ʃiː hɐz sɚvˈaɪvd ðə hˈɑːləkˌɔːst baɪ dˈuːɪŋ "wˌʌt ʃiː hˈædtuː" tə stˈeɪ ɐlˈaɪv — ˈɜːli ɪnðə fˈɪlm ðɪs ɪz ɐsˈuːmd təbi pɹˌɑːstɪtˈuːʃən, bˌʌt lˈiːnə bˈeɪst lˈuːsli ɔnðə dʒˈuːɪʃ kəlˈæboːɹˌeɪɾɚ stˈɛlə ɡˈoʊldʃlæɡ ɪz lˈeɪɾɚ ɹᵻvˈiːld təbi sˈiːkɹᵻtli kəmplˈɪsɪt ɪnðə dᵻpoːɹtˈeɪʃən ʌv hɜː fˈɛloʊ dʒˈuːz.
She has survived the Holocaust by doing "what she had to" to stay alive — early in the film this is assumed to be prostitution, but Lena (based loosely on the Jewish collaborator Stella Goldschlag) is later revealed to be secretly complicit in the deportation of her fellow Jews.