:31:06
Fine thing, what you want to do for Karen.
:31:10
She told you?
:31:12
She is worried about her father.
:31:16
I didn't know that her father was alive.
:31:18
When Karen was six,
he smuggled her out of Germany to Denmark.
:31:22
After the war she went
back to find her parents.
:31:26
The Jewish Agency had records of the dead.
:31:28
She found her mother on the Dachau list...
:31:30
...together with her two younger brothers.
:31:33
About the father there was nothing,
so naturally she hopes he is still alive.
:31:36
Maybe in Palestine.
:31:38
As a matter of fact, there
is such a possibility.
:31:40
He was a very important scientist.
The Nazis could have spared his life...
:31:44
...in order to use his brain.
But of course, who knows?
:31:49
It's curious
that she didn't mention her father to me.
:31:52
You must understand something
about these children.
:31:55
Their past is scarred.
They're ashamed of it.
:31:58
To have a parent who has been persecuted,
or killed in a concentration camp...
:32:03
...is a reproach to them.
They feel guilty for having survived.
:32:07
So they pretend the bad
things never happened.
:32:11
To take such a child is
a great responsibility...
:32:14
-...even a sacrifice.
-It's no sacrifice.
:32:18
I'm alone. The insurance I got after
my husband's death is more than enough.
:32:22
I didn't mean financial sacrifice,
although it's a good thing to have money.
:32:26
No, what I meant was,
:32:28
you will have to make
a sacrifice of yourself.
:32:31
These children who have lost everything...
:32:33
...spend their lives
searching for new parents.
:32:36
Their need reaches out to your heart
as naturally as a flower turns to the sun.
:32:40
And they trap you.
:32:42
Because they've been so long without love,
they demand all the love you have.
:32:47
Karen will drain you of
love. She'll exhaust you.
:32:52
That's exactly what I need.
:32:59
I'd like to go with you, Kitty.