The Reader (2008)

Alexandra Maria Lara: Young Ilana Mather

Quotes 

• Young Ilana Mather : [Testifying in court]  Each of the guards would choose a certain number of women. Hanna Schmitz chose differently.

  Judge : In what way differently?

  Young Ilana Mather : She had favourites. Girls, mostly young. We all remarked on it, she gave them food and places to sleep. In the evening, she asked them to join her. We all thought - well, you can imagine what we thought. Then we found out - she was making these women read aloud to her. They were reading to her. At first we thought this guard... this guard is more sensitive... she's more human... she's kinder. Often she chose the weak, the sick, she picked them out, she seemed to be protecting them almost. But then she dispatched them. Is that kinder?