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The Jews arrive in Krakow. The film's opening, part of the exposition and one of its few color scenes, shows a close-up of a hand lighting two votive candles in a pre-war Polish Jewish family's home on a Friday night Sabbath. After the singing of a prayer, the family vanishes from view and the two Sabbath candles burn down. In a close-up shot, the candle's soft glowing flames burn out -- a symbol of the burning out of the Jewish people -- sending a wisp of smoke into the air. The smoke dissolves (and the film becomes black and white) into exhaust billowing from a trainload of Jews pulling into a station in Poland, beginning the Jewish persecution. On the train station platform is a single folding table with items for checking in the Jewish families - ink, stapler, stamp, and a list of names on a clipboard. At this point the first spoken word is said -- "Name." This scene becomes a visual motif which is repeated several times--each time with more tables and more lists.

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