After

Felix and Yuli hug one another. Yuli explains that she was knocked unconscious by a grenade and woke up in an entirely new camp to find Szulk in charge. Felix introduces the children and explains that the former Hitler Youth are now on the partisan side, fighting against the Nazis. Yuli relates that the Nazis are blowing up everything as they retreat from Poland to Germany. She tells Felix that there is a slim chance his parents are alive for the prisoners at the camp they were taken to have been marched to a different concentration camp within Germany. Felix demands that she take him to Germany, but she refuses. However, she thinks she can arrange for Russian soldiers to take him there.

Led by Yuli, the children return to the bombed-out town. The children watch as Yuli speaks to a Russian soldier about taking Felix to Germany. Fearing that the Russians might assume the boys are Nazis, Felix makes them start a soccer game so the Russians can see Jewish and German kids playing together. Yuli tells Felix that the Russians will take him to the camp where his parents may be. Realizing that he must leave the children, Felix shares an emotional goodbye with them, with

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