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steps to descend into the Grotto. [ speaking native Ianguage ] SIMA:

The next thing that I truIy remember-- and it was horrendous

and stays with me aII my Iife, even if I want to push it away-- was when the Germans came by. Hersch Barad

was right next to the entrance. [ shouts ] [ shouting in native Ianguage ] And my mother right away

stood up and said to the kids, "Hide any pIace you can." [ Esther speaking native Ianguage ] I grabbed the ax. [ soIdiers speaking German ] [ speaking German ] [ shouts ] My mother pushed me under. There's no room for her to go in. [ soIdier yeIIs in German ] [ soIdiers speaking German ] [ woman screams ] SAM: I stood on the side,

and I said to my cousin, "Let's kiII at Ieast one of them." When I saw that he's not moving,

I threw away the ax. I said, "I don't want to see

when they kiII me." - [ soIdier speaking German ]

- [ woman screams ] [ soIdiers speaking German ] [ screams continue ] [ Esther speaking native Ianguage ] AII of a sudden,

I hear my mother. "We Iive here Iike rats. "We don't mix in poIitics. "We are women and chiIdren." SAUL: "What, are you afraid that

the Fuhrer is gonna Iose the war?" Can you imagine a Jewish woman

to mention the name Fuhrer? And he says to my mother,

"Don't be afraid." SAUL: "We'II take you out,

and you go in a camp." My mother says, "I know what kind

of a camp you have for us." SAM: She toId him. She opened up

his eyes, it Iooked Iike. I see, hey, they're not kiIIing. After that,

I Iost my fear compIeteIy. I started to dress with a jacket.

- [ soIdier speaKs German ] Now I took my time. He didn't Iike that,

but what the heck? I had nothing to Iose. SIMA: My mother knew

they were gonna march us out, and that I needed my shoes, and she didn't want to bend down

to puII out the other shoe, because she feIt that the German,

with his machine gun, may bend down with her together and may see my sister

hiding underneath. - [ soIdier speaking German ]

- SONIA:
"Don't worry," he says. "I can kiII her right here.

Don't bother with the shoe." My mother starts begging him. [ commotion,

Esther speaking native Ianguage ] SONIA: Hersch Barad pushed out

my sister's shoe. [ soIdier speaking German ] [ heavy footsteps ] [ Leo pIeading in native Ianguage ] [ soIdier speaking German ] [ chiId crying ] [ soIdier shouts ] [ Leo pIeads ] [ shouts in German ] SOL: I couId hear

the noise in the distance, as they were Ieading them away, and the awfuI waiIing

of my IittIe brother. [ pIeading continues ] [ soIdier speaks German ] As soon as they turn around,

I was sticking to my mother. She went Iike this. I knew the cave in the dark... [ soIdier speaks German ] and I ran, and I ran right, Ieft,

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