Independent Lens · SEASON 10
Steal a Pencil for Me
Episode 24 · 2009-05-26

- Documentary
Episode overview
In June 1943, Ina Soep, the rich and beautiful daughter of an Amsterdam diamond cutter, met a married couple—a poor accountant named Jack Polak and his vivacious wife, Manja—at a birthday party for a friend. Six months later, the three of them were sharing a barrack at Kamp Westerbork, a Nazi holding camp in the north of Holland. So begins one of the most complex stories of love, hope and transcendent luck to emerge from the Holocaust.
60 minutes
Season 10 episodes
1. Chicago 102008-10-22
2. Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey2008-10-28
3. Knee Deep2008-11-06
4. Lioness2008-11-13
5. March Point2008-11-18
6. The Atom Smashers2008-11-25
7. Wonders Are Many: The Making of "Doctor Atomic"2008-12-16
8. Wonders Are Many: The Making of 'Doctor Atomic'2008-12-16
9. Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway2008-12-23
10. Helvetica2009-01-06
11. Adjust You Color: The Truth of Petey Greene2009-02-03
12. Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene2009-02-03
13. The Order of Myths/Bi-Racial Hair2009-02-24
14. The Order of Myths2009-02-24
15. Lakshmi and Me2009-03-24
16. Recycle2009-03-31
17. Milking the Rhino2009-04-07
18. Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai2009-04-14
19. Steal a Pencil for Me2009-04-21
20. At Home in Utopia2009-04-28
21. Wings of Defeat2009-05-05
22. Crips and Bloods: Made in America2009-05-12
23. Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors2009-05-19
24. Steal a Pencil for Me2009-05-26
25. Ask Not2009-06-16