Escape From Sobibor Page #4

Synopsis: During WWII, the death camp at Treblinka had an escape, causing the Commandant at a similar camp in Sobibor to vow that his camp would never experience the same thing. But those who were its captives, the Jewish laborers that had been spared from the ovens, knew that they were on borrowed time and that their only hope was to escape... the only question was how to do it. However, because the Germans would kill an equal number of others whenever a group attempted to escape, the captives knew that if ever an escape was tried, all 600 prisoners in the camp would have to be included... logistically precluding any ideas about tunnels or sneak breakouts. Indeed, to have such a mass escape could only mean that the Ukrainian guards and Germain officers would have to be killed, which many of the Jews felt simply reduced themselves to no better than their captors... thus making it a struggle of conscience. And therein lies the story, with the film being based on a factual account of what then hap
Genre: Drama, History, War
Director(s): Jack Gold
Production: Live Home Video
  Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
NOT RATED
Year:
1987
143 min
1,371 Views


- They were with all the other women

and children going to the showers.

- Are you sure?

- Yes.

What is it?

- Itzhak. - What?

- Listen to me. - What?

This is a death camp.

Every day a train comes.

All the people, everyone who

goes to the showers is dead.

Men, women, children. Everyone.

Oh, God...

Oh, God... Oh, God... Oh, God...

Itzhak.

Itzhak.

The fire, the fire is their funeral.

They were my life.

- Beautiful. That is excellent

work. Excellent, isn't it?

- Very handsome, Herr Commandant.

- I expect you to design an SS-ring. I

want my SS-men to have a nice gold ring.

Start right away.

- Yes, sir.

Bend over

- You are two lucky Jews.

- Why? Why?

Have you seen the new girl

in charge of the rabbits?

- I've seen her. I wouldn't mind

having a little of that right now.

- A Jew? That's disgusting!

- If you saw her...

- Remember Poul and Groth.

Two good men. Kicked out of the SS

and sent to the Russian

front for raping Jewish girls.

- That didn't make sense to me.

- Me neither. We are ordered to kill them.

- But we are not allowed

to use their bodies first.

- As it should be. We're

SS. We're the elite.

- We do not soil ourselves in Jewish filth.

- The British bombed Hamburg again.

And again I'm lucky.

My wife and kids are alright, thank God.

Just be glad you are in a safe place.

Look at us. Proud defenders of the Reich.

Don't talk like that. My father

was killed in the first war.

Doing his duty for the fatherland.

And we are doing our

duty for the Fhrer here.

That's as honourable as

being on a battlefield.

- He is right.

- Battlefield. You're crazy.

What do you do? Sit in your

little booth and turn on the gas?

Valve on... Wait 20 minutes... valve off...

Big job.

That takes great courage, Bauer.

How many Jews did you gas today?

- Don't talk about that in front of them.

They don't hear anything. Do you?

- I'm sorry, sir. I didn't hear you.

- See, they are deaf.

- How old are you?

-15, sir.

I mean if a Jew can, why can't he?

- What's your name?

- Toivi, sir.

- Toivi. Get me another beer.

- Yes, sir.

Get this butcher out of here.

I've seen Treblinka.

I don't know how they managed it.

- Sloppy security, that's all.

- Right, Herr Commandant.

- If Jews at Treblinka can

riot and set buildings on fire

then they can do it here. - Could they?

- Not at Sobibor, Untersturmfhrer.

But still I want extra

caution to be taken.

I am advised by Berlin

that they are increasing the

number of transports we

are to receive to 3 a day.

A tribute to our efficiency.

We'll be up to our eyes in Jews.

Tell your men what

happened at Treblinka.

I expect you to see to it, that

nothing like that happens here.

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