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01x05 - Episode 5

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Tattooist of Auschwitz". Aired: 2 May 2024.*
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Six-part historical drama television series based on the novel of the same name by Heather Morris.

01x05 - Episode 5

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Come on. Hurry up.

Every vehicle must be searched!

Quick! Come on! Hurry up!

Come on. Move it.

Any news?

They haven't found them.
They made it out.

The guards
have come off the outer fence.

They haven't been able
to capture them.

- They made it out.
- Was it Mordowicz and Rosin?

Yes.

Maybe they will tell the world
what is happening here.

They’re using the pits again.

f*cking hell, it stinks.

What is wrong with you?

I had a bad night's sleep.

Me too.

Keep asking for a mattress,
but f*cking nothing.

Come on.

Straight ahead. Not long now.

- Keep going.
- Get back in line!

Stay together!

Keep moving.

Watch out!

f*ck! f*cking Jew!

Back up! Get away! Back away!

Move him!

Please take care of your tools.

In line. Everyone.

That's it. Move it.
Everyone get back in line.

That's it. Move it.

This is your great story?

Have you told her
that you worked for the Nazis?

That you were paid by the SS?

You were our number one
tattoo boy.

Did you tell her
that you could sleep

in your own bed...

Had good food while your friends
were starving?

Door's open. Coffee's ready.

- Hello.
- Coffee?

Oh, yeah, thanks.

Did you tell her
how much I helped

you see your girl?

How are you today, Lali?

Good.

Yes.

I was thinking
about how after Nadia

and the children
were m*rder*d...

I was so sad.

But Baretzki needs me happy.

I'm his toy.

To make him laugh.

I'll be back
in a couple of minutes.

Don't move from here.

I'm sorry I'm so sad, I...

I'm just so...



Lali.

Where is God?

God can't help us, Lali,
but we can help God.

We can show him that love
still exists. Even here.

Look at what we have.

Can you say the world
isn't beautiful right now?

Yes.

- You.
- There were planes.

They weren't German.

Mordowicz and Rosin escaped.

Right now,
they are telling the world.

But for now, hold on.

See the beauty of your life.

Even here, there is good,

and light. Just look at it.

Girl.

Come now.

There.

Thank you.

The more I drink this tea,

the more I believe
it tastes really good.

What's in this one?

Mint?

Chamomile?

Well, at least
that's what I'm telling myself.

There.

- Done.
- Oh, thank you.

That's fine work.

It's good.

Your mother would-- I'm sorry.

No, please say it.

It's okay.

I want to hear it.

Your mother taught you well.

She would be very proud.

Excuse me?

Could I borrow your needle
and thread?

Yes, but please sew here.
I can't lose it. It's precious.

How are you settling in?

Okay.

Do we get to see the men?

Sometimes we do.

- Where are you working?
- In the laundry.

I have to put this in here.

Esther, are you pregnant?

Does anyone know?

No one.

How far along are you?

Seven months, maybe eight.

Seven?

Let me see.

- So small.
- It's the same with my sisters.

Am I going to die?

Finish your sewing.

Nobody says a word about this
to anyone, understood?

Let me do it.

Watch out. Marta.

f*cking Marta. The cow knows.

I'll talk to her tonight.

With all due respect, Rebbetzin,

she'll need more
than a good talking to.

Yeah.

We will get some more food
for Esther today.

You're right.

Thank you.

Keep moving. Quickly.

Sit down.

Now tell Auntie Marta
about your latest project.

Busy bee?

The pregnant one.

Thank you.

I'm going to send her
to the infirmary.

We could keep her here.

She could stay here
during the day.

She needs rest.

And if someone finds a prisoner

lolling about in bed
during the day?

I'd be shot.

Then it was me who hid her.

Are you the tattooist?

Someone is looking for you.

Listen.

You can stay here
during the day.

but you must hide
and be very quiet.

Really?

Thank you.

Here... Baby thanks you too.

Presents.

Lali. Mordowicz.

He's here.

You get two more
if you watch the door.

- Whistle if someone comes.
- Yes, boss.

- You'll be all right.
- Thank you.

Thank you for this.

Come.

Show me.

I tried to bite it off
on the train.

No one here has seen this yet,

but I'm as good as dead
when they do.

You escaped, months ago.

Where were you captured?

We made it to Slovakia.

No one could believe
what we told them

was happening here.

They made us
tell our story over and over.

But when they did accept it,

they told us our testimony
would be sent to the allies.

Are they coming?

I don't know.

We told them.

You're back now.

I was arrested in Bratislava.

I gave a fake name.

I can't believe you're back
in this hell.

What you did was brave.

Thank you.

Here.

How is my Bratislava?

The Germans
have reached the city.

But you Slovaks

don't make it
comfortable for them.

I don't want
to hurt you with this.

Just make it good, huh?

I'll be looking at it
when I'm 80.

I gave him a rose.

- Was it good?
- It was very good.

Covered the old number,
so the SS never knew who he was.

What happened to him?

He lived to be an old man.

He was brave.

What he did saved many,
many lives.

Well...

that's another story

that the world needs
to hear about.

What you did was brave, Lali.

Bullshit.

- You were a yes man.
- Okay.

Have you read it yet?

Lali.

The thing that's sitting here
on the table between us.

I haven't read it.

I was tired.

I like the talking.

Maybe we don't want all of it
written down.

Maybe we don't need a book.

- Others deserve it more.
- What do you mean?

I don't know.

It's better.

Just here, you and me.

The tennis is on in 15 minutes.

It's the semis.
Should be a good match.

Okay.

I bought the chips you like.

Lali...

I come here two
or three times a week

because this matters to me.

Okay?
I'm trying to write your story.

I've never done this before.

But it's not just important
for me,

it's important for the world
to have this story.

The world?

Come, sit.

Okay, no, no...

I'll stay for the tennis,

but you have to read the draft.

Okay?
And tell me what you think.

I'm committed to you.

Are you committed to me?

Yes. Yes to you, Heather, yes.

Do you promise?

- I promise.
- Thank you.

Wake up. Wake up,
all of you. Wake up.

Esther is having the baby.

- No.
- Yes.

I need as many clean rags
as you can find.

And we need hot water. Quickly.

Esther. Good girl, good girl...

She has another month, at least.

No, this baby has other ideas.
She will be born tonight.

Yes, good girl, good girl.

I know you
want to yell the roof down,

but you must be quiet.

Gita, we'll need...
or a knife.

Yes, good girl.

You've never seen this before?

Quiet.

You must be quiet.

Yes.

Just breathe. Yes.

Good.

Quiet. Quiet.

Good, Esther.

Next one, you're going
to push into it, yeah?

You’ll get us all k*lled.

Yes.

You're going to meet your baby.

Yeah.

You push into it.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yes!

You have a daughter.

Oh, my. Oh, my...

Gorgeous. Knife?

- Yes.
- Come on, come on, come on...

Yes.

Yes.

She's a fighter.

Hey.

Yeah, hey.

Oh, thank God.

Open your eyes.

Get back to your bunks.

And clean up this mess.

Here, here... That’s Gita.

Hey!

That lady there
with the grandchildren?

That's the baby.

Naomi Miriam.

Esther named her
after Mrs. Hoffmanova.

But everyone calls her Mimi.

You see how incredible
these stories are.

These-- These lives
are extraordinary.

In the camp,
there were also good things.

People with good hearts.

It's what Gita always believed,
you know.

Esther, we will hide the baby.

Attention!
Listen carefully, please.

I'll call out the numbers.
You line up outside.

Listen carefully.





A-72T6,

A-25T60,

A-12T8,

- A-21T6.
- That's me.

That’s my number

A-25T60, that’s my number.

I’ll go and talk to her.

I am Mrs. Naomi Miriam
Hoffmanova.

Number?

A-25T60.

It's okay.

Esther remarried
a very good man, an engineer.

They live in Rotterdam.

She had more children.

Gita stayed in touch with them.

We have to get rid of this.

- Help me put them in here.
- We're burning them?

We've been ordered
to burn all papers.

Stand close to me.

Hold your hands up.

Listen, there are plans
being made to evacuate the camp.

You'll be moved to another one.
You're going to walk there.

You may go
near my village. Poreba.

There is a rubber factory
just outside.

- Stay together!
- What about the Block Elders?

I don't know.
You have some protection here,

don't you?
You should speak to him.

They won't let us go.

They will k*ll us all.

What about you?

They will send
political prisoners home.

But they will get rid of as many
as they can in the meantime.

You understand?

Be careful.

Find my village.

Bring the other boxes out.

Do you know
what's going to happen to us?

No.

You haven't heard anything?

No.

Rumours.

For f*ck’s sake, we get told
something new every day.

What? What do they say?

I'm a Junior Officer.

They send me somewhere
and I fight.

I thought we would win this w*r.

That's what I was told.

They’ll have a plan.

They'll never give up.

They'll have a plan.

Yeah.

You know the way.
Get back to your barracks now.

Get to your barracks.
You know the way. Hurry up.

Please go back
to your barracks now.

What's happening?

The women are being marched out.

- Lali.
- Do you know where you're going?

Through Poland,
to another camp... I don’t know

Get to Bratislava.

Get to Schön...
it’s the department store

in the city.

Find my manager, Mr Pavlic.
He’ll help you.

I will find you.

Schön. Bratislava.

Get back. Now.

Do you believe in God?

Like any God, your God, my God,

f*cking Japanese God.

Not anymore.

You know these?

There were many Catholics
in my town.

I don't know
what's gonna happen to me.

It’s been so sh*t here.

But you were like
a brother to me.

You’re a lucky sh*t.

- Here you are.
- Thank you.

Thank you.

There was an ambulance
in the street last night.

I don't know what happened.

One day soon,
it will come for me.

The last ride.

Have you looked
at the chapters I left for you?

Yes.

Is it your story?
Am I writing your story?

Yes, you're writing my story.
You're a very good writer.

You have been listening
very carefully.

Thank you.

Now, onwards.

Gita has gone.

You're at the camp
with the other men?

We were marched out.

If you could walk, you walked.

Did the guards all go with you?
Baretzki?

Baretzki?

I don't know where he went.

Forward. Eyes down.

Keep your eyes down!

Someone said Austria.

I hear it's Mauthausen.
Who knows?

You can say goodbye
to this place.

I had some of my diamonds
from the camp.

I hid them under my tongue.

I was sent to another camp,
Mauthausen, for a few weeks.

Then another camp.

Everything was chaos.

I never saw Leon after that.

So one day,
we were working in the woods.

I saw a chance and took it.

They never followed me.

For the first time
in three years...

I was free.

Keep going.

No, keep going. Go! Keep moving.

I said go. Go, go, go.

- Where?
- Help me with this one.

Please. Please, I'm...

I'm Jewish.

I’ve been held prisoner
in a n*zi camp

for the last three years.

Please.

I just need some food
and water, that's all.

Please.

Okay.

Come.

Here.

Drink.

What are you doing here?

I was being transported
to another camp.

And I escaped.

I need to get to Bratislava.

Call the Commander.

What is this?

He's a Jew.
Escaped from Germans.

Slovak. He speaks well.

We have a job for you.

Get him cleaned up.

Sorry.

Sorry, sorry.

Ivana.

Here.

Drink.

No. No more cold.

There's no food.

I can smell Marta’s cheese.

Where's the light now, Gita?

Bella said we should come
to her village within the week.

We must be close.

We need to sleep.

Keep her warm.

Wake up! Stand up!

We'll march on today.

Wake up.

Here.

Leave the dead. Leave them here.

- Move out quickly.
- Wake up.

Come on. Wake up, come on.

Hey, hey.

She's not asleep.
She's not asleep.

Let's move it.

Just move along.

Go!

This is it.

We're close to Bella's village.

- We have to run.
- No.

Now!

Stop. Stop!