:05:02
. . .because he wanted
to teach them justice.
:05:05
Even though all they knew
was injustice.
:05:08
He told them
they would continue life as it was.
:05:11
He was not going to let the Germans
defeat all his lifework.
:05:16
It was almost like his life
was a continuous challenge. . .
:05:20
. . .to answer the most
hideous circumstances with dignity.
:05:25
Recognizing
the precarious situation...
:05:28
...Emanuel Ringelblum,
a prominent historian...
:05:31
...begins to document
what is happening.
:05:34
Memory is part of resistance.
:05:37
They figured, even if they were going
to die, memory can outlive death.
:05:42
And the Jews wanted to make sure
their role was preserved.
:05:46
The records are sealed
in milk containers and buried...
:05:50
... with the hope that someday
they'll be found.
:05:55
One reason these Ringelblum archives
are so important. . .
:06:00
. . .is they give us the Jewish
narrative about the Warsaw ghetto.
:06:06
The vast majority of documents that
exist are German propaganda documents.
:06:11
The films and still photographs.
:06:14
The thing that Marek taught me
was that those photos are propaganda.
:06:22
None of those photos depict
what real life in Warsaw was.
:06:26
The purpose of his propaganda
was to inflame latent anti-Semitism. . .
:06:31
. . .and make it functional so they
could get away with what they wanted.
:06:43
The power of film is so strong.
:06:47
And Goebbels was the first person
to recognize it.
:06:51
Or the first to recognize and use it.
:06:57
In essence, we're talking about. . .
:06:59
. . .Hitler being able to rally Germany
behind the extermination of the Jew.