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DISTANT JOURNEY

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Before us lies Germany...

...and Germany is Hitler.

The truth...

We want only the truth spoken about Germany.

The truth is intensified

by the creative art of modern political propaganda,

and it shows a new,

strong, beautiful,

and proud,

and truly joyful way of life -

which the international public may ascertain at any time.

Construction is happening wherever you look,

and a new order is rising up everywhere.

The foundation of our country is National Socialist justice.

A nation that neglects the purity of its race... perishes.

JEWS OUT!

Bath and Disinfection

Long live National Socialism...

Long live Germany.

Dr Kaufmannová!

Dr Kaufmannová!

Miss Dr Kaufmannová, the assistant wants to see you.

Coming.

Here for a shot?

Don't forget about room 13.

The Second Republic, dear colleague, must fix many mistakes

and must deal with the numerous demands made by the new era.

The professor believes that it will be in your own best interest

to anticipate certain measures

that will be instituted sooner or later.

For now, you may practice medicine elsewhere,

unless you'd prefer to choose a different career.

In business, for example, Miss Kaufmannová.

Jews out!!!

Hanka...

No, Toník.

It's in! It's 4-2. Goal!

No way! Peggy got in my way!

What you mean, man? Peggy is tied up.

Missed! It doesn't count because of the dog.

- Yep, he's losing 4-2. - Honzík!

Hanka dear, where have you been? Lord, you kids are a trial!

- Hold on a sec. - Come on, man!

I'm definitely moving out.

I'm not waiting for Mr Hitler to institute his racial laws here too.

And what will you do abroad?

Finish studying...

I'll be a waiter, sell newspapers, be a porter.

It doesn't matter.

But I'll be free.

Hana...

Come with me.

But Zdenek!

Hanka, it's Dr Bureš!

This way, Doctor...

What a surprise! Welcome! Come right in.

My childhood friend and our neighbour, Zdenek Klein.

Dr Bureš...

Too bad.

Aren't you going?

Hanka, marry me.

Where did that come from, Toník?

Maybe you'll be needing someone.

You think I'd marry just because I needed someone?

Hanka, I didn't mean it like that.

I know.

Post Office

Jewish business

Jews Out!

I have to dress up when I go to the theatre.

- You like pretty things, don't you? - I do.

I'm such a fancy pants.

I'm not even sure I could give it up, Toník.

May I?

That's my grandma and grandpa.

That's Aunt Amalie.

Uncle Karel... their kids...

And that's Uncle Adolf.

Good evening.

Dad!

Mother told me you were already here, Doctor.

Hanka dear, don't you know that since yesterday we can't go to the theatre?

Jews Forbidden Entry

Purely Aryan Business

Jews Not Welcome!

No Dogs or Jews!

Jews have also been dismissed from the civil service,

Jewish lawyers have had their offices closed,

and Honzík can't use the playground or go to the athletic club.

He may even be barred from school.

We will now all get schooled, by life or...

I won't wait here for death.

- And where do you want to wait? - Brazil is still accepting refugees.

Some made it to Canada, and I have a relative in Puerto Rico.

Jews Out!

What do they speak in Puerto Rico, kids?

Spanish, Mom.

I'll write to Uncle Richard in the United States; he'll help us.

The United States... Richard...

- I don't think that... - Sorry, Dad, but I'm not going.

Is it because of that doctor, dear?

No, Mom.

I belong here. This is my language, my home,

my people,

everything.

You don't think I do too?

You think it's easy for me to leave?

Who will I help by staying here?

Don't you care that this doctor is a Christian?

She's a Jew!

I came to tell you I'm getting married,

and I don't want you to take it out on Hanka.

Then you may as well not have come.

Dad will change his mind, Toník. He has a good heart.

Yeah...

What have you been up to?

What have I been up to?

Well, my friend, you better be careful.

I hear that you have material for Jews.

Material?

I did get some material.

Show it to me.

- You want to buy some material? - Perhaps...

Perhaps I'd even buy some.

You won't like it.

If I don't like it, I won't buy it.

Precious goods.

Well, how do you like the new material?

How pretty your daughter will be

for the Chanukah celebrations!

The Middle Ages.

Is that my mother?

Mom!

Notices again this evening?

Dr Meixner, the Krásas, Kohn, Walla, Kraus...

- It's a transport. - They're sending us to Poland.

- They're organizing transports. - To Theresienstadt.

Transports!

Transport...

You too, Zdenek?

I was saving this for the end of the war.

- Hanka will be here soon. - 1929, Toník.

There's a music school above us;

sometimes I give them a little competition.

Today it's allowed, Honzík, today it's allowed.

My cousin hid it in his toothpaste; I should try that.

Think they'll search our toothpaste, Professor?

Okay, children, let's drink a toast.

The wedding turkey will have to wait till the war's over.

So we hope.

To a happy journey.

- Remember, Dad, when... - Mom?

Just a minute, Honzík. Remember when Ema got married...

That will be my family.

- Hey there! - Hey there, Toník.

Dad isn't coming, is he?

No, he's not.

Hey, listen, did you get inspected?

- What do you mean? - They're coming after me.

We all have trouble.

- Pepa! - How nice!

Cheers, Hanka!

- Your dad isn't coming? - He sends his regards.

He's got a lot of work...

- Isn't it time to go? - Oh my, what about the cup?

Stand up, Toník.

For good luck.

Toník dear, don't you regret having to work

in a factory because of Hana? No?

Transport, Hanka, right?

Yes, Mom.

It had to come sometime.

They've taken Plešner away.

Is your wife not going?

No.

Wives of Aryans don't have to... yet.

Why haven't you brought your gal over here yet?

Because our German masters have prohibited Jews from riding trains.

Our German masters...

You're saying...

...shoes with a double sole for hiding money? -Thanks, Dad.

Heard anything about Pepa?

...were sentenced to death by firing squad...

Shards bring luck!

The sofa that Honzík slept on,

is that staying?

Out!

But... we're coming back.

Quiet!

Move!

What is it?

Power of attorney - a voluntary decision,

uncoerced and made with a sound mind.

What is going on here?

Attention!

She's laughing.

Move!

Carry on!

- Are you Dr Kaufmannová? - Yes.

- I'd like to talk to you. - Go ahead.

This gentleman?

My husband.

I work at Theresienstadt.

Any news of my parents?

They said they'd write it all down.

- Come sit down. - I still have things to attend to.

But I'll stop by next week if you want to send anything.

Yes, please do. And thank you very much.

- Thank you. - It was nothing.

Come look, Toník...

That's a damn dangerous business, Doctor.

Well, we'll see.

Thank you.

Don't mention it in front of my wife. I'll say I'm going home to Borek.

They need money...

Toník, have we sold all the jewellery?

Nothing left but Grandma's ring.

I hope you don't mind.

Not me, Hana.

I don't understand this part. Why does my dad need hair dye?

Hair dye?

- Did you talk to them? - They send greetings.

- What are they doing? - They're healthy.

They wondered why you wanted your hair dyeing.

They're sending us on to Poland.

Transports. They kill old folks immediately.

- It's true. - Do you know who?

- Mádler, Brychta... - Kohn too.

Hear that?

Again.

Oh well, keep it, you bastard.

- Where'd you get it? - The bread? I swiped it.

With love H.

You see?

Oh, my.

Move!

Move!

Go on!

Go on!

Don't turn around!

No! No!

Come in!

- Come in! - I'm already in.

You didn't turn this way, so I knocked again.

You're Mr Noha:

"A checked hat and a heart of gold."

Toník told me about you. Take a seat.

Thank you.

Toník says he wouldn't last a day in the factory without you.

It was bad at first, but now he makes pretty good schlock.

- Shadows? - Increased markings.

You know, Tonda wasn't at work today,

and an important message came from them in town.

Did something happen to Pepa?

The guys from Borek said the Gestapo were at the Bureš' last night.

They brought Pepa in handcuffs and ransacked the house,

and later they took Tonda's dad away.

A man from work.

Move!

Fetch!

What do you have?

A pig of a Jew like you...

always has something.

Excuse me...

Excuse me, do the Kaufmanns live here?

I don't understand.

- Do you know the Kaufmanns? - Kaufmanns? No, I don't...

Excuse me, do the Kaufmanns live here?

Do you know where the Kaufmanns live?

Oskar and Hedvika Kaufmann...

Move!

Bureš...

Explain to Hana that I couldn't...

God knows I couldn't keep them here.

But you're a big man here, aren't you?

Kind of.

Think it was easy to save myself, my mom, and my brother?

Save?

Shut up!

I know.

If you haven't been through it...

Bondy, number 537.

Let me have a drag.

Where'd you get it?

You want to go with me, don't you?

- What do you want, Margit?

- I wanted to see if... - What've you got?

- Where'd you get it? - Leave her be.

- Let me go, they're mine! - Leave her be.

Are you crazy?

Don't you know cigarettes get you the noose or Auschwitz?

Have a smoke too.

Don't be surprised.

I don't want to be picked for transport.

Where are all the transports going?

Auschwitz, Majdanek, Treblinka.

Auschwitz, Majdanek, Treblinka.

Auschwitz, Majdanek, Treblinka...

- It's lights out. - Do you think...

Do you think I could hide here?

Hide?

Here?

Lie down here.

Thank God!

- Thank God... - What's wrong, Hanka?

I was so afraid they'd caught you.

You know...?

- Mr Noha came to see me and told me everything. -What?

About them bringing Pepa and searching the house...

And then taking your dad away...

I was afraid they'd waited for you to come.

No.

When I got there everyone was gone.

- They took five people away yesterday. - Even the 15-year-old Löw boy.

- Who, Müller? - For having beer at home.

Why couldn't they just give up beer?

Oh please, if not beer then they find some other excuse.

It was newspapers for poor Mr. Št'astný.

Next for an injection!

Bureš!

Are you Dr Antonín Bureš?

I'm from the police.

From the Czech police.

Why do you blame yourself, Hana?

Because my parents and Honzík stayed.

And now Toník too because of me.

Work camps for Aryan spouses may still be just a rumour, though.

And if Toník...

And if Toník and I got divorced would he still have to go?

Well, no, he wouldn't,

but you'd be sent to Theresienstadt. But you know Toník,

- he wouldn't divorce you. - No, you're right.

It won't work.

That's not the way.

Sir, could I have a few days off?

Of course, Hana, we'll find a way to manage without you.

- Excuse me, Doctor! - Just a moment.

Hello?

Yes, she's here.

It's Toník.

Hi, Toník. Where're you calling from?

A pay phone.

So, Hanka...

- Are you busy now? - Everyone's gone.

- Did something happen? - No...

I just wanted to talk to you.

Are you going straight home?

I don't know.

I'd like to be alone for a while.

Hanka?

Hanka, hello? Someone keeps knocking.

Do you have the night shift tonight?

The night shift?

Yes, I work the night shift.

Well, then, goodbye, Hanka...

Toník!

I'm looking out the window at the balcony opposite.

There's a little child playing there.

It's so beautiful.

Well, goodbye, Hanka.

Goodbye...

Goodbye, Toník.

Death Certificate... shot while escaping...

Hanka?

Poison

Toník!

Hanka...

Come,

we'll go together.

But I promised Tonda. Like I said, my wife's expecting you.

Pack your things and move in with us, then let the Germans hunt for you.

Ain't I right? You'll get a nice little room at our place

and we'll take care of you just like Tonda wanted, you'll see.

But how did you... how do you know I'm going to Theresienstadt?

Tonda found out from the Jewish administration

before they took him away.

No, I'm sorry, Mr Noha, but I'm not going.

Everyone's left, even Toník.

- Why should I stay? - But, Doctor...

You know what would happen if they found me at your place.

Tonda, though, Toník... This is what he wanted!

A person isn't alone.

Get going!

Move! Move! Move!

Move along! Go!

Sleep!

- Next! - Keep it moving!

Sorry...

- So you won't die of hunger. - Thank you.

I have a date after work.

Knock it off!

- Where did you get this? - That?

It was left by some lady who went to the gas.

With love H.

What's that about? Hanka!

Hana!

Zdenek?

How long have you been here?

I knew you'd end up here. How could he allow it?

I told him to keep you away at any cost.

Who did you tell?

Tonda, when he was here.

Toník was...

Come with me, Hana.

What're you looking at? Beat it!

What's going on?

I'm waiting to see if they close the door.

- Did they close it? - Nope.

...everyone would laugh

at how Brundibár dances...

What is this nonsense?

Must be expecting an international inspection.

Hana!

Move to my place.

Hear me? You'll get a different job.

You're crazy.

Attention!

Attention!

- Sign up fifty women for beautification! - Carry on!

Carry on!

Good!

It's good.

What's it for?

Someone's asking what it's for.

How should I know? Why are you laying bricks?

- What? - Why are you laying bricks?

He asks why we're laying bricks.

A transport.

- What did you just tell them?

- A transport of children from the East.

Okay, take off your clothes.

Get undressed!

- Gas! - Gas!

Gas!

Stop! Stop!

Gas!

- Gas! - Gas!

Gas!

Gas!

You're building a gas chamber!

Gas!

- We're building a gas chamber! - Did you hear? Gas!

I knew it! Do you hear? Do you hear? I knew it!

- We're all going to die!

- Our parents are back! - They might be back!

- No one returns from the camps alive. - Gassed! Just like rats!

Don't go there! The disease will spread around the town!

Hana!

- Gas! - There's a transport.

- A transport? - A typhoid transport.

Don't go there!

Freedom!

...Is Strictly Forbidden

Tanks! Tanks! There!

Mankind won.

Auschwitz,

Majdanek,

Treblinka,

Gollnow,

Ravensbrück,

Oranienburg,

Bergen-Belsen,

Buchenwald, Lódz,

Theresienstadt,

Gross-Rosen,

Mauthausen.

Seven million people died in Fascist Germany's concentration camps.

Over 140,000 from across Europe passed through Theresienstadt alone.

Few survived.