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[gentle music playing]
Oh, my God. It's so beautiful here.
Isn't it exciting?
[Ester] This place is amazing.
If you are impressed how it looks now,
you should have seen it when I was a child.
One side of the square was the Jewish market
and the other, the Slovak market.
[man] Thank you very much. Thank you very much.
[indistinct chatter]
[Emil] There was a friendship between the two
and mutual respect.
[indistinct chatter]
♪
This is my heder
where I learned the Bible.
And this is my grandfather's house
where he lived.
I'm making a neder.
-[woman] Do you think that-- -What's a neder?
A neder is a promise to the Jews
that they'll never be forgotten
and their history and their behavior
and their example will live forever.
What happened to them?
[Stefan] All the Jews, wake up!
All the Jews need to register for work.
Young and old.
Who does not want...
will be punished.
[Emil] They were not Nazis.
They were Hlinka Guards,
Slovakian State Police.
Make sure to get all the alleyways this time,
not just the main square.
The whole Jewish quarter?
Yes.
Every Jew, that's what it says.
So everyone can see it and read it.
[Emil] They had to make sure that every Jew in Bardejov
knew what was expected of them.
[Mrs. Schondof] Thomas, is that you?
Good morning, Mrs. Schondof.
-Hi, Thomas. -Hi.
[Emil] It was mostly friends and neighbors
who brought them the news.
Why so early?
Oh, I'm so sorry for waking you.
It's not my doing.
Oh, hi, Helena. See you at football later.
Yeah. See you.
Lowy, the Jew.
[Emil] Refuel Lowy was the head
of the Jewish community in Bardejov.
He was a successful businessman
and a winemaker.
Those who knew him, respected him.
And those who didn't, feared him.
You couldn't wait 'til a decent hour?
Yes,
[indistinct] into the General Council at night.
You'll be hearing from us.
Oh, please,
and pay your drivers better next time.
Maybe it's not a good time...
to bark orders, Mr. Lowy.
[Stefan clicks tongue]
[Lowy clicks tongue]
[Lowy laughs]
Let's go. Get out of this smelly place.
Jew dogs. [scoffs]
[door opens]
Refuel.
-We were so worried. -I'm fine.
The meeting went 'til 3:00 a.m.
and then by the time [indistinct] from Bratislava.
You must be exhausted.
[Lowy groans]
I need to [indistinct] and call the meeting.
Where are the boys?
They're upstairs getting ready.
Tell them to meet me at shul.
-Do we need to register? -No.
We have a-- a yellow card. Yes.
80 exempt families are at the essentials.
Okay? It's all right.
Just a bit more complicated.
The boys are scared, Refuel.
There's too much happening too quickly.
People are talking.
Roza, I know what I need to know.
We are safe.
-You're not. -I am.
We are.
I'm too vital for them. Do you understand?
[Lowy speaking other language]
Okay.
[singing in other language]
[guard speaking other language]
[solemn music playing]
[singing continues]
[speaking in other language]
[singing continues]
[guard speaking other language]
[all speaking other language]
Mama, we'll be back soon. I'm going with Helena.
[guard speaking other language]
Shh.
-What is this? -Shh.
[guards speaking other language]
My parents say this is for real.
I heard they've made a deal with the Germans.
Of course they have.
That's why the Germans leaves us alone.
I just picked this with mom.
Thank you, Magda.
-Thank you. -Take this.
[indistinct whispering]
[speaking other language]
[all] Amen.
My father says we're exempt.
They need us all to work
that's why they closed the schools.
I'd rather work than go to school.
[Giselle chuckles]
My-- my father wants us to leave...
for Hungary.
He says this is a big sign.
My cousins from Poland just came.
They say they'll be rounding up [indistinct] and shooting--
Shh. [speaking other language]
Don't talk like that.
All the rumors are to scare us.
Let's meet here every morning eight o'clock.
Bring whatever news you have.
I'll have one other [indistinct] to borrow
from goyish families.
Make sure every family have a [indistinct], okay?
-All right. -All right. Magda.
Magda, you bring the cake.
Yes.
We are strong.
-We are fighters. -[indistinct]
We're together. We'll be okay.
[whistles] Take us to the headquarters, [indistinct].
Hey, I'm not getting back what that Jew said.
Slow down.
[overlapping chatter]
-Oh! What the-- -Jesus!
Perfect timing. Give Bomba the mail.
Okay. Yes.
To General Kovac in Bratislava.
Right away, Captain.
[Emil] General Kovac was the captain of the Hlinka Guard
overseeing the Bardejov district.
He was a snake in the grass
and Stefan's main superior.
[singing in other language]
From Adam.
What does it say?
Give this back to him.
With this.
All right.
He is a good man.
Passion should keep him safe.
-We need him. -I will see you upstairs.
-I'll bring the [indistinct]. -Yes.
And the others, we need the whole Jewish Council.
And-- and coffee.
Please tell my son, [indistinct], to fetch me one.
I haven't slept.
Thank you, Ben.
Halberstam, with your permission.
-Sure. -Sure.
Clearly I couldn't stop the order.
Now we handed a letter to give to President Tiso
requesting assurance that the work will stay local
and that, uh, protect the Slovakian Jews
from German deportations.
-Assurance? -What kind of assurance?
Clearly we don't believe their promises, all right?
They're trying to make good for the independence
and they have to give Hitler what he-- what he wants.
They need us.
The sheer numbers of the economic force
of the Slovakian Jews is something to show the Germans.
-Foolish to deport us. -[Mayer] Absolutely.
Yeah, but we also received a telegram from, uh,
the German other secretary, uh, Martin, uh--
-Martin Luther? -Yes.
They're requesting 20,000 Slovakian Jews
to work in the East.
Now they're registering us.
-That's just the beginning. -It's just for show.
20,000, 90,000 Jews in all of Slovakia.
And Tiso is going to pay...
20,000 German marks per Jew
to Hitler for the privilege.
Ah, so we are making the money
to pay for our own deportation.
What's the plan? Who's getting deported?
Those who can walk, I suppose.
I don't think they have a plan right now.
But it's important that we keep
playing the game for the time being.
But it's important to put a message out there.
People need to register.
We have to go through these motions here.
There are 450 families in Bardejov.
4600 people.
Listen,
purim is [indistinct] Shaboss.
All right, let's keep things normal, Rabbi.
We need to make everything just like pur.
Turn it on its head, God willing.
[Rabbi speaking other language]
Amen.
[Rabbi speaking other language]
Thursday is Taanit Esther.
Two and a half thousand years ago,
she demanded a fast.
We listened and we were saved.
Make sure everyone is fasting this time as well.
It's-- it's important.
Also, please...
make sure that you have a plan for your families.
You understand?
What about all the Polish Jews that have come flooding in?
Yeah, that's a-- that's a good point.
Mayer,
try to tell Helena to stop for right now.
All right? Your daughter will understand.
I-- I-- I don't know how we can do anything.
Well, she's a very clever girl, all right?
She's arranged for hundreds of them.
She can figure out a way.
It makes sense to think Slovakia is different.
Safer, but we cannot take the risk anymore.
[Mayer] What risk is it to us to help them?
[Lowy] How about overcrowding, rations, typhus.
Our leverage is in our workforce.
We need to remain healthy, productive.
This will protect us.
[Mayer] We cannot turn Jews away.
[Lowy] I understand that,
but we have to comply with the order to buy more time.
Curfew at seven.
No doing business with Aryans.
No walking on the same side of the street.
It's important that we be very smart.
We be close to our families,
close to each other and make sure that we understand
that we are living in very dangerous times.
We-- we just put our trust in God
and pray for the best.
We-- we have to believe...
he will save us.
Friends, it's important that you register.
Each family head must register his family.
We have to keep to the codex. We have to be under the radar.
Do what they ask us to do so we can...
work things out, please.
It's better we cooperate and keep calm.
Hashem will keep us safe.
Go upstairs. Get your toys there.
We'll go eat soon. Okay?
-Hi. -Hi.
I'm going to lie down.
I know. I know, Refuel. But two minutes.
[sighs] Roza, please.
I promise we'll schmues later.
I know, I know, but not me.
-I promised them. -Huh?
[sighs] Really?
They're your uncle's cousins, your family.
[Lowy groans]
Yes. All Jews are family.
Things are not better here anymore.
Things are much better here.
Refuel, listen to what they have to say.
-Only two. -Only two.
-We have the room. -We have the room.
We have nothing but room.
[laughs] Okay. All right.
-[indistinct]. -They have our address, Helena.
Did you plaster our address
on every ghetto in Poland?
Helena, we need to stop them coming.
-It's not helping-- -I cannot, Daddy.
We have a good system.
We're better off than they are.
They know that. And you know that.
Mr. Lowy says that we're already too crowded
and they bring typhus.
Let's see him turn them away.
Darling, I'm not sure Bardejov
is as protected as they think it is.
As you think it is.
[Emil] Jewish businesses were handed over to non-Jews.
They were known as [indistinct]
put in place to control the Jewish businesses.
Fredrik was Lowy's [indistinct],
but also his friend.
You should have signed them, Herr Director.
You are the boss now, Fredrik.
It seems absurd.
Yeah, it is.
Herr Director, you and your family are sorted, yeah?
I can't do anything for any of these people.
But for you and Roza and the boys.
We are good. It's very kind, Fredrik.
I-- We have the-- the yellow card.
All right, so we exempt at least--
at least from this one.
And Lowy, you know if you ever need...
I have a place for you just outside these walls.
It's my father's place.
They've asked us to take your passports.
[sighs] Yes.
First, all rights then property.
[laughs] And now papers.
Well, we're losing us to dogs.
It's still better than having the Germans here.
Well, it's only because you all so incompetent.
[Lowy laughs]
Besides, we have, uh, bigger jobs to do right now.
Purim.
There we go, you know, Fredrik, you could pass as a Jew.
Yes, purim. Not tomorrow. The next day.
And everyone is getting whatever wine they want
for whatever they can give.
And this is an order. You understand?
You're asking me to take a loss.
Well, don't worry. You'll make it up somehow.
I want to thank you for recruiting Adam.
He brought us some very important information
this morning.
This is a sanctuary more than a factory.
Mm.
Make sure today and tomorrow
everyone has a chance to go to the main square and register.
-Yes. -Stagger the groups.
Okay? Keep them busy.
Yes. Yes. I-- I saw the notice.
I wish this was just a formality.
-Na Zdravie! -[all] Na Zdravie!
Na Zdravie. Let's see the papers.
Oh.
We don't know what they want from all those Jews here.
Work, they're following orders like good little Jews.
They already work for us. We own all their bloody stores.
[Pieter] I hear Tiso asked Himmler
to take the whole lot of them.
All 90,000 Jews in Slovakia.
[Slav] Himmler wanted the Jews out.
Tiso asked him to have them never return.
You know what that means?
That's why they registering them.
We are paying the Germans?
20,000.
-20,000 what? -20,000.
The order is for 20,000.
20,000 for what?
Jews, you idiot.
Signed by Martin Luther himself.
But we don't have more than 4,000 here.
Yeah.
Not all of them, you moron.
20,000 total.
-For what? -For work.
You mean for death?
What the German do with Jews, it's not our problem.
Our problem is Kovac
and these bastards who treat us like dogs.
Their power is going to their heads.
Bratislava. Bratislava.
-[guard groans, spits] -[all laugh]
They're sending replacements.
-Jews? -Guards.
We are not to do nothing until they come.
My brother in [indistinct] in Kosice,
he told me that they're all [indistinct].
-So they switch them up. -But not us.
No.
We can do the job ourselves.
We call a curfew tomorrow for all the Jews.
Is that what it says?
That what I said.
[in Hebrew] ♪ May the Angel ♪
♪ Who protects from all evil ♪
♪ Bless the children ♪
♪ And call My name upon them ♪
[clamoring]
[indistinct].
[all cheering]
I want 100 at least.
-[all laugh] -To the brewery.
We're waiting for [indistinct].
[all shouting]
[Helena] What is this? Hey!
Wait! No! No!
-[indistinct], Daddy! -No!
Daddy, no!
Let him go. Let him go.
-Let him-- -My baby! My baby!
[guards speaking other language]
Please. Please. [indistinct], please, please.
[overlapping shouting]
[indistinct]
[clamoring]
-Where's my kid? Jozef! -Get down!
[indistinct], wake up!
Magda, [indistinct].
Come on, wake up.
Wake up.
Mr. Lowy! Open up, please.
They took our kid. Mr. Lowy!
[clamoring]
Stefan, you sure you have a plan?
-[people sobbing] -How many now?
-[Slav laughs] -[people sobbing]
The brewery's almost full.
[sobbing continues]
Good.
See, we know how to round up Jews.
What the hell are you planning to do with all the crying?
We not babysitter, Stefan.
Figure it out.
Do whatever you need to do.
[Stefan speaking other language]
Why you crying? Huh?
Does anyone know what's going on?
Shh!
What are we going to do here?
Helena.
They're down in the brewery.
Come on, let's go. Let's help them.
-Are you mad? -We have to help them.
Helena, Magda [indistinct].
Are you kidding?
I know half of these Hlinka Guards.
Come on. Come on.
What the hell is going on, Reisteiter?
Captain.
Captain Reisteiter to you.
I demand to know immediately.
By what authority?
I am the head of the Jewish Council at Bardejov.
Ah. [laughs]
[guards chuckling]
In that case, you can sign their work orders.
These are Jewish children under my jurisdiction.
Your concern.
But not your jurisdiction.
-This is my property. -It was.
But it's been Aryanized like all the others.
Surely you're aware of that already.
Maybe you should just sign the order.
We spared your boys.
Be grateful.
Who gave the order?
We are to round up 100 Jewish boys
for work detail
in the fields tomorrow to clean up the countryside.
Clean the countryside.
Mr. Lowy...
it's very important
that people will understand the new reality.
To know their place.
Jewish picking up rubbish...
has a nice ring to it.
[shouting] Who gave the order?
Who gave this order? Who gave it?
-Let go! -[indistinct].
Herr Lowy.
Jewish running the show in Bardejov
is a thing of the past.
And if you would like
to see the inside of the jail again,
I can happily arrange it.
Get him away from me.
[speaking other language]
[clamoring]
To [indistinct]. Quick!
Lowy, use this. As much as you need.
Tell my wife I'm safe. I'll be back in the morning.
-Go! -Good luck.
[guards shouting]
[tense music playing]
[guards chanting]
[guards cheering]
Gabriel, hey, come here. Come here.
-[all] Come on. Come on. -[Helena] Psst! Gabriel.
Gabriel, hey, come here.
Come on. Come on.
Come here, yes.
Yes.
[guards shouting]
Come on. Come on. Come on.
[guards singing]
[car honking]
Don't follow me. I'm not here for you, Mr. Lowy.
I have business with Captain Reisteiter.
If this keeps, I can no longer promise calm and cooperation.
Our debts are clear now.
Do your job Mr. Lowy and stay clear.
-Stefan! -[objects clattering]
It's not about the Jew.
-Yes, it is. -No.
Let him think he was a big hero.
I was going to have a problem here regardless.
It's them Jews, think they can do--
Think, yes.
Let them think whatever they want, it's good.
You and your men, [indistinct],
we need the Jews compliant...
hopeful.
Could it be that your [indistinct]
will work to our advantage.
They'll think they've won.
They'll think they're protected.
We have plans in place for all Slovakia.
We'll be moving them by the thousands
before you know it.
I need to save face here.
-My men. -Don't worry.
Just follow the plan.
That's what this pin means.
Sir,
there is a-- a boy with a high fever.
Looks like typhus.
For God's sake!
Get everyone away. Leave him for the Jews.
Yes, sir.
You get your Jew to get a doctor here
and quarantine them under guard.
If this spreads,
it'll be your head they come for.
Pieter, Slav.
[all speaking other language]
[Stefan speaking other language]
[singing in other language]
Refuel, please eat something.
Who can eat?
You used to have an appetite, remember?
Hmm.
I'm not hungry.
Mrs. Lowy. Refuel.
Boy, typhus.
One boy?
So far.
All right, isolate the boy
and then make sure that the family quarantine
during Shabbos.
We'll come to see him soon.
Okay. Good Shabbos, Mrs. Lowy.
All we need now is a typhus outbreak.
Purim is here.
The [indistinct]...
The Rabbi is speaking.
The evil Haman sought to destroy us all.
The plan was in place.
And who did he start with?
Also the children.
Now...
now we have and new Haman just as evil.
We all have to fast...
to repent...
to pour out our hearts.
We need to believe the Almighty can save us
in the blink of an eye.
The rumors from Poland are terrifying, true.
But today, here in Bardejov...
we have our most powerful weapons in place.
Faith that the Almighty will redeem his people.
Faith that ultimately the wicked are punished
and the righteous prosper.
But joy in being a Jew.
So to here today,
may the Almighty bless us
with a turnaround great and mighty.
L'Chaim!
Hey, Ivan. Hey.
[chuckles] Okay.
I'm sorry. I just-- I brought you the money.
[breathing heavily]
Please. Just--
[breathing heavily]
[footsteps nearing]
[breathing heavily] Thank you.
Thank you. All right.
Thank you.
[birds chirping]
Your men are late.
-[indistinct] -We need them to lead the way.
Get back to headquarters
and make sure the message is out to everyone.
Be here at once.
We could use more information.
This is the only entrance from the square?
This one and one more at the far end.
I'll tell the boys.
Our orders are for girls
16 to 20 years old, unmarried...
for work in the shoe factory in Eastern Slovakia.
We-- We don't have that many.
You have 312.
When the time comes, your men will escort mine to each home.
We could handle the round up.
Your men are too friendly with these Jews.
They grew up together.
Half are bribed...
half are neighbors.
-It could be better coordinated. -It is.
This is it. It's nothing personal.
This is happening all over Eastern Slovakia these days.
Guards are switched out. It's standard.
Poprad is the transit station.
It's under our command.
You and your men, Stefan, are the key.
Be proud.
[both speaking other language]
[knocking on door]
Refuel, what is it?
-I'll go see. -[knocking continues]
-Stay there. Go to the boys. -All right.
One minute.
Adam.
[tense music playing]
We didn't know. They kept us all in the dark.
[indistinct].
Hundreds.
There is an order for 400 girls for a shoe factory in the east.
I cannot be seen. I don't know any more.
Thank you. All right. God bless you.
God bless you. Go.
Ah, God.
Refuel, what happened?
[guards shouting] Move!
-Stay put. All right? -[Roza] Oh, God.
-Get the boys. -Oh, God.
They come for the girls just for work.
[guards shouting] Move!
-You see? You see? -Yes. Yes. I-- I know.
Okay, I'm coming. All right? I'll be coming.
Go down, make sure the boys stay.
-Okay. -Make sure the boys stay.
[guards shouting] Move!
Pieter, Slav.
[Stefan speaking other language]
He's here to provide support.
Like we said, new guards.
Our job will be to show them the perimeter
so it can be secured...
and identify the houses.
[Stefan speaking other language]
Come here.
Today is the day the Jews begin to pay back their debt
to Slovak People's Republic.
They will work for us.
When we say, how we say...
and it begins today.
300 names in this list will be rounded up
and transferred to the school under guard
and move to Poprad in the morning.
There are no exceptions.
Let them through. Let them through.
Lowy.
[indistinct], Reisteiter.
Your [indistinct] Jew is coming right on time.
Where are they taking the girls?
Oh, he's very good.
You should ask yourself how he knows already.
Where?
Here are the details, Herr Lowy.
Or you can read them on the walls like all the others.
This is not the agreement I had with Bratislava.
Okay, the Council is meant to be informed of any new decisions.
Bratislava is well aware, Jew. [chuckles]
I will be commanding the Bardejov Operation
from here on out.
[tense music playing]
I'm heading back to Poprad after this.
I have over 1000 Jewish girls
to put on trains in the next two days.
I expect things will run smoothly here.
[both speaking other language]
[Lowy] "Three months' work detail.
All girls on the list will be escorted
to the Jewish school by nightfall...
to depart by train at 6:00 a.m.
You may bring one bag, 15 kilo...
securely tied.
Labeled, first and last name."
"Each girl will carry her own case
and wait by the door for the escort.
Girls will be escorted by Hlinka guard only.
No accompaniment."
"If anyone fails to report...
they will be considered deserters...
and sent to the concentration camp."
"Mandatory curfew from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 a.m.
Severe punishment if broken."
[Lowy] "No one with typhus allowed.
Medical exemption required...
by Hlinka medic.
Forgery is a high crime with severe punishment.
Anyone on the list has one hour to pack.
Be ready for escort.
Each girl...
will return in three months with 600 coin each...
compensation.
Sergeant Kovac."
Who's that?
I know him well and he knows me.
We've crossed paths many times in Bratislava.
This goes all the way up, Roza.
What do you mean?
Well, Kovac, Tiso...
is all the same.
Jozef Tiso, President Tiso?
This is for real.
I need to find out what's really going on.
Okay?
Boys, you call the Council.
All right, tell the [indistinct]
I'm gonna go to Bratislava, to the resistance.
I have to go talk to resistance. All right?
-Please, please be careful. -Tell everyone to remain calm.
-Please be careful. -Nothing [indistinct].
-I'll be careful. -God protect us.
Yes.
[singing in other language]
Magda is on the list, too.
But I have a yellow card.
Lowy is going to the underground.
Let us wait and see what they know.
We are the damn Council
and people are looking to us and we don't know a thing.
How could we not know anything
with all our connections?
We should let them go.
It makes sense.
Unmarried girls going to work.
They need the production, they'll pay the girls.
Oh, it doesn't make sense.
Why 300 girls?
Doesn't pay for any less time.
But you expect them to transport them back and forth?
I don't get it.
You heard the rumors from Poland.
It's a war.
Slovakia and the Germans are allies.
Poland is the real enemy.
We are the workforce. They need us.
Oh, come on.
They're not going to have 400 girls disappear.
They'll write to us. We'll hear from them.
You read the decree. 600 koruna.
Everyone here is starving. We-- we don't own anything.
And this is their way to get us.
Who couldn't use the money?
I don't know. I don't care.
[thudding]
You can't start a rebellion on the street, Erwin.
It'll be a bloodbath.
[somber music playing]
We have to go with it for now.
They're not going.
And then what?
If they don't find her, they'll come for you.
Mama, they're going to go.
It will be okay.
-Magda. -Mama, please.
We're strong.
We can work hard and bring you money.
I can't let you go, Helena.
[Helena] Mama.
Yes, you can.
The other girls needs us, too.
Don't worry.
If you tell us to go, we will.
Tell your friends to pack.
Calmly.
We will do everything we can to get to the bottom of this.
Now,
everybody home.
Get ready.
Men, we going to meet at the shul...
the minute Refuel is back
and we have only until two
to get everything we need for the girls
then lock down.
[somber music playing]
[cupboard door creaking]
[birds chirping]
15 kilos, one bag, clearly labeled.
Wait for your escort.
-Schondorf? -32 Sokovia Street.
[music continues]
[banging on door]
Helena Schondorf?
Yes.
[both breathing heavily]
Don't worry.
It's only for a few months.
All right.
♪
[gate creaks closed]
[goat bleating]
All the Jews girls ready for work.
There.
[engine humming]
[doorbell dinging]
I-- uh,
I'm picking up a prescription
for Hershe.
I told you he'd show up.
Glad you were expecting me.
That means you know what's going on.
Tell me what you know.
We know the Hlinka Guard, uh, are involved in the roundups.
Poprad is a local transit center.
At least 1000 people...
girls in the next two days.
Is there a-- a shoe factory in Brezovec?
There is no shoe factory in Brezovec.
Where are the trains going?
[tense music playing]
[indistinct mumbling]
Stop the car.
[panting] Stop the car!
[indistinct]
[car honking]
[engines revving]
[brake squealing]
What?
What do you want, you d--
[thudding]
-[both yelling] -You dog! You dog!
-You dog. -[both grunting]
Stop, stop, stop, stop. Stop. Stop.
[indistinct]
[groaning]
[gun clicking]
We shall see, Jew.
[Lowy laughing maniacally]
[breathing heavily]
Let's go. [laughing]
[speaking in other language]
[car engine starts]
[tense music playing]
Lowy.
Tell us they're okay.
You found the factory?
Auschwitz.
-Auschwitz? -[Rabbi] Auschwitz?
-[Mayer] Auschwitz? -Auschwitz?
A camp called Auschwitz. Prisoner camp.
The prisoners are making shoes now?
[Lowy chuckles]
It's not a shoe factory.
[Erwin] What is it then?
Executions. Gassings.
-[Erwin sighs] -It's a death camp.
They have already killed...
hundreds of Russians.
-Jews? -No, not yet.
But they're building a new camp.
A massive new camp...
for us.
Our girls are not coming back from there.
Not just our girls.
Thousands...
of Jewish girls from all over Slovakia.
[sighs] We cannot let them go.
-Let's storm the school. -Have you seen how many guards?
-It's suicide if we do that. -Let's call the partisans.
My Helena.
They are still right here.
We have to do something.
Lowy, what are you thinking?
Soviet war, [indistinct],
mass murder, gas chambers.
All true.
Now Auschwitz, now our girls...
and we're going to be next.
We'll follow them to the slaughter.
Faster! Go!
[Lowy] The fate of Slovakian Jewry
is written on the wall.
[all crying]
But wishing it was different...
Sit down. Fast!
[Lowy] ...won't change.
Thousands of girls were stolen from their homes tonight.
And how many more to follow?
We need to send the world a message.
What you're suggesting?
I have enough gasoline and gunpowder in my warehouse...
to blow the whole of Bardejov sky high...
Bardejov burn to the ground
by its people, by the Jews.
And the Germans will then understand
that they cannot take us and leave.
Many people will die.
Many Jews will die.
I know.
They take our daughters...
and-- and we kill theirs?
We save our daughters and who knows how many.
There will be no train leaving from Bardejov tomorrow.
There will be no Bardejov.
Where we will go?
We'll all be shot within hours.
Killed like animals.
By-- by whom?
They will be running for their lives, too.
Uh, Lowy...
I cannot allow it.
The only question is, what...
does God say?
In here, I don't think He says yes.
[Lowy] Here. Come here. [indistinct]
[Adam exhales sharply]
Good evening, Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbit.
[laughs] You have a carrot for me?
[laughs] I'm just joking. Give me a cigarette.
-I'm scared. -Be brave.
Listen, guys, I have something for you.
Pure gold.
Follow me. Follow me.
You could buy something for your wife,
your second wife. [laughs]
Here, take the watch.
And for you, Mr. Rabbit, you can take it all.
That's for you.
Ah, you saw the football game yesterday.
[laughs] They got them Germans.
They know how to play. Huh? [chuckles]
[breathing heavily]
It's all right. It's all right.
It's going to be okay.
It's okay. It's okay.
Here.
She must come with me!
It's all right. What's the matter?
She's sick. She must be removed.
She's just scared. Leave her alone.
-It's all right. -[panting] Mommy.
She has typhus.
-She cannot stay. -She's just scared.
Leave us. I'll bring her to you.
[breathing heavily]
-[whimpering] -Everything will be okay.
At least she will go home.
[tense music playing]
Okay. I'm sorry.
Thank you. God bless you.
-[Giselle] Shh. -[breathing heavily]
[indistinct]
-Give it to me. -Thank you.
Take that to him. Do it quickly.
[whimpering]
Adam. Adam.
-Take this. -What is it?
Just-- just take it.
Thank you.
[Lowy] Come.
There's no way out. It's sealed shut.
Barbed wire, barricades.
They're [indistinct] the extra troops.
You will never be able to take 300 girls.
If you have someone here that know how to speak with God,
now it's the time.
From the girls.
[tense music playing]
Is there a way in?
I don't know. I...
I suppose.
[Erwin] What are you going to do, Mr. Lowy?
-Blow it up? -[Lowy laughs]
Besides the Jews...
what is the one thing the Germans are most afraid of?
There are no Germans here, Lowy.
Yes, yes there are.
Auschwitz is theirs.
This is their plan.
Hlinka Guards are their errand boys.
They're here.
And what are they most afraid of?
-The Russians? -No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
What kills their plans?
Puts a wrench in their whole machine?
-Kills production? -Enough!
What?
Typhus.
-It's brilliant. -[Lowy laughs]
If we can get enough serum for the girls,
if we can get in...
it'll create an epidemic.
How much do we need?
A double dose of serum will bring out symptoms.
That should be enough.
It will declare Bardejov of infected.
Seal us off and force a quarantine.
Who has the authority?
Dr. Milos Baratis in [indistinct]
is a district head medic.
So how many people need to show symptoms?
Five won't stop the trains.
10-15...
should do it.
How dangerous is a double dose?
-There is a risk. -A real risk.
An outbreak, maybe worse.
But there are guards everywhere.
How will we even get inside?
-Boris. -The plumber?
He has access to the sewers.
They run directly beneath the school.
Forget about how we get in.
H-- how can we get enough serum this quickly?
Kosice.
In Kosice.
It's a two hour drive.
And they're not exactly waiting for us either.
You-- you won't be back till midnight.
Who says it's enough time
for the serum to take effect?
Dr. Baratis will need to declare an epidemic
and this will stop the transport.
And we need to have early enough to show these symptoms.
Can we really do this?
Bomba, can you get us in?
I'm not sure. Maybe one of you.
No. Has to be two.
Two of us.
This is...
this is our plan.
Okay? There's nothing else.
If anyone has any objection, please speak now.
Josef, you have to go to Kosice now.
Hurry up. Get enough serum for the girls.
You're going to administer it. I'll meet you there.
Bomba, go get Boris.
If there is a way into the sewer,
we need to know for certain.
I will get the outbreak declaration set up.
I will meet my people in Zborov.
We meet at the brewery at 12:30.
All right. Now go home to your families.
Pray.
Love your families.
And may God help us.
[all] Amen.
Hey, Bomba.
Captain.
You know...
I thought I'd come to see
what the Jews would be doing now...
that we got their daughters all locked up.
[laughs]
I mean...
they have to come up with something.
Don't you think?
I'm not sure what you want me to say.
I should shoot you right now for treason!
[Stefan laughs]
It's illegal to hurt Jews.
You know that, right?
I...
I-- I really don't know.
Please tell me.
Why do you wanna help them?
I'm not like you, Stefan.
You are not like them either.
[laughs]
People deserve better.
Jews are not people!
We are all God's people.
Then you can join them.
[Stefan mimics gunshots]
[Stefan laughs]
Next time...
I shoot you for real.
[mimics gunshot]
[indistinct] suka.
Suka.
[laughs]
[dramatic music playing]
[keys jangling]
[paper rustling]
They're all dead.
14 Brezdenova Street. Quick.
Here.
[engine revs]
You told me
if I ever needed help...
Well, I need help.
What will you tell them when they find out?
-They won't. -They will.
Real typhus spreads and kills and lasts for weeks.
The girls will be on [indistinct] in a few days.
No one will know. I promise.
They will have to kill me first.
Please, help us.
♪
Mr. Lowy, what can I do for you?
I really need your help now, Fredrik.
Whatever you need.
Your boys, they're Hlinka Guards, correct?
Yes. Yes, they are.
I need them to call this number.
5:30 a.m. sharp.
Report a typhus outbreak in the school.
On your word. I'll have them call.
But if I may, Mr. Lowy, you don't have daughters.
I promised you a hideout and a safe passage.
I could arrange it for you tonight even.
Things are changing. I don't know if--
Fredrik, thank you. Thank you [indistinct].
But I must stay.
Please make sure this happens.
Take care of yourself, Mr. Lowy.
You're a good man, Fredrik.
♪
[singing in other language]
[knocking on door]
[door clicks open]
I could get shot just for having you here.
We know and we'll-- we'll [indistinct].
-You want me to lie? -No.
We don't want you to lie. All right?
The girls will show symptoms.
All you need to do is confirm and send a quarantine.
That's it.
Why do you need me then?
Any doctor will do the same without knowing.
[indistinct], the symptoms won't be strong enough.
The train leaves at 6:30.
We can't take any chances.
Please, we know that you're a good man.
All right? Miroslav told us what you did.
And now he's dead.
The fate...
of 300 girls...
is in your pen.
Please, help us.
Sign the quarantine. All right?
Give it to Miroslav's family.
300 girls, innocent.
What have they done?
Understand this.
If I sign this and you don't get to them,
I'm as good as dead.
[door clicks closed]
[tense music playing]
[Stefan] All good.
[Helena] It's all right.
It's going to be all right. They're gonna come.
[girls panting]
[indistinct] You have five minutes.
Please make it fast. I will watch the door.
-All right, thank you. -Thank you, Adam.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
-[Lowy] Girls-- -Girls, how are you?
Girls...
you must listen to me.
You cannot get on the train tomorrow.
There's only one way out of this.
Typhus. You [indistinct].
Yes.
I'm gonna have to give you a serum.
It's gonna make you a little sick.
It's all right. It doesn't matter.
Okay, we must do it quick, so it works fast.
Is it dangerous?
Yes.
But not as dangerous as getting on that train tomorrow.
No time to waste then.
But we need more than four girls.
-How many girls do you need? -We need all of you.
All right. All of us.
Okay, we must move now. Let's go.
We do it right now.
-Let's go. File up. -Come on.
♪
[phone ringing]
Baratis.
Yes.
On my way.
[thrilling music playing]
[train chugging]
[glass shattering]
[dramatic music playing]
Go. Go.
-Welcome to the train. -[Baratis] Stop! Stop!
No, they're not going anywhere. Stop!
-Stop! -Who the hell are you?
To the train now!
It's-- Can't you see, Captain?
-These-- -General.
General, these girls are ill with typhus.
So shoot them and put the rest on the train.
Come on. Take the barriers down.
Load them up. I don't care typhus or not.
-Quiet. -Get me Reisteiter immediately.
Listen, I don't know who you are,
but I'm in command here.
I'm taking these Jews to the station.
Dr. Milos Baratis.
General Baratis to some. Now I am both.
Either way, I've just signed the papers
to quarantine the whole of Jewish Bardejov.
Cordoned off, guarded quarantine for three weeks.
You, General--
Kovac. Damn it.
You, General Kovac, another commander
of a typhus outbreak.
Listen, you bastard.
I don't care who you are. I give the orders.
Do you understand?
President Tiso's office.
Yes.
Yeah, tell President Tiso
the outbreak can be contained locally.
The others c-- can proceed.
Yes.
[speaking in Slovak language]
They ask we keep this quiet, General.
Will you take the sequence to the Jewish infirmity?
Send the other girls home right away,
seal of the ghetto unguarded.
Call me.
Good day, General. [speaking in Slovak language]
-[thudding] -[Stefan grunting]
Enough!
[Stefan panting]
If I find out
that you had anything to do with this, Stefan,
I will kill you myself.
[Stefan grunting]
[somber music playing]
I still can't believe it.
None of us can, my friend.
I never thought I'd be so happy to be imprisoned, Lowy.
Josef, this may be the safest Pesach
we could have imagined.
A-- absolutely.
We did it.
Thank you.
[girls laughing]
[girls coughing]
[indistinct chatter]
[uplifting music playing]
-Refuel? -[Lowy sobs]
-It worked. -I know.
[indistinct], it worked.
It worked.
[Lowy sobbing] It worked.
[indistinct]
♪
[gentle music playing]
[rain pattering]
♪