thing you're doing, getting by.

But you're not Jewish.

So why are you in the Ghetto?

But I am.

I have to go to the other side

to make money for food.

Can you help me get across?

I could...

...but then I could cause myself

a lot of trouble.

This is the money

from Captain Szerynski's men.

-This is all you received?

-Yes.

Have you counted it twice?

No. Three times.

-They're short.

-I know.

-They're 80,000 zlotys short.

-I know!

It's already 4:
00.

Why didn't Szerynski call?

He said he's doing his best.

Get me Rabbi Lebowicz.

Come, Rabbi. Please.

Excuse me for being so bold, sir,

but a rabbi should not go...

...into an establishment

of such ill repute.

Mr. Asher, in the Jewish faith,

it is customary that we demonstrate...

...our love of God

through our good deeds.

It is true.

And in this manner, God is able to

bestow his great blessings upon us.

This is also true.

I believe today,

you have a special opportunity...

...to demonstrate your love of God...

...should you wish to do so,

preferably before 6:00 p.m.

Mr. Czerniakow...

...I wish to thank you for affording me...

...this special opportunity

to receive God's blessing.

Should you ever bring a rabbi

in my club again...

...if you pull a stunt like this again,

I will kill you.

Make no mistake about that.

Commissar Auerswald! Commissar--

Commissar Auerswald is not here.

He must be.

He's handling the Pawiak hostages.

There's a deadline: 6:00.

Commissar Auerswald was called to Berlin

for important meetings.

Then who's in charge?

Please, do not stand so close to my desk.

-Who is in charge?

-I'm asking you.

Who is in charge?

I'm here to pay the full fine.

There is a deadline.

I know nothing about this situation.

The Commissar

left no instructions about this.

Someone must know.

Who is handling this?

Step back from the desk!

I do not wish your diseases.

This is the payment. Call Pawiak prison.

-Tell them the payment has been delivered.

-Did you say Pawiak?

Pawiak prison. Yes.

Twenty-three hostages.

I saw a notice on Pawiak.

Yeah, here it is.

"On the authority

of the Commissar's office...

"...23 prisoners were executed

at 10:
00 this morning...

"...for crimes against the Polish people."

No.

These were not crimes.

There were no crimes.

These were innocent people.

There were children.

You are with child.

Did you know there were children?

I know nothing about this situation.

If you wish to discuss this

with the Commissar...

...he will return next Tuesday.

You are with child.

Have you no connection?

I have answered your questions.

You are free to go now.

This morning, at 10:00, the 23 hostages...

...were executed

by order of the Commissar's office.

I am very sorry.

So you still don't want to tell me

who your comrades are?

Maybe I can be more convincing.

Very convincing.

We've had 4,000 deaths

by starvation and typhus this month.

We've lost a third of the Ghetto.

The population is nearing 450,000.

The Germans are rationing daily calories.

We are calculating 2,613

for German nationals...

...699 for Poles and 184 for Jews.

Auerswald's office has ordered

the Jewish Council to pay for all costs...

...labor and material for this Ghetto wall.

I want you all to know that I do not believe

that our situation....

I do not believe it to be hopeless.

I believe that if we remain strong...

...and active...

...that somehow, some sense of reason...

...will return. That's it.

We must persevere.

Wait! Wait!

Let me see what's in your coat.

-I don't have any bread.

-I can see it right now.

-I don't have anything. Leave me alone.

-I have money.

No! You have to give me the bread.

Mira.

I can't believe you're alive.

It's been so long.

-Are you okay?

-Yes, I'm fine.

Here. I'll take this.

-How's my sister?

-Gina's fine.

-Do you want me to wake her?

-No.

Let her sleep.

-Are you sure you don't need a doctor?

-No. I just need to rest.

You weren't successful, were you?

No.

If we can't get to Palestine and be farmers,

we'll stay here and be fighters.

-That's a fine way to greet a friend.

-I wouldn't do that again.

Somebody else would shoot first,

and ask questions later.

Duly noted.

So, Kazik, what could've made you give up

your fancy car and join the resistance?

I can't think of a better way

to meet women.

Always the idealist.

-You look like crap.

-Thank you.

But to be honest, you were never really

that good-looking to begin with.

Thank you.

Don't worry. He'll survive.

I brought you a little something.

A gift from my travels.

The first of many, I hope.

Here.

In case you run into trouble again.

You and me,

we are going to put a stop to this, yes?

We've already begun

to bring together various factions...

...into a coherent,

underground organization.

And the Bund, are they with us?

They're still unconvinced.

We have so much to do,

and little time to do it in.

We've organized

our own underground soup kitchens...

...our own schools, our own hospitals.

It's our own little society.

It's just surrounded by a brick wall.

-What about....

-No.

I have been unable to get you

a meeting with Czerniakow. He refuses.

He refuses.

I don't see him. Do you?

His car is there.

Over there with Captain Szerynski

and that pest, Calel Wasser.

He'll be here.

There he is.

Sir.

So you refuse to meet my friend.

Tell me, my recently departed driver...

...just whom am I refusing to meet?

Mordechai Anielewicz.

Professor Ringleblum's friend

who has an interest in history.

And an interest in protecting our people.

And you think that by writing up flyers

and having underground meetings...

...and preparing resistance against

the Germans, we'll accomplish this?

It is not all I propose, sir.

We must strike back in any way we can.

You're not worried about the German

doctrine of collective responsibility.

What you're proposing is spitting

right in their eye, and they will retaliate...

...against innocent Jews even harder

than they did in the last hostage crisis.

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