1 00:02:04,159 --> 00:02:05,680 I'm... 2 00:02:05,719 --> 00:02:08,239 I'm a prisoner of the Russian army. 3 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:11,519 My name is Lali, 4 00:02:12,719 --> 00:02:14,159 from Slovakia. 5 00:02:15,439 --> 00:02:17,400 What are you doing tonight? 6 00:02:18,439 --> 00:02:22,479 The Russians want to invite some local women to a dance. 7 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,599 A dance? Really? 8 00:02:29,759 --> 00:02:32,280 They've plenty of food up there, we heard. 9 00:02:32,879 --> 00:02:33,919 They do. 10 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,520 You'd be picked up in the square at 7:00. 11 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,280 You'd be driven back here at midnight. 12 00:02:40,319 --> 00:02:42,479 And they want more women. 13 00:02:43,199 --> 00:02:44,479 To party. 14 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:46,560 I see. 15 00:02:49,159 --> 00:02:51,280 Do we get shot if we don't go? 16 00:02:54,199 --> 00:02:56,000 Er... 17 00:02:56,039 --> 00:02:58,199 There are these, er... 18 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,800 prizes, they call them. 19 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,080 Yes, come on... 20 00:03:06,039 --> 00:03:08,439 How many friends could you bring? 21 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,240 Can they be married women? 22 00:03:14,159 --> 00:03:15,800 Can't see why not. 23 00:03:19,199 --> 00:03:21,280 I could bring maybe five, or so. 24 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:24,159 Thank you. 25 00:03:25,879 --> 00:03:27,080 See you then. 26 00:03:45,879 --> 00:03:47,800 She agreed. 27 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:49,599 She said she'll bring others. 28 00:04:08,039 --> 00:04:09,240 Ivana? 29 00:04:15,039 --> 00:04:16,719 She died. 30 00:04:16,759 --> 00:04:17,840 In her sleep. 31 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:21,639 She just didn't wake up. 32 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:32,519 I'm so sorry. 33 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:48,639 I'm sorry. 34 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,240 Mm. 35 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:54,639 - Uh... - Eat slowly. 36 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,079 Little bits. 37 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:59,199 I'm sorry. 38 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:02,720 You're too young for this. 39 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,560 I told you, Mamma. 40 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,959 Go and find them some warm clothes and shoes. 41 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,800 My brown lace-ups, hmm? 42 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:22,040 This soup is the most delicious thing I have ever eaten. 43 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:32,560 Listen now... 44 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:36,560 You are only girls, 45 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:41,199 but I must speak to you as women. 46 00:05:43,199 --> 00:05:46,319 The Russians have taken over our village. 47 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:50,800 And if they find you here, 48 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:52,560 Bella and I... 49 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,240 are in some sort of trouble. 50 00:06:02,639 --> 00:06:05,279 I don't even want to think about... 51 00:06:08,079 --> 00:06:10,040 You are nothing to them. 52 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:11,839 You understand? 53 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,839 You-- You can stay in my attic here... 54 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,480 but you have to hide inside. 55 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,560 You cannot be seen and heard. 56 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,199 Thank you. 57 00:06:34,439 --> 00:06:36,279 - For everything. - Mm. 58 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,160 But we want to go home. 59 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:51,439 You are made of something strong to be here. 60 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,120 I will get you hot water for a bath. 61 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:04,560 Thank you. 62 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:29,879 Do you come to the dance? 63 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,600 No. They lock me in my room. 64 00:07:33,439 --> 00:07:37,360 So, where do you have to go to get those prizes? 65 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,480 My father and brothers are never coming back from this war. 66 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:45,360 My mother is useless with grief and... 67 00:07:45,399 --> 00:07:47,399 I have two younger sisters. 68 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,000 Petrov. 69 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:53,519 Captain Petrov. 70 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,120 Just there with the moustache. 71 00:07:57,519 --> 00:07:58,639 He has them. 72 00:08:00,199 --> 00:08:02,720 Thank you. Watch me twirl. 73 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,279 - Good, how are you? - I'm good, thank you. 74 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:25,600 It's late. 75 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,040 I don't like this... 76 00:08:33,079 --> 00:08:34,439 The dance? 77 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,399 Was there dancing? 78 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:42,360 Many nights it went on. 79 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:46,519 I was locked up. 80 00:08:49,639 --> 00:08:50,679 That girl... 81 00:08:53,159 --> 00:08:55,000 Lali... 82 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:00,720 I wasn't there... 83 00:09:01,279 --> 00:09:03,399 I could only hear it. 84 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:09,840 Lali... 85 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,519 I am locked in. 86 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:18,360 Every night. 87 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:26,240 It's okay. 88 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:29,039 You can tell me. 89 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,320 I don't think it's safe. 90 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,320 That happened a long time ago. 91 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:29,440 What kind of a man? 92 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,440 These girls had nothing. 93 00:10:36,279 --> 00:10:38,759 Husbands, fathers, gone. 94 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:42,639 Their families were starving. 95 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:45,879 Mm. 96 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,120 They had me there for many weeks. 97 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:57,080 It took that time for the Russians to trust me. 98 00:10:57,919 --> 00:10:59,200 Slovak. 99 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:00,440 Sir... 100 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,399 We need to pick up some officers. 101 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,120 We'll be back in 30 minutes. 102 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,039 Are we good? 103 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,440 Yes, sir. Of course. 104 00:11:29,799 --> 00:11:32,200 Hey, hey, can I buy your bike? 105 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,320 Look. Take it, take it. 106 00:11:37,799 --> 00:11:39,240 Slovakia? 107 00:11:39,279 --> 00:11:41,039 It's about a day away. 108 00:11:41,879 --> 00:11:45,120 When you get to a wood, go cross-country heading east. 109 00:11:46,639 --> 00:11:47,559 Take. 110 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:50,159 I want to live. Just like you. 111 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:51,759 Go. 112 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:53,720 Thank you. 113 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,320 Gita... Gita! 114 00:12:10,759 --> 00:12:12,440 Gita, come. 115 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,320 - Where? - There is water here. 116 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:25,759 - Ah... Water. - Yeah, that's a good spot. 117 00:12:25,799 --> 00:12:27,600 Do you have your canteens? 118 00:12:27,639 --> 00:12:30,600 - Yes, I have. - Well, fill them up. 119 00:12:30,639 --> 00:12:31,480 This way. 120 00:12:31,519 --> 00:12:33,559 Hey, there is a pot over here. 121 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:34,679 Bring it. 122 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:36,120 But quick. 123 00:12:36,159 --> 00:12:37,480 We need to hurry. 124 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,720 He took our bloody pot. 125 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,080 I hate this place. 126 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,240 Gita only told me these things much, much later. 127 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:09,200 Those girls, what they went through. 128 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:13,039 They were raised to live in an innocent world. 129 00:13:14,399 --> 00:13:16,759 It was taken from them. 130 00:13:36,159 --> 00:13:38,480 - Argh! - Ah! Oh. 131 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:05,480 Train is leaving for Copra Town. 132 00:14:10,799 --> 00:14:13,639 All passengers, please get on the train. 133 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:14,600 Can I help you? 134 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:58,039 When did they go? 135 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,720 A few days after you left. 136 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:04,440 There were soldiers on the streets. 137 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:10,360 Mamma woke me up early and gave me a parcel to take to the Molnars. 138 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:13,960 Mrs Molnar... 139 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:15,759 she wouldn't let me go home. 140 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,039 She hid me. 141 00:16:18,919 --> 00:16:22,919 The parcel Mamma gave me was her jewellery and some photos. 142 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,559 Only a few days after I left? 143 00:16:26,639 --> 00:16:28,120 It was chaos. 144 00:16:28,799 --> 00:16:31,360 They were all gone when I came back. 145 00:16:33,559 --> 00:16:35,559 I stayed with Mrs Molnar. 146 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:37,559 Hiding. 147 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:47,960 - Goldie, they, erm... - I know. 148 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:51,559 Look, I know. 149 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:55,879 But I thought you were gone... 150 00:16:56,879 --> 00:16:58,720 and look... 151 00:16:58,759 --> 00:16:59,879 here you are. 152 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:04,399 They were old. 153 00:17:06,879 --> 00:17:10,279 And Max and Maria would've stayed with the boys. 154 00:17:11,799 --> 00:17:14,559 I thought I was the only one left. 155 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,160 Oh, Lali... 156 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:34,799 Oh. 157 00:17:34,839 --> 00:17:36,240 Oh, my darling... 158 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:39,680 Oh, my darling... 159 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:48,160 There's a girl. 160 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:55,720 I met her in the camp. 161 00:17:56,839 --> 00:17:58,359 Her name was... 162 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:04,759 Her name is Gita. 163 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:42,160 I could use him to make some money. 164 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:44,160 I have nothing. 165 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:45,240 Yes. 166 00:18:45,599 --> 00:18:47,359 On your way to Bratislava. 167 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,240 Goldie, I... 168 00:18:53,599 --> 00:18:55,559 I don't want to leave you alone again. 169 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:57,119 Just go. 170 00:18:58,079 --> 00:19:00,400 There's nothing else that's more important. 171 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:13,599 It's Mamma's? 172 00:19:15,559 --> 00:19:16,599 Gita's. 173 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:32,160 Hyah. 174 00:19:32,799 --> 00:19:33,839 Hyah. 175 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:34,760 GITA, I AM HERE. I WILL FIND YOU. LALI EISENBERG FROM KROMPACHY. 176 00:20:58,559 --> 00:20:59,599 Hello. 177 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:02,319 Did you come from Poland, 178 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:03,759 from Birkenau? 179 00:21:03,799 --> 00:21:05,079 - Yes. - Mm-hmm. 180 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:06,160 Do you know my friends? 181 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:07,640 Er, Gita Furmanova, 182 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:10,200 Hanna, Ivana? Do you know them? 183 00:21:10,759 --> 00:21:11,880 Sorry. 184 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:14,920 Thank you, sir. 185 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,960 SCHÖN DEPARTMENT STORE 186 00:22:48,039 --> 00:22:49,640 Okay. Well... 187 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:51,279 It doesn't mean he's dead, okay? 188 00:22:51,319 --> 00:22:53,039 But where is he? 189 00:22:53,079 --> 00:22:56,359 You think he'd be living here? Sleeping out on the street? 190 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:59,160 No. 191 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,759 We go find him. 192 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,200 Look, we're in our own country now. 193 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:07,960 First we find food. 194 00:23:08,839 --> 00:23:10,079 And then we wash. 195 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:11,640 Then get help. 196 00:23:14,839 --> 00:23:16,319 You stink as well... 197 00:24:04,839 --> 00:24:06,000 That's it. 198 00:24:06,039 --> 00:24:07,839 I'm done. 199 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,359 He didn't make it. 200 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:13,920 Don't give up. 201 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:16,680 I'll wait for you. 202 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:38,920 Excuse me. 203 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:40,839 Sorry. Coming through. 204 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,160 Lali! 205 00:25:13,559 --> 00:25:14,880 It's her. 206 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:15,960 It's her! 207 00:25:22,559 --> 00:25:24,319 Oh, ha, ha, ha! 208 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:35,240 It's you, it's you... 209 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,920 Behold, you are consecrated unto me 210 00:26:04,799 --> 00:26:06,279 with this ring 211 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:10,440 in accordance with the law of Moses and the People of Israel. 212 00:26:23,839 --> 00:26:27,200 I've said this a thousand times in my head. 213 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:30,480 Lali... 214 00:26:32,279 --> 00:26:33,519 I love you. 215 00:26:47,759 --> 00:26:50,319 We've lived all our worst days. 216 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:53,519 The best are in front of us. 217 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:14,200 That's beautiful. 218 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,640 Oh, look at me. 219 00:27:17,759 --> 00:27:18,759 Oh. 220 00:27:32,559 --> 00:27:34,920 There is a sandwich in the fridge. 221 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:36,559 Lali, I'm running late. 222 00:27:37,279 --> 00:27:39,160 Bye. 223 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:40,880 Where are you going? 224 00:27:41,559 --> 00:27:42,880 Nowhere. 225 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,119 I was just washing the mugs. 226 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:46,559 Are you alright? 227 00:27:49,079 --> 00:27:50,240 Yes. 228 00:27:50,759 --> 00:27:52,279 So, I was thinking, 229 00:27:52,799 --> 00:27:57,160 the post-war story could be like a little chapter at the end. 230 00:27:57,960 --> 00:27:59,480 A summary. 231 00:27:59,519 --> 00:28:02,160 You moved to Australia, etcetera. 232 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,359 Then they lived happily ever after. 233 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,519 It's never really like that, is it? 234 00:28:09,559 --> 00:28:10,960 Yes, I mean, 235 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,279 there's quite often an epilogue. 236 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:15,920 You know, the story's over, 237 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,440 and you find out that you and Gita built a life together. 238 00:28:20,519 --> 00:28:22,759 We wanted a happy ending. 239 00:28:23,319 --> 00:28:25,599 We were always chasing it. 240 00:28:33,039 --> 00:28:34,640 What is it, Lali? 241 00:28:37,039 --> 00:28:39,759 I want to stop talking. 242 00:28:43,799 --> 00:28:45,799 A knock on the door. 243 00:28:53,559 --> 00:28:54,759 Good afternoon. 244 00:28:55,359 --> 00:28:57,880 We're looking for Mr Ludwig Eisenberg. 245 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,279 Lali... Look at me. 246 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:11,039 Come. 247 00:29:11,079 --> 00:29:12,279 Please. 248 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,240 I'm alright. I'm alright. 249 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:20,359 Sit down. 250 00:29:35,119 --> 00:29:37,559 This place was our home. 251 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:42,559 Good food... 252 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,160 clean air... 253 00:29:48,319 --> 00:29:51,880 Gita had her bakery, the Synagogue, 254 00:29:52,759 --> 00:29:54,759 her good friends. 255 00:29:56,799 --> 00:29:58,160 I don't know. 256 00:30:01,359 --> 00:30:02,880 Are you going to work? 257 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:04,960 Uh... 258 00:30:06,519 --> 00:30:10,559 I can stay for a little bit longer if you want? 259 00:30:11,279 --> 00:30:12,839 No, no... 260 00:30:13,759 --> 00:30:15,200 I am good. 261 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:19,839 Okay, erm... 262 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:25,720 Well, you have soup in the fridge. 263 00:30:25,759 --> 00:30:28,240 I'll bring the new draft over tomorrow. 264 00:30:28,759 --> 00:30:30,359 Why don't you get some air? 265 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,160 Move those old bones. Okay? 266 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:38,079 See you tomorrow. 267 00:30:38,119 --> 00:30:39,799 See you tomorrow. 268 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:53,359 Wherever you go... 269 00:30:55,559 --> 00:30:56,720 Here I am. 270 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:10,599 Good afternoon. 271 00:31:11,279 --> 00:31:13,640 We're looking for Mr Ludwig Eisenberg. 272 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:16,559 That was my name. 273 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:23,599 Eisenberg, yes. 274 00:31:28,559 --> 00:31:29,799 Please. 275 00:31:29,839 --> 00:31:30,880 Come in. 276 00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:35,759 Thank you. 277 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,480 Erm... 278 00:31:38,519 --> 00:31:40,599 we've been asked to verify your identities. 279 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,000 Asked by who? 280 00:31:43,039 --> 00:31:44,319 What for? 281 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,519 We're Australian citizens. 282 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,200 You changed your name after the war? 283 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,079 Yes, to Sokolov. 284 00:31:52,119 --> 00:31:53,799 It's all there in the papers. 285 00:31:54,559 --> 00:31:56,079 We've been asked by, er, 286 00:31:56,599 --> 00:31:59,839 the German Consul to deliver a letter to you. 287 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:01,160 What is it? 288 00:32:05,759 --> 00:32:07,400 It's been opened. 289 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:08,759 It's a request... 290 00:32:10,079 --> 00:32:11,680 from a German law firm 291 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,599 who are representing an ex-SS Officer. 292 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,400 For a statement in support of their client. 293 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,079 For their client... 294 00:32:20,119 --> 00:32:21,599 A Nazi officer? 295 00:32:22,359 --> 00:32:23,559 That's right. 296 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,000 A Nazi officer 297 00:32:26,599 --> 00:32:28,680 who's on trial for war crimes. 298 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,799 He's asking for your assistance. 299 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:37,839 SS Officer Stefan Baretzki. 300 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,839 Here are the details for both, the law firm 301 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,480 and the German Consulate. 302 00:32:54,839 --> 00:32:56,119 We'll leave you with it. 303 00:33:22,079 --> 00:33:23,279 Hello. 304 00:33:24,039 --> 00:33:25,079 Hello. 305 00:33:26,079 --> 00:33:27,720 What is today? 306 00:33:27,759 --> 00:33:30,200 Thursday. We spoke yesterday. 307 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:32,680 Yeah? 308 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:35,519 Mm, come in. 309 00:33:43,599 --> 00:33:44,920 For you to read. 310 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:47,440 Yes. I will. 311 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,400 This time I've focused on you and Gita. 312 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,119 I'm actually excited for you to read it. 313 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,880 I might have figured out how to tell this. 314 00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:00,079 That's good. 315 00:34:02,119 --> 00:34:03,759 And you are smiling. 316 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:06,640 I am. 317 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:12,519 But how are you? 318 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:16,559 I haven't been sleeping much. 319 00:34:22,679 --> 00:34:26,000 The past is in here with us now. 320 00:34:29,079 --> 00:34:30,079 You know... 321 00:34:30,519 --> 00:34:32,639 we left the camp, 322 00:34:32,679 --> 00:34:34,599 we left Slovakia, 323 00:34:35,639 --> 00:34:37,800 and then we were here. 324 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:42,199 The past followed us like a sick dog. 325 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:46,159 You said happy ever after, 326 00:34:46,199 --> 00:34:47,880 but it was hard. 327 00:34:48,679 --> 00:34:51,159 Gita was so sad. 328 00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:52,880 For many years. 329 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:55,559 And all those nightmares. 330 00:35:04,679 --> 00:35:06,079 I'll get you water. 331 00:35:06,119 --> 00:35:07,159 No. 332 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,599 Why don't you take a seat? 333 00:35:09,639 --> 00:35:11,519 I'll-- I'll get us water. 334 00:35:17,079 --> 00:35:18,320 Gita... 335 00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:19,880 You need to sign these cards. 336 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,000 This one for Louise's second birthday 337 00:35:22,039 --> 00:35:24,840 and Gina and Joel's twins are five. 338 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:35,000 Lali, oh... 339 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:39,480 Here. 340 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:41,719 Thank you. 341 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:51,840 You were thinking about Gita? 342 00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:58,000 All this happened at the same time. 343 00:35:58,639 --> 00:36:00,199 All what, Lali? 344 00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:07,239 Again, again... 345 00:36:33,159 --> 00:36:35,880 The Collins Street wonder doctor. 346 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:39,519 We've tried everything. 347 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:41,840 Nothing works. 348 00:36:45,639 --> 00:36:48,639 I thought I would heal over time. 349 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,840 Other women who were there have recovered. 350 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:56,559 You must hate me. 351 00:36:57,920 --> 00:36:59,119 No. 352 00:36:59,960 --> 00:37:01,639 No, never. 353 00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,039 I'm so happy for you. 354 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:33,559 Here. 355 00:37:36,679 --> 00:37:38,199 It might get cold. 356 00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:40,519 Goodnight. 357 00:37:41,159 --> 00:37:42,639 Gita. 358 00:37:55,599 --> 00:37:57,079 Here we are. 359 00:37:59,159 --> 00:38:01,519 Cheese and pickles. 360 00:38:01,559 --> 00:38:02,960 Lali. 361 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,079 Here you go. Come and have something to eat. 362 00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:09,639 Thank you. 363 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:12,079 Oh, you're very welcome. 364 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,559 Lali, I need you to talk to me. 365 00:38:25,079 --> 00:38:27,280 I'm starting to get a bit worried. 366 00:38:28,639 --> 00:38:30,119 Are you feeling ill? 367 00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:32,840 No. Not ill. 368 00:38:36,039 --> 00:38:37,159 Heather... 369 00:38:37,199 --> 00:38:39,480 Yes, my friend. What is it? 370 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:46,079 This is not for the book. 371 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:52,639 Okay. 372 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,079 The police, like we're criminals! 373 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:06,760 Baretzki. 374 00:39:07,519 --> 00:39:09,000 He was a monster. 375 00:39:10,599 --> 00:39:12,519 I know who he was. 376 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,679 Do you remember what he did for us? 377 00:39:23,199 --> 00:39:24,239 What? 378 00:39:31,519 --> 00:39:33,199 Are you serious? 379 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:40,519 What he did for us? 380 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,239 You would stand up in front of the world 381 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:49,800 - and say he was a good guy? - I don't know. 382 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:51,960 Are you losing your mind? 383 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:54,320 Can't we just talk about it? 384 00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:57,159 - What is there to talk about? - So many things! 385 00:39:57,199 --> 00:39:58,719 What things?! 386 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:02,760 Why... 387 00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:06,719 Why are you so angry all the time? 388 00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:13,039 I don't know what to do. 389 00:40:14,199 --> 00:40:17,159 - Tell me what to do. - I can't tell you what to do! 390 00:40:17,199 --> 00:40:19,719 Of course you can. I'll do anything for you. 391 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:25,000 Lali, 392 00:40:25,039 --> 00:40:26,239 I'm done. 393 00:40:29,599 --> 00:40:32,119 I can't go on like this. 394 00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:36,880 - Neither can you. - What? 395 00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:39,480 I can't give you what you need. 396 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:42,840 The family you want. 397 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:44,599 Gita, you are all I want. 398 00:40:44,639 --> 00:40:47,280 We run and run, get older. 399 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:48,679 Gita, stop! 400 00:40:55,559 --> 00:40:57,519 Am I being punished? 401 00:40:58,400 --> 00:40:59,800 Are you? 402 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:08,280 I want to go to Europe. 403 00:41:12,559 --> 00:41:13,960 See my home. 404 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:17,079 Cilka. 405 00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:20,639 Esther's daughter, Mimi. 406 00:41:21,119 --> 00:41:24,039 She's 16 now. I want to see her. 407 00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,239 I can't fix this. 408 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:32,519 You can't. 409 00:41:38,039 --> 00:41:40,679 I didn't know if she'd come back. 410 00:41:44,599 --> 00:41:47,880 So now I have to write this statement. 411 00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:55,239 I want to tell the truth. You know? 412 00:41:56,519 --> 00:41:57,719 Hmph. 413 00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:00,480 But what is the truth? 414 00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:07,599 How can I know what is right? 415 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:26,639 You were like a brother to me. 416 00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:03,280 I wrote the statement. 417 00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:06,719 And I took it to the German Embassy, 418 00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:10,039 and they sent it to the law firm... 419 00:43:11,079 --> 00:43:13,239 and I never heard from them again. 420 00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:17,119 Do you remember what you wrote? 421 00:43:24,559 --> 00:43:27,719 That he was present at the selections. 422 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:33,079 That I witnessed him murder many people... 423 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:40,159 sometimes just because he was in a bad mood. 424 00:43:43,079 --> 00:43:44,440 He went to prison. 425 00:43:50,039 --> 00:43:52,960 I read about these trials, Lali... 426 00:43:55,079 --> 00:43:56,639 Baretzki... 427 00:43:57,519 --> 00:43:59,039 killed himself. 428 00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:05,000 He was a brutal psychopath. 429 00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:12,639 And I would not be alive today 430 00:44:12,679 --> 00:44:14,519 were it not for him. 431 00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:24,679 And I have to live with this all my life. 432 00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:13,199 You look so beautiful. 433 00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:17,639 So do you. 434 00:45:20,559 --> 00:45:22,280 Mmm... 435 00:45:25,159 --> 00:45:27,360 I missed you. 436 00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:28,880 I missed you too. 437 00:45:34,199 --> 00:45:36,000 Oh, you're cooking! 438 00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:40,039 Smells so good. 439 00:45:40,079 --> 00:45:42,679 - Are you hungry? - I'm very hungry. 440 00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:47,679 Wait. 441 00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:51,039 I need to talk to you. 442 00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:15,800 I went to our old apartment in Bratislava. 443 00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:18,239 I was thinking about us sitting on the floor 444 00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:20,039 because we had no table. 445 00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:25,840 Oh. What we were hoping for... 446 00:46:27,719 --> 00:46:29,480 How happy we were. 447 00:46:48,119 --> 00:46:49,280 Lali... 448 00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:53,480 I almost didn't get on the plane. 449 00:46:58,119 --> 00:46:59,639 I was so sick. 450 00:47:00,639 --> 00:47:01,840 Sick? 451 00:47:03,719 --> 00:47:05,639 Why didn't you tell me? 452 00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:08,880 I went to a doctor. 453 00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:12,000 And he told me I was sick... 454 00:47:16,639 --> 00:47:18,159 because I was pregnant. 455 00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:23,280 You... what? 456 00:47:24,639 --> 00:47:26,400 Gita... 457 00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:28,559 No... 458 00:47:28,599 --> 00:47:30,840 No... Oh, Gita. 459 00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:33,760 We're going to have a baby. 460 00:47:38,079 --> 00:47:39,840 - Oh! - Mm. 461 00:47:42,679 --> 00:47:44,119 Oh! 462 00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:10,039 I think I'd like to go back there. 463 00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:15,039 Yes. To Birkenau, to the camp. 464 00:48:17,559 --> 00:48:22,159 I... I thought you... you'd never go back to Europe? 465 00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:26,719 I know. I never wanted to, but... 466 00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:28,679 But now... 467 00:48:30,119 --> 00:48:31,880 if you'd come with me? 468 00:48:34,199 --> 00:48:36,599 Lali, oh... That's... 469 00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:44,639 Isn't this something you should do with your son? 470 00:48:48,119 --> 00:48:51,039 We never spoke to him about the past. 471 00:48:56,239 --> 00:48:57,679 He knew, of course. 472 00:48:57,719 --> 00:48:59,440 He had to see it, 473 00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:01,239 his mother's nightmares. 474 00:49:01,719 --> 00:49:04,480 You don't want your child to see your pain. 475 00:49:05,159 --> 00:49:06,679 But he saw it. 476 00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:12,679 I never thought I'd tell you so much. 477 00:49:12,719 --> 00:49:14,400 And now you know, 478 00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:16,079 so come with me. 479 00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:19,440 People will probably think you're my daughter. 480 00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:21,519 Or nurse. 481 00:49:21,559 --> 00:49:22,719 Hey. 482 00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:24,920 That's enough. Sha... 483 00:49:30,679 --> 00:49:32,719 Lali, I would love to. 484 00:49:34,519 --> 00:49:35,960 If you're sure. 485 00:49:36,599 --> 00:49:39,159 I want to go back to the camp, 486 00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:41,719 to Birkenau, 487 00:49:43,519 --> 00:49:46,000 to see it through these old eyes. 488 00:49:47,119 --> 00:49:48,880 And with you beside me... 489 00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:52,280 I would like that very much. 490 00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:53,679 Da, da, da, da, da, da, da. 491 00:50:56,320 --> 00:50:58,239 You deserve a rest. 492 00:50:58,280 --> 00:50:59,519 Shh. 493 00:51:02,320 --> 00:51:05,840 Da, da, da, da, da, da, da. 494 00:51:13,159 --> 00:51:15,159 Da, da, da, da... 495 00:51:17,559 --> 00:51:20,280 Da, da, da... 496 00:53:34,159 --> 00:53:36,480 - Are you ready? - Yes. 497 00:53:36,519 --> 00:53:39,440 - We can stop at any time, okay? - Okay. 498 00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:40,639 Good. 499 00:53:40,679 --> 00:53:42,559 Interview with Lou Sokolov. 500 00:53:42,599 --> 00:53:45,159 21 February 2004. 501 00:53:45,679 --> 00:53:47,480 Would you tell me your name please? 502 00:53:47,519 --> 00:53:49,159 My name is Lou Sokolov. 503 00:53:49,199 --> 00:53:51,320 Is that the name you were born with? 504 00:53:51,360 --> 00:53:54,559 No, I was born Ludwig Eisenberg. 505 00:53:55,079 --> 00:53:57,239 What name are you known as? 506 00:53:57,280 --> 00:53:59,639 Lali, they called me Lali. 507 00:53:59,679 --> 00:54:03,400 - Are you married, Lali? - No, I was married. 508 00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:08,440 - What was the name of your wife? - Gita, Gita Sokolov. 509 00:54:08,480 --> 00:54:10,239 Where did you and Gita meet? 510 00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:12,519 Met in Auschwitz-Birkenau. 511 00:54:13,880 --> 00:54:17,440 I was taken from my parents' home 512 00:54:17,480 --> 00:54:20,840 and transported like an animal... 513 00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:25,800 ...to an unknown place. 514 00:54:33,079 --> 00:54:37,639 I was the tattooist. Tätowiererin Auschwitz-Birkenau.