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com. It's March 25, 1939 in Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia.

It's March 25, 1939 in Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia.

Inside a downtown apartment, 29-year-old Joseph Corbel peers out through his living room blinds.

His wife stands nervously behind him, clutching their one-year-old

daughter Madeline. Through the window Joseph spots a detachment of Nazi troops marching briskly

along the cobblestone street street ducks back out of sight.

Joseph is a diplomat in the Czechoslovakian government, but for the last 10 days

he's lived in fear. German forces have occupied Prague and begun to round up their political

enemies. As a representative of the government and a Jew, Joseph and his family are in grave danger.

He is desperate to escape.

Just a few hours ago, a contact of Joseph handed him fake diplomatic papers

and told he and his family to wait in this apartment.

But Nazi troops are combing the streets. Nowhere seems to be safe.

Joseph glances out the window again and watches as the soldiers disappear down the street.

He breathes a sigh of relief, but is jolted alert again by the phone

ringing in the kitchen. Joseph and his wife share a glance.

Cautiously Joseph goes to answer the ringing phone.

It's his contact, and the man tells Joseph to meet him at the train station and then hangs

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