Uprising Page #7

Unless Gen. Kruger shows up in person

and instructs you to do so.

-Is that clear?

-Crystal clear.

I should wake Marek.

Marek, wake up!

Now?

Not yet.

Now?

Six more.

Now.

Dozens of our men were killed,

more wounded, at the brushmakers.

Pull the tank out!

Pull the tank out!

Further.

No, further.

Hold your positions!

It's not safe for you to be here.

Hold your positions!

Quickly.

Far enough?

"Dear Yitzhak,

I don't know what to write you.

"Let's dispense with personal details

this time.

"I have only one expression to describe my

feelings and the feelings of my comrades:

"Things have surpassed

our boldest dreams.

"The Germans ran away

from the Ghetto twice.

"One of our units held out for 40 minutes,

and the other one for more than 6 hours.

"Know that the pistol has no value.

"We practically don't use it.

"We need grenades, rifles,

machine guns and explosives.

"Your friend in arms, Mordechai."

Yes, I did say that, Reichsfuhrer Himmler.

They are crafty, but we will put

an immediate end to this uprising.

No, not today. Two or three days, perhaps.

Excuse me.

Yes, of course.

Yes, Reichsfuhrer.

Now they're serious.

Go, get down in the basement, now!

Bring everybody in from the roof.

Get Calel in.

Pull back, bring everybody in!

Pull back!

Fire!

Get out of here!

Hurry! To the right!

-Who are these people?

-Civilians.

We'll assemble the fighters right away.

I have corrected your mistake.

There were no casualties today.

There are no mistakes. There were--

There are no mistakes now!

Have you apprehended the leaders yet?

Not yet, sir.

I am not looking for an explanation.

I am looking for an acceptable answer.

That would be, "Yes, we've captured

and destroyed the leadership."

Heil Hitler!

I have a message from Himmler.

I have just begun to get us out

of a disgraceful situation.

Do you wish to hear what

the Reichsfuhrer has to say?

Of course.

As a lover of Wagner, he said

that you have conducted the overture...

...to this grand operation magnificently.

Particularly compared to Von Sammern.

He went on to say, "Play on, maestro.

"The Fuhrer and I won't forget you."

We, in London,

now have in our possession...

...concrete information

concerning the mass murder...

...of the Jewish population in Poland

committed by the German nation.

The Polish courier must've got through.

There is no other way

they could've got those details so right.

If the Allies will bomb the railroads,

or the camps...

...or Warsaw itself, we'll have a chance.

-I don't know. Do you really think?

-Sure.

This scum killer! Jewish police scum!

-What is he doing here?

-Leave him!

He watched my children go to the trains.

He sold my mother to the Germans!

I'll kill you with my own hands!

He's fighting for you now.

They're right.

What they said, I did.

I know, and you know I know.

Listen to me.

We don't have time to dwell on the past.

We only have time to plan

for our immediate future.

The weapons didn't make it through.

Yitzhak?

Our shipment of weapons was intercepted

by the Germans in the cemetery.

And the Germans have discovered

the tunnel at Muranowska.

It is no longer safe.

Today is Easter, right?

Tosia, you're going out for some fresh air.

You must take these explosives

and get them to Mordechai.

You must get them to the fighters,

do you hear?

Get back everybody!

Out for a Sunday stroll, Jew b*tch?

We'll follow you around all day.

Three thousand zlotys

or we introduce you to the Gestapo.

Okay, let's go.

Come. Let's go.

I want to see the little room.

What little room?

The room the Gestapo reserves

for pathetic crooks...

...who waste their time turning in

fellow Poles.

I understand those thugs are given

the full treatment.

So, let's go.

Let's go, I will create a diversion.

Strip the women naked.

This won't happen again.

Get the ladder.

Now, that's a fine marksman.

They call them "parachutists"

or "balloonists."

They've devised a game,

whereby the winner is...

...he who delivers the most bullets

to the jumper before he hits the ground.

Films and photographs

of this grand operation will be invaluable...

...to future historians of the Third Reich.

It will also be useful

as training materials for the SS...

...and as a living document of the sacrifices

that the Nordic races made...

...to rid Europe and the world of the Jews.

All the exits are blocked.

We can't stay here, we have to leave.

How? If there is no way out,

we'll be easy targets.

I'll go out first.

I'll get their attention.

What are you talking about?

You once asked me:

"Can a moral man maintain

his moral code in an immoral world?"

Here's my answer.

Rot in hell, you bastards!

-Paradise.

-Lost.

Follow me.

Quick, follow me.

This way.

The relativity Jew, Albert Einstein...

...who masked his hatred of Germans

behind his obscure pseudo-sciences.

The art of propaganda

is not well understood, is it?

Keep it simple, repeat it over and over

until it takes on a life of its own...

...becomes the truth, in effect.

We aren't the only ones

fighting the war on the film front.

The Allies have hired Frank Capra

to direct their efforts.

Should I know that name?

He's a very successful

Hollywood filmmaker.

A little sappy for my taste,

but at the top of his game.

It seems the Americans weren't

all that interested in going to war...

...so he was brought in

to popularize the notion.

Worse, he stole footage that I had

commissioned and used it for ridicule.

As I say, it all depends on

where you put the camera...

...and who is telling the story.

These are not the Aryan women

from my hometown of Detmold.

They are acrobatic sharpshooters,

fighting demons, amazons.

I don't believe this business about

Jewish women bewitching Aryans.

She's expressive, though.

Careful with the basket.

Is she all right? Did you hurt yourself?.

-I'm all right.

-What have you brought us?

-Dynamite.

-Excellent.

Cmd. Zuckerman, you understand...

...that the considerations we face today

are extremely complex?

Of course.

There are those in the Home Army,

both here and in London...

...that feel the transfer of weapons...

...to untrained Jewish street fighters...

...is a futile and wasteful use

of our limited resources.

And what if this Jewish uprising

were to spread?

The Polish underground is hardly equipped

to take on German forces.

Thousands of Poles would be slaughtered,

and we cannot allow that to happen.

May I remind you, Colonel,

that we, too, are Polish citizens?

Perhaps these influences

in the Home Army...

...are secretly grateful to the Nazis

for ridding their country of Jews.

I pray to God you can rise above

those influences.

-The considerations we face are complex.

-That may be, but you see, Colonel...

...the considerations my people face

are simple.

In fact, I would have to say...

...that the conditions my people face

are positively elemental.

We must have arms.

We must have explosives!

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