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I Have a Message For You English Script Contact: Matan Rochlitz [email protected] 0039 3475833579 __ FADE IN Ext. House / TEXT: Tel Aviv, Israel Int. House Klara Szyper (VO) My mother told bủ that when I was a child I was very ill with Diptheria. There was a young man in my hospital room. And he told my mother: “Listen, I am going to tướng die...” But the years I have left, I will give those to tướng your daughter. Klara Szyper in vision. That’s why I’m 92. It’s the years the young man from the hospital gave bủ. Int. House Initially the Germans were not aggressive towards the Jews. They had their hands in velvet gloves. But when the gloves came off they were criminals. Animation sequence - 1 Photo of ‘humiliated’ jews. They were criminals. First they took the young, then the older ones. Then, they took parents. Their goal was to tướng annihilate us. Animated photo of sister Edith. My sister received a notice telling her to tướng report for work. I told her: “Edith, don’t go!” But she went anyway. And she never came back. And thinking about it still makes bủ cry. K in vision What else bởi you want to tướng know? Photo of Klara and Philippe I met my husband in our political circle. I was twenty years old. Exactly one year after we got married we were arrested. Photo of Kazerne Dossin barracks / TEXT: Belgium, 1943 ANIMATION SEQUENCE - 2 Klara, Philippe and Father loaded into cattle wagon. My father was arrested too. Int. Train We knew we were headed towards our death. So we decided we’d jump from the train. The train was going from Belgium to tướng Germany, from Germany to tướng Poland and then to tướng Auschwitz. God forbid we jump in Germany! Who would help us there? We had to tướng jump in Belgium. Window view, then Klara in vision. A few days before knowing we were headed to tướng Auschwitz my father fell ill. When he found out that we were going to tướng leave… It’s lượt thích he ‘summoned’ a disease... He fell completely ill. ANIMATION SEQUENCE - 3 Holding unconscious father. Philippe tries to tướng persuade K to tướng jump. I was by my father in the train carriage. He was unconscious. In such a terrible state. Philippe kept saying: We have to tướng jump while we are still in Belgium! I said I have to tướng stay with my father. I can’t leave him. Animated picture frame. He said “You know that when we get to tướng Poland your father will go one way and you will go another and I another still.” K in vision. So what I did then was close my eyes. I awoke all of a sudden and told Philippe. Ok, I’m jumping! If I think about it one more minute I won’t bởi it. Ext. Apartment There were people who didn’t want us to tướng jump. Int. K walks to tướng window and gazes out. The Germans had said “You are responsible for everyone” “If anyone is missing, you will be punished” Of course we were all punished. We were punished for being Jews. That was the great punishment. K in Vision There were Jews who collaborated with the Germans. They’d rat us out. A human being is a human being. Jewish, English, Swiss or Belgian....he wants to tướng...to tướng survive. He does not want to tướng die. You know how those cattle wagons are made? There is a little window, lượt thích this. ANIMATION SEQUENCE - 4 The Jump. I put my legs through and turned around. I slid between the two carriages. The train kept going and going. It was very difficult because the SS would shoot at us. I waited a moment. Then I put my hands to tướng protect my head. K in vision. Then I jumped from the train. And I left my father. And it was sánh painful. Photograph of father. I abandoned my father in such a terrible way. ANIMATION – 5 Falling figure. ELEVATOR. K STEPS OUT INTO STREET. WALKS TO HAIRDRESSER. I have to tướng tell you I’m tired. It’s a mental tiredness. I love life. I always look for new things. But it’s too late. It’s over. I have lived. INT. K IN VISION. Philippe told bủ he would jump after bủ. I remember the train leaving. I was crying “Philippe, where are you...” And from far away I saw Philippe coming towards bủ. SHOT DRIFTS TO REVEAL PHILIPPE. It was such a joy to tướng be alive. And here we are. In our own trang chủ. It was a terrible journey to tướng get here. IN VISION. DIALOGUE WITH FILMMAKER. - What’s wrong? - Just something in my eye.... - He is crying. - Yes. - Me too. - Me too. - Did you hear what happened to tướng bủ on Dizengoff street? - That’s why I’m here. - To hear that story? ANIMATION SEQUENCE - 6 TEXT: Tel Aviv, 1962 STREETS OF TEL AVIV. K AND P.. WALK DOWN THE ROAD. CAFE’ NOISES. One day we were visiting Israel We were walking down Dizengoff street And someone taps bủ on the shoulder. - Clairette? - Yes? K AND P.. MEET THE WOMAN. I’ve been looking for you for trăng tròn years. You’ve been looking for me? You don’t know bủ. I bởi know you. I was there when your father opened his eyes. She said “I have a message for you.” FADE OUT / FADE IN. Int. Train Your father started calling for you.... Klechen! Klechen! We told him “Klechen...has jumped.” So my father said In an extraordinary moment of lucidity “Listen…If you ever meet my daughter again Tell her I’m the happiest father. I’m glad she jumped. K Fade into vision. That’s how I found out my father died without ever getting to tướng Auschwitz. Thank God. He was dead by the time he got to tướng Auschwitz. And still he sent this extraordinary message. Telling this woman to tướng look for bủ. He had this...intuition to tướng tell bủ “You did well.” I live with that. A weight fell off my chest. It’s amazing how some moments in life are just sánh important. It was sánh important for bủ to tướng hear this woman pass on my father’s message to tướng bủ. It’s sánh exceptional. It’s a gift I have received. From God. Except I don’t believe in God. But that’s another story.... Are you a God person? (Laughs). TEXT: Between 1942 and 1944 25,834 people were deported from Kazerne Dossin camp in Mechelen, Belgium. 1,395 survived. After the jump, Klara and Philippe were hidden by Belgian citizens until the kết thúc of the war. The identity of the woman who spoke to tướng Klara on the streets remains unknown. She is believed to tướng have been Dutch. K and P.. on the couch / CREDITS TEXT: In Memory Of Philippe Szyper END

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