The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler Page #3

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Very good. Get out of here.

Wait!

Who is it?

Hide!

They're coming here. Shh.

l'm afraid.

l want to help children

inside, the, ghetto.

lt is very dangerous - too dangerous.

Yes, probably, but what would it take?

Well, l suppose an organized network

of people you trust, enough money

for each child's room and board.

And if you agree, more Polish families

willing to hide a Jewish child.

- l will try to find some.

- What about identity cards?

That shouldn't be hard, if l destroy

some of the parish death certificates,

issue new baptismal certificates.

That is all the proof Germans

need for an identity card.

The only thing is,

how to get them out?

There is someone you must talk to--

a young man who smuggles

potatoes from the Aryan side,

he works in Korczak's orphanage.

Ask him to introduce you

to Stefan Zgrzembski.

- Zgrzembski?

- Yes, that's him.

Guten morgen, Father.

Doctor Korczak, how many children

live inside the ghetto?

lncluding all the ones who live in

the streets? There must be at least

eighty thousand, half under

the age of ten. Be brave now.

Have you ever tried to get any out?

Out to where?

Not so many Poles want to hide

a Jewish child.

And how many Jews would let their

children live with Gentiles?

What about orphans, these ones?

Even if you found a way, most of mine

could not survive outside the wall.

- Why not?

- She only speaks Yiddish. Is that not right?

They all speak excellent Yiddish.

Polish, that's another matter.

And they are all beautiful

but most are not passable as Aryan.

Irena?

Oh, Stefan.

lt's been a long time.

Irena is here to see you.

You attended my classes together.

Yes, a long time ago.

Let me deal with these

horrible little savages!

l have found something here with

Doctor Korczak and the children.

l am glad.

But you still smuggle potatoes.

Irena Sendler,

always straight to the point.

Tell me how.

l know a few safe ways to get out,

the courthouse has two ways out,

one from the ghetto side

and one from the Aryan side.

That's in the ghetto, from the Aryan

side it's by Ogrodowa street.

l...

l know a man with the key.

- The other ways?

- l can show you.

The main sewer line goes all the way down

to the central junction under Gdanski station.

- And from there?

- Anywhere you want.

One line goes under Okopowa Street,

another under goes under Marszalkowska,

third line goes under

New Town and Miodowa Street.

The Germans keep the courts so busy

they have forgotten this entrance.

You remember our summer walks

along the Vistula River?

Every step.

Shall we?

Welcome to Warsaw.

Thank you, Stefan.

We will use this way first.

- Be careful.

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