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FATHER: Five thousand and three. MOTHER: Is that all? FATHER: Yes, five thousand and three zlotys, that's all we've got left. REGINA: It's three thousand and three zlotys too much, MOTHER: What are we supposed to do with the rest? HALINA: Deposit it in a bank. Blocked account. HENRYK: Banks? Who'd be stupid enough to deposit money in a German bank? HALINA: We could hide the money. Look here. Can hide the money in flowerpot. FATHER: No, no, no. I'll tell you what we'll do. We'll use tried and tested methods. You know what we did in the last war? We made a hole in the table leg and we hid the money in there. HENRYK: And suppose they take the table away? MOTHER: What d'you mean, take the table away? HENRYK: The Germans go into Jewish homes and they just take what they want, furniture, valuables, anything. MOTHER: Do they? FATHER: Idiot! What would they want with a table? MOTHER: What on earth are you doing?

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MOTHER: Good, they're here. Yitzchak Heller's been waiting for you, Henryk. HENRYK: What's this about? MOTHER: Sit down, have tea, I'll start lunch when the girls get back. HENRYK: So, what are you doing here? FATHER: He brought cakes. His father's back in the jewellery business and doing well, isn't that so, Yitzchak? Amazing. Jewellery. HELLER: We're recruiting. HENRYK: Who's recruiting? HELLER: Don't be clever with me, Henryk. I've come here as a friend. They're bringing Jews in from all over the country. Soon there'll be half a million people in the ghetto. We need more Jewish police... HENRYK: Oh? More Jewish police? You mean you want me to wear a cap like yours, beat up Jews with my truncheon and catch the Gestapo spirit. I see! HELLER: Someone's got to do it, Henryk. HENRYK: But why me? I thought you only recruited boys with rich fathers. Look at my father, look at us, I mean... HELLER: Yes, I'm looking at you and that's why I'm here. Your whole family can have a better life. Yo

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MOTHER: Please, tonight, for once, I don't want anything bad talked about. Let's enjoy our meal. HENRYK: Fine, then I'll tell you something funny. You know who I mean by Dr. Raszeja? REGINA: The surgeon? HENRYK: The surgeon. Well, for some reason, don't ask me why, the Germans allowed him into the ghetto to perform an operation... HALINA: On a Jew? They allowed a Pole to come in to operate on a Jew? HENRYK: Who's complaining? He got a pass, that's all I know. Anyway, he puts the patient to sleep and starts the operation. He'd just made the first incision when the SS burst in, shoot the patient lying on the table, and then shoot Dr. Raszeja and everybody else who was there. Isn't that a laugh? The patient didn't feel a thing, he was anaesthetised. MOTHER: I said nothing bad, Henryk. HENRYK: What's the matter with you all? Have you lost your sense of humour? SZPILMAN: It's not funny. HENRYK: Well, you know what's funny? You're funny with that ridiculous tie. SZPILMAN: What are you talkin