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On Tuesday, January 20th, 1942
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at a house in the quiet Berlin suburb,
Wannsee, a meeting was held.
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THE WANNSEE CONFERENCE.
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At the invitation Reinhard Heydrich, head
of the security police and secret service,
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14 key representatives of
the Nazi party, of the SS,
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and the Government bureaucracy attended.
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The meeting lasted just 90 minutes.
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There was only one item on the agenda.
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Heil Hitler.
- Heil Hitler!
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Herr Gauleiter, I’m Obersturmbannführer
Eichmann. I'd like to welcome you.
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Why were we ordered here to Interpol?
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Are we to be arrested
for stealing silverware?
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Obergruppenführer Heydrich, Chief
of Interpol, is also in charge here.
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The conference rooms are suitable.
- For eavesdropping.
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We must watch what we say.
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I'm glad to be here.
I get lost at Headquarters.
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Looks like the shack of a Wannsee Jew.
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Aryanized some time ago.
- Very fitting for the occasion.
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Everyone has arrived,
except the Reichsprotector himself.
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His departure was delayed due to fog.
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Is Heydrich flying his own plane?
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He has already landed.
We expect him momentarily.
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Well, well, the Ministry of the East!
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Back in Berlin again.
How are our beautiful Baltic provinces?
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Could be better.
Problem with the gas trucks.
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Watch what you're saying.
- Nonsense! There are no blabbermouths here.
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Your race expert bit off
more than he could chew.
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He said he didn’t need
those trucks anymore.
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So now we get Jews from all over the Reich.
Aus Stuttgart, Köln, Munich, aus Berlin.
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Old hags and kids. Rabble unfit to work.
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Ghettoes are bursting
at the seams again.
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In Riga we had 15 thousand...
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Are we just going to write off the East?
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We put in n good word
for you with the Führer.
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That's the best we can do.
- There are more important operations.
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We're always getting dumped on!
- Pull yourself together.
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At ease.
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It's in your own interest to
send the Jews someplace else.
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You're getting very few as it is.
- 25,000 since October!
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Most are being held in Lodz.
The army needs the railroad cars.
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Lodz is already overloaded.
We must make more room.
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We have to ship them
out to finish the job.
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The trucks are used around the clock.
- Then build more!
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By spring we'll look much better.
More elegant.
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Are you the hunchback of Notre Dame?
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Just reporting on my prison inspection.
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Hellish mutations.
Whatever happened to racial purity?
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They should be looked
over and weeded out.
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Headquarters has always maintained
that convicts belong in the camps.
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The Reichsführer-SS is solely
responsible for anti-social elements.
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What's right is what
is good for the people.
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Nobody understands that,
not even the Ministry of Justice.
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Don't look at me, comrade.
I'm an old National Socialist, too.
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I'm far from a bleeding heart.
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The National Court of Justice
needs a new president.
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The Reichsführer wants a “no ifs,
ands or buts" person. Dr. Freisler?
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I'd rather keep a low profile.
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I was just explaining our policy
on Jews to this charming lady.
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It's interesting for me.
- What did you call it?
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Privileged mixed marriage.
- In privileged mixed marriages...
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Which don't fall under the
special Jewish measures.
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Childless mixed marriages are
privileged if the man is Aryan.
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If he’s a Jew, they’re not.
- I don't understand.
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We proceed on the basis
of the Nuremberg Laws
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which the male determines the
racial character of the offspring.
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And if there are children? - Only
privileged if they are not raised as Jews.
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Even if the father is Aryan?
- Yes. - I'm lost again.
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An Aryan father's belief in the Jewish
faith outweighs his Aryan blood.
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He’s considered a Jew
and treated as a Jew.
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Now you're applying religious
distinctions rather than racial ones.
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It isn’t quite that simple.
- No?
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Don’t feel bad. It took me
six years of toil and sweat
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to formulate our Jewish
laws and understand them.
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I still don’t understand them.
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Gruppenführer, a minor problem.
- Yes, Stadtsekretär, with the Gestapo?
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Actually with Eichmann,
your Jew specialist.
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He includes half-Jews and mixed-
marriage Jews in the Jewish measures.
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I'm getting complaints
about the interrogations.
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Your Jew specialist
interrogates in the presence
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of shady characters from the
SS whose roles aren’t clear
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unless it's —how should I put it —
to intimidate.
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They just sit there, waiting
for a signal. - Signal?
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To jump in. Can't that be stopped?
It doesn't improve the atmosphere.
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Let me put your mind at ease.
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Just agree to tighten up
certain Jewish measures today
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and the rest will be superfluous.
- Well, we’ll see.
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I see you finally got an SS tuxedo.
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As an honorary SS officer,
I mustn’t embarrass the Reichsführer.
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But as the Reichsführer says,
"It takes more than just trappings."
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Telephone call from Riga for you.
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Tell me. Must my reports on the
liquidations be circulated by the dozens?
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“Top Secret" should restrict them.
- You want to keep secrets here?
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I need another drink. It's damn cold
out. Our poor men outside Moscow.
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I can't return wrecked
cars to the railroad!
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What?
How can I negotiate for more trains
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if we return them in pieces?
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Take care of it!
I'm holding you personally responsible.
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I expect a report on what
you've done in one hour!
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The train leaves on schedule at
17:16 or you lose your stripes!
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Is that clear?
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There's a problem, sir.
- Riga?
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During the unloading of the 1500
Viennese Jews who arrived for relocation.
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Compartment windows were broken, sir.
- An escape attempt?
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No. They wanted the ice from
the inside of the windows.
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Or so it seems.
- Why?
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They were thirsty.
And that's not the worst.
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Corpses, frozen to their seats.
The escort squad simply yanked them up.
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And the boards along with them.
Substantial damage.
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Is an Obersturmbannführer in the SS
the same as a Major in the Army? - Yes.
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You're a Colonel?
- Not quite. Lieutenant Colonel.
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And you? A General?
- No Lieutenant General.
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The Reichsprotector is a General.
- And a Staatssekretär is a Deputy Minister?
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Not quite. - There's a lot of top
brass here today. - Glad to announce that.
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Attention! Heil Hitler!
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Please adjourn to the conference room.
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Müller, Eichmann, Lange, with me.
And the Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
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Sit! Stay, Hasso! I'll be right back.
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Forgive me, but my time is
divided between Prague and Berlin.
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I understand.
I hear we've got the go-ahead.
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I have some privileged information
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you might want for your
report to the Foreign Minister.
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I was present at a meeting. between
the Führer and the Reichsführer-SS.
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The Führer feels the Jews have
lost their value as hostages.
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America's entry into the
war changes everything.
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The Jews have now surrounded the Reich.
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The Führer is especially
disappointed in England.
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He hoped they would acknowledge
our legitimate requests -
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Living space in the East,
appropriate status in Europe
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solution of the Jewish
question through emigration.
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We could have reached an agreement.
We are of the same race.
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The Jews have taken over
Downing Street as well.
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The Führer has lost all patience.
Why spare our Jews
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when we pre obliged to settle
accounts with world Jewry?
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This is the situation right now.
- I fully understand.
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The responsibility
lies in foreign hands.
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Why did no one take our Jews
when there was still time?
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Why boycott our emigration programs?
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A Jewish state in Palestine is no
more desirable to England than to us.
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We can't risk upsetting the Grand
Mufti the Führer’s Arab ally.
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But Madagascar should
have been acceptable.
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The Jews have only themselves to blame.
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I understand why the Führer
is making them pay.
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They've amassed a huge debt.
One day the world will thank us.
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But maybe it will wake up
and listen to reason
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when we deport the “Chosen
People" en masse to the East.
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Maybe it will strike terror in the
hearts of Roosevelt and Churchill.
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As the Führer says,
"It's good if terror leads our way —
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the terror that we will
exterminate the Jews."
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Now please excuse us.
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Everything okay with the Gestapo here?
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Yes, sir. What about...
- Taken care of. Keep it quiet.
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Its very nature camouflages it.
And why, gentlemen?
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Because no one can imagine it.
- I could say, Obergruppenführer...
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Naturally, something always leaks
out in matters of such magnitude.
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Being informed, within limits,
can't hurt our good citizens.
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Shared knowledge means
shared responsibility.
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Shared responsibility means shared liability.
- Very elegant.
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Do you have the documents?
- Yes, herr Gruppenführer.
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Good to see you.
What's new in Riga? Good flight?
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Apart from my dog puking
all over the plane, fine.
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Does the dog always come along?
- He wanted a vacation.
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You have the latest task force report?
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Brigadeführer Stahlecker and
the SS Commander in the East
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authorized me to report:
Estonia, Jew-free!
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Latvia and Lithuania,
Jew-free except for work Jews!
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Congratulations. Excellent.
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With all due respect, sir,
my comrades took the liberty
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of drawing up a chart
of the quotas filled.
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In Task Force Group A,
we've reached 220,000.
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I want take a look to the documents.
- The other groups combined total 500,000.
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We're getting there.
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You’re trembling. Too much booze?
- That’s part of it.
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There are ladies in Berlin
who can take care of you.
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Why only 40,000 in White Russia?
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The area is just too large.
Not enough trucks or gasoline.
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The ground is frozen so we
can’t dig more mass graves
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which means we can't shoot.
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And you'll be getting
shipments from the Reich.
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We didn't really plan
on starting up again.
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You'll be getting special trucks.
Asphyxiation through exhaust fumes.
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I've heard about this
from an SS Commander.
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He says it's messier than shooting.
Hard to believe.
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What's your opinion, Eichmann?
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Eichmann puked like Lange's dog.
- What was matter?
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Things went wrong.
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I was an eyewitness.
While unloading the trucks...
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...we saw that the exhaust fumes
weren't completely effective.
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Some were dead,
some half dead, some alive.
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It was, if I may say so,
not a very pleasant situation.
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Who said it would be pleasant?
- Slip-ups happen.
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There were women,
children and elderly among them.
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They’re Jews too aren't they?
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It's been resolved.
A minor technical problem.
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The carbon monoxide was burning off
before reaching the back of the truck.
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Eichmann, it seems you handled it quite
well. I want to tell you something.
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The Reichsführer-SS himself
fainted during an execution.
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Nothing dishonorable in that.
It proves we Germans are human.
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But it is dishonorable
not to carry out
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what the future of our people demand,
whether it is pleasant or not.
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It is dishonorable to be a weakling
which we in the SS are not.
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I recommend. we relieve Eichmann from
future inspections of gas operations.
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Theoretically, we’ve worked it all out.
- Where do we stand?
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Herr Gruppenführer, first – executions.
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Appropriate near the front,
but technically and psychologically
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bad for the final solution.
Second - special vehicles. The same.
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Third: stationary exhaust units.
Fourth – Zyklon-B.
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Initial results in Auschwitz - promising.
- A battle of beliefs has broken out.
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Wirth swears by engine exhaust,
Hoss by Zyklon-B.
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It's a pesticide gas. - I'll suggest to
the Reichsführer to continue on all four.
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Competition's good for business.
So, gentelmen.
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A word, herr Gruppenführer. - Yes? - There
have been some complaints. - Yes, and?
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Certain district commissioners...
- Who?
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Gauleiter Kube, for example.
They treat us like scum.
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Why so sensitive?
- It's no fun to be sneered at
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by bloated bureaucrats
in party uniform
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who keep favored Jews for their
manicures, haircuts and laundry.
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Just because our work disturbs
their peace of mind
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they sit high and dry and gripe
about our “barbarity" and "sadism."
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They say that it's unworthy of
the Germany of Kant and Goethe.
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That my men lust after executions!
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And that from a man who
roams the Minsk ghetto
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looking for Jewish beauties
for his private pleasure.
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I would like to ask if we,
who are only doing our duty,
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must put up with such mudslingers?
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Let them talk. That’s not the point.
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We have personnel from the
earlier administration:
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Bureaucrats, yes-men,
civil servants as well as
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old school conservatives,
romantic nationalists, etc.
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We harness these questionable
elements and party members
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and force them
share responsibility
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or stumble into it.
That goes for Kube, too.
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He differentiates between first-class
Jews, who should be spared
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and second-class Jews,
cultured Jews and subhumans.
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That’s not the Führer's idea.
- Totally impractical.
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If you take one, you take them all.
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And that’s their pitfall. Clear?
- Yes, herr Obergruppenführer.
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They have no choice.
If said A, then said B.
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And that’s our purpose today.
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Orderlies reliable?
- Hand-picked.
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Let’s go deal with these bureaucrats.
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Password?
- Suckers.- March!
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Excuse me, Gauleiter.
- Shall we move down?
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A problem, gentlemen?
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Unless you’re superstitious,
please sit at the head of the table.
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That way the Reich Chancellery
can keep an eye on us.
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We've neglected the young lady.
Please sit over there.
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It will make your job easier, and it
will add a nice touch to our circle.
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Can’t you shut him up?
- I will try, herr Obergruppenführer.
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It could end up in the minutes.
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Thank you gentelmen.
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Would you like the minutes verbatim?
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A detailed account will suffice.
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Herr Gauleiter, Staatssekretäre,
Reichsunsleiter #
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I want to thank you for
accepting my invitation
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on such short notice.
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The reason for this
meeting is explained
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in a letter from the Reichsmarshall,
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a copy of which was enclosed
with your invitation. - Yes, it is.
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I’ll quickly read you the letter.
Berlin, July 31, 1941.
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The Reichsmarshall,
Commissioner of the Four-Year Plan
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Chairman of the Council
for National Defense.
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To: Chief of the Security Police
SS-Gruppenführer Heydrich, Berlin.
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Obergruppenführer.
- Excuse me? - Obergruppenführer Heydrich.
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Not at the time.
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"In addition to your regular duties," etc.
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"I hereby instruct you to
take all necessary steps...
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I’ll work out the details.
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...toward a solution to the
Jewish question in Europe
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and to submit a complete outline
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for the implementation
of the final solution.
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Since other authorities
will be affected by this
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they should be included."
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In other words, gentlemen, you.
Signed, Goering.
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Peace at last.
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Please attach a copy to the minutes.
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Is there a special reason,
Herr Reichsprotector... - Deputy.
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why you waited half a year
to execute this letter
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dated last July?
- Three reasons.
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The preparations were
extremely complicated
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and interfered with my duties
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as Deputy Reichsprotector
of Bohemia and Moravia.
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An earlier meeting was cancelled
when America entered the war
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and new demands were
placed on my departments.
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The reason I'm, asking is,
your invitation says:
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"In view of the importance
of these questions
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and in the interest
of reaching solution
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I propose,
in order to coordinate our efforts
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that these problems be discussed,
especially in view of the fact"
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and this is my point -
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that since October 15th
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there has been a constant flow of
Jews from the Reich territories
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including Bohemia and
Moravia evacuated to the East."
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Yes?
- These transports
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particularly from Berlin have caused
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the Reich Chancellery
increasing embarrassment.
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There have been rumors about the special
treatment of evacuees in the East.
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These rumors have lead to 208 suicides
among Jews designated for deportation.
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On the other hand
the offices involved
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were not able
to provide any information.
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Nor could we expect an explanation from
the Führer under the circumstances.
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We are living in turbulent times.
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Our meeting here today is a sign of our
"good will."
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What did you do with him?
- I gave him his rations.
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Plenty of everything here.
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Concerning the Berlin Jews...
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Why don’t they believe they're being
sent to labor camps in the East?
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Do they know what actually awaits them?
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That’s why they’re
jumping out of windows.
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But what do their neighbors and
friends say? Imagine the gossip!
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Another reason to rapidly
eliminate this problem.
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That would be advisable. Jewish suicides
have given the Foreign Office headaches.
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The foreign press picked it up.
And there were other problems,
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such as transporting Jews...
holding foreign passports.
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Slip-ups happen.
- Tell that to an ambassador
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And we should stop including
Jews from mixed marriages
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in these operations. It's a mistake.
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And the Ministry finds it regrettable.
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These are teething problems, which
should not continue. - Steps have been taken.
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Since we're on the subject...
- The more the merrier.
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The Reichsmarshall,
as head of the Four Year Plan
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is against deporting
armament workers.
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He says you’re not playing by the rules.
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It seems to me that he complains today
yet welcomes it tomorrow.
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It’s not easy, especially when
there’s a conflict of authority.
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It is crucial that we clear up
the question of leadership now.
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It's always difficult
in dear old Berlin
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to agree on who is
responsible for what.
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I don't understand why
everybody wants responsibility.
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It only means more work.
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But that is a basic German flaw.
- Virtue.
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As you please.
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All joking aside I declare categorically
- leadership will lie exclusively
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with Reichsführer-SS Heinrich
Himmler. And under him my humble self.
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Do you have that in writing?
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From the hand of the Führer.
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Obviously, such far-reaching measures
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could not be taken
without prior authorization.
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The Führer's word weighs
more than any paper.
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If after this meeting
you can name anyone
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who is in a position to carry
out the planned solution...
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in an orderly and decent manner
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I'll be the first to say,
“Be my guest."
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We have two and a half million
Jews in the General Province.
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A major and complex problem
in what was formerly Poland.
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Am I to report to the Governor General..
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that you will be
encroaching on his authority?
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We’re taking over your problem.
We're getting it off your back.
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It will quickly disappear
and you’ll thank us.
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Then your authority will extend
to all departments in the East.
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Correct!
But mutual cooperation is essential.
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Are you listening?
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Right.
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The Governor General does not
oppose uncompromising action
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either in the question
of the Poles or the Jews
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as I am sure the SS and the
Secret Service will confirm.
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The problem is just...
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Only recently the
Ministry of the East
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gave him the advice to
"liquidate them yourself."
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We in the East cannot take
the Jews off his hands.
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We have too many,
in spite of the work of the task forces.
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It isn't as if the Governor
General had reservations
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about a final solution the question.
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In our briefing before I came here,
he stressed his willingness
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to make the General
Province Jew-free
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in accordance with the measures
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decided on by the Reich.
It's a matter of controlling
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the “large number of parasites
in Poland, " as he put it.
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It is a question of procedure.
- Precisely!
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We have answered question of procedure.
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We have the means, the methods
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the organization,
the experience and the people
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and the determination
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We are today at a historical
moment in our battle against Jewry!
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Four times the Führer has
broadcast his determination
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to collect the Jewish debt
owed to the German people
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by eradicating Jewry in Europe.
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The Führer sees himself as
the Robert Koch of politics
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eradicating the bacteria
to save the organism.
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Question is: "It's either them or us."
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What has happened so far?
Let me recapitulate:
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A) Through comprehensive
Jewish statutes
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Jews have been methodically
expelled without mercy
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from all walks of German life.
B) We have pushed them out
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of the living space
of the German people
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mainly interning them
in concentration camps.
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On the other hand with special
thanks to the abilities of Eichmann
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we have, while fighting the war
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motivated 537,000 Jews to leave.
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C) In the East, since the beginning
of the war, we have brought about
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the physical annihilation of 100,000
Polish, Baltic and Russian Jews.
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You of the Party
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the Reich Chancellery
the Foreign Office
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the Ministry for the East
and the General Province
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were kept informed by the
reports of our task forces
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which were supplied
to you by the Gestapo.
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I’d like to welcome the Commander
of the Security Police in Latvia
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SS-Sturmbannführer Dr. Lange. Coming
from the northern area of operations...
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he has been instrumental in
the activities carried out so far.
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On behalf of all of us I want to express our
appreciation and esteem to Comrade Lange.
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Experience was gained in
these and other operations
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that will be enormous significance
in the forthcoming final solution.
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The Reichsführer-SS has forbidden
any further emigration of Jews.
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Those Jews remaining in the Reich
as well as all European Jews
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in our present and future
sphere of influence...
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will lie evacuated to the East
and subjected to the final solution.
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Such as the Russian Jews?
- One might say that.
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Does that mean we’re getting Jews
from other European countries?
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You'll have to concentrate on Jews
from the East as the front advances.
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Does that apply to all task forces?
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Yes. You can pass some Jews on
to the final solution sites.
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Do I understand correctly?
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So the Eastern Provinces won't be
the site of the final solution?
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Well, not everybody can
reap the laurels, gentlemen.
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So we’re the final solution site?
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Some of it will take place
in the Eastern Provinces.
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Where?
- In the boondocks.
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Primarily around Lublin.
- Under the direction of Schöngarth?
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- You didn't tell me.
- I didn't know.
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That would impinge on the Governor
General’s responsibility
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as granted by the Führer.
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00:32:37,233 --> 00:32:39,712
You are, by no means, in charge.
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An SS Commander and a Police
chief will be in charge.
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And they will report directly
to the Reichsführer-SS.
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Obergruppenführer Globocnik was seen
in Lublin. - You saw correctly.
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00:32:52,278 --> 00:32:56,599
Large-scale construction is going on,
but we are denied access.
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Could be. - In view of
the magnitude of the operations...
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You won't be, affected. We plan to
proceed quickly, efficiently and quietly.
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The highest offices expect
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absolute cooperation
in this vital matter.
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A brief demographic and
geographic survey
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to show what we're dealing
with regarding the Jews in Europe.
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We have a map with the Reich
territory before the war in red.
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Here, the present front in the East.
In white, conquered territories
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under our civil administration.
In pink annexed territories.
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In red vertical lines,
European areas occupied by our armies.
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Finally, in red horizontal lines
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our allies and countries
in our sphere of influence.
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What we see scattered over the
entire map like fly specks
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illustrates the density
of the Jewish population.
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That is what we are faced with today.
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The further we advanced in this
area between Riga and Odessa
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the denser the concentration
of the Jewish enemy.
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00:34:14,953 --> 00:34:20,022
These little lords and masters
have really taken over.
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00:34:20,086 --> 00:34:25,009
In my hometown of Odessa alone,
there are 70,000 Jewish inhabitants.
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00:34:25,073 --> 00:34:27,986
I'm sorry, what?
- There used to be.
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Of course.
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To be brief, our task forces
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following hard on the
heels of our troops
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have practically eliminated this
concentration of Jews in one swoop.
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With some prodding,
we used the anti-Semitism
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of the local population.
- Strike that, please.
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Success seems almost inconceivable.
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How big is a task force?
How does it work?
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Comrade Lange. Be brief, please.
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Four task forces of 1,000 men each.
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Composition - Waffen SS, SS Reserves,
Gestapo, Kripo, Secret Service, SD.
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Two dozen female employees.
The groups operate in squads.
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Success depends on
a combination of organization,
459
00:35:18,472 --> 00:35:22,275
deception and an
uncompromising will to destroy.
460
00:35:22,775 --> 00:35:25,529
An enormous emotional strain.
461
00:35:25,593 --> 00:35:29,279
It’s not a piece of cake,
but orders are orders.
462
00:35:30,865 --> 00:35:34,769
We are now shifting from
the casual to the precise.
463
00:35:34,833 --> 00:35:39,342
Sot we depend on harmonious cooperation.
464
00:35:39,406 --> 00:35:44,260
Harmonious?
- We're counting on you.
465
00:35:44,324 --> 00:35:46,936
In regards to the final
solution as a whole
466
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:50,218
we are counting on you as well,
Mr. Secretary.
467
00:35:50,282 --> 00:35:53,424
What needs to be solved
will be solved here
468
00:35:53,488 --> 00:35:56,915
in the asshole of
the world as my men say.
469
00:35:57,289 --> 00:36:01,285
Under the cloak of war,
obscured by the smoke of gunpowder
470
00:36:01,349 --> 00:36:04,375
a lot of unusual things are possible.
471
00:36:04,486 --> 00:36:09,236
The Reichsführer-SS wants the
resolution of the Jewish question
472
00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:12,719
to take place in one clean sweep.
473
00:36:12,989 --> 00:36:17,960
And the number of Jews affected amounts,
all in all, to 11 million!
474
00:36:22,043 --> 00:36:24,791
So, 11 million.
475
00:36:27,691 --> 00:36:32,485
I beg your pardon. - I hope you were
less clumsy with these figures.
476
00:36:34,434 --> 00:36:36,971
Eleven million.
The breakdown is as follows:
477
00:36:37,035 --> 00:36:41,970
In the Reich proper, 130,000 remaining.
Austria: 43,000.
478
00:36:42,034 --> 00:36:47,043
Protectorate: 75,000. Total USSR:
the biggest chunk, 5 million.
479
00:36:47,107 --> 00:36:50,964
In the General Province: 2.5 million.
480
00:36:51,028 --> 00:36:53,634
Large numbers in the Balkans.
Let's see, about...
481
00:36:55,368 --> 00:36:58,105
...about 1.6 million.
482
00:36:58,989 --> 00:37:02,637
In the West, occupied France,
for example, 165,000.
483
00:37:02,701 --> 00:37:06,084
Unoccupied France,
a nice little chunk: 740,000.
484
00:37:06,216 --> 00:37:08,746
In view of the imminent total
reorganization of Europe
485
00:37:08,810 --> 00:37:13,661
we also have figures for
unoccupied countries such as
486
00:37:13,725 --> 00:37:16,272
England: 330,000.
487
00:37:16,659 --> 00:37:20,432
And neutral countries,
such as Switzerland with 18,000
488
00:37:20,919 --> 00:37:24,418
members of the “Chosen People."
489
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:29,675
What contamination!
- That’s terrible.
490
00:37:29,824 --> 00:37:32,124
Not for long.
491
00:37:33,324 --> 00:37:37,238
A question. Where are the figures?
492
00:37:37,302 --> 00:37:43,274
Here are the charts.
- Thank you.
493
00:37:44,737 --> 00:37:49,334
Whose figures are those? - From
the Jewish Commission of the State Police.
494
00:37:49,398 --> 00:37:52,952
At Eichmann’s request,
the Foreign Office also contributed.
495
00:37:53,016 --> 00:37:57,943
Is the data reliable?
- It's pretty close, Mr. Minister.
496
00:37:58,013 --> 00:38:02,482
What lies ahead is an organizational
task unparalleled in history.
497
00:38:02,546 --> 00:38:06,796
How is it to be done?
498
00:38:06,860 --> 00:38:10,509
In the course of orderly execution
499
00:38:10,573 --> 00:38:14,355
Europe will be combed
from west to east.
500
00:38:14,419 --> 00:38:18,746
Jews will be placed in collection camps,
then load by load
501
00:38:18,847 --> 00:38:22,576
evacuated to the East and
delivered to their proper destiny.
502
00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:26,134
About transportation.
The problem of mobilization...
503
00:38:26,198 --> 00:38:29,416
Won't transporting
millions hinder the army?
504
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:33,971
That's already a headache.
- At a moment
505
00:38:34,231 --> 00:38:39,970
when we’re faced with military problems
on the Eastern front do the SS,
506
00:38:40,034 --> 00:38:45,543
Gestapo, Reich and local police have
priority over the combat troops?
507
00:38:46,136 --> 00:38:49,810
I’m thinking about the
supply and relief problems
508
00:38:49,874 --> 00:38:52,595
which my son,
a staff officer, told me about.
509
00:38:52,659 --> 00:38:56,251
Mr. Minister,
it is not a question of priorities.
510
00:38:56,323 --> 00:38:59,239
The steps toward a final solution
511
00:38:59,303 --> 00:39:02,372
are as important as
all other war efforts.
512
00:39:02,641 --> 00:39:06,129
We are fighting internal
and external enemies.
513
00:39:06,193 --> 00:39:09,981
It isn’t a luxury in
which we're indulging.
514
00:39:10,045 --> 00:39:13,112
Wherever we fight the Jew,
we are fighting for the Reich!
515
00:39:14,753 --> 00:39:20,913
I do not doubt that everyone present
agrees with you wholeheartedly.
516
00:39:20,977 --> 00:39:24,969
There isn't a staff problem because
we only need a handful of people.
517
00:39:25,033 --> 00:39:29,166
But regarding transportation
on which everything depends,
518
00:39:29,230 --> 00:39:33,423
perhaps my Jew specialist,
Eichmann can fill you in.
519
00:39:33,487 --> 00:39:35,798
He is our shipping agent, so to speak.
520
00:39:37,735 --> 00:39:41,414
Cognac! Your report please. Be brief.
521
00:39:44,401 --> 00:39:48,851
My duties as Jew specialist in
Office IV-B4 of the Gestapo
522
00:39:48,915 --> 00:39:51,154
in the Reich Central
Security Office
523
00:39:51,218 --> 00:39:55,201
include the power to
seize and transport Jews.
524
00:39:55,315 --> 00:40:00,051
In accordance with the successful
methods used in the Reich
525
00:40:00,115 --> 00:40:04,763
seizure by local authorities
and the Gestapo is as follows:
526
00:40:05,155 --> 00:40:11,034
Once a Jew is detected registered
and segregated, he is arrested.
527
00:40:11,201 --> 00:40:16,124
He hands over his house keys and signs
over his possessions to the Reich.
528
00:40:16,368 --> 00:40:21,487
Then with one suitcase
and 50 marks in cash
529
00:40:21,551 --> 00:40:26,375
he proceeds to a remote railroad
junction where he is loaded on board.
530
00:40:26,921 --> 00:40:32,311
Transportation requires joint coordination
by the Ministry of Transportation
531
00:40:32,375 --> 00:40:36,168
the Army and the Railroads
Timetable Commission.
532
00:40:36,232 --> 00:40:39,767
For better surveillance
by the escort personnel
533
00:40:39,831 --> 00:40:43,292
we prefer freight cars.
534
00:40:43,455 --> 00:40:47,962
Seizure and transportation are
subject to consideration
535
00:40:48,026 --> 00:40:52,093
of the capacity of the
destinations in the East
536
00:40:52,268 --> 00:40:56,171
whether ghettoes,
work camps, transit camps
537
00:40:56,557 --> 00:40:59,520
or, in the end, direct operations.
538
00:41:00,216 --> 00:41:03,119
Transportation will not be curtailed.
539
00:41:03,183 --> 00:41:07,417
We claim only freight cars carrying
Russian civilian worker's
540
00:41:07,481 --> 00:41:12,520
which would otherwise return empty.
In effect, an exchange takes place:
541
00:41:12,952 --> 00:41:15,561
A Russian for a Jew,
a Jew for a Russian.
542
00:41:15,625 --> 00:41:18,466
However, for the sake of appearances
543
00:41:18,530 --> 00:41:22,899
we also include passenger
trains up to the Reich border.
544
00:41:25,126 --> 00:41:28,069
Gesundheit, gentelmen!
545
00:41:30,578 --> 00:41:34,066
Now we know where one
can still live in luxury.
546
00:41:34,130 --> 00:41:38,270
They say your private wine
cellar isn't exactly empty.
547
00:41:38,334 --> 00:41:42,140
Why should it be?
Why don't you come visit me?
548
00:41:42,535 --> 00:41:44,953
Come and visit.
- I have one question.
549
00:41:45,674 --> 00:41:48,811
Why do the Jews agree to turn
over their property to the Reich?
550
00:41:48,875 --> 00:41:53,494
Proper procedure. They must
forfeit their possessions anyway
551
00:41:53,558 --> 00:41:57,817
when crossing the border.
- But their exit isn't exactly voluntary.
552
00:41:59,730 --> 00:42:04,655
Psychological reasons, too. Formalities
are more soothing, more elegant.
553
00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:09,382
As for the effects on the economy,
not much would be gained
554
00:42:09,446 --> 00:42:12,728
if we bring in masses of
unskilled foreign laborers
555
00:42:12,792 --> 00:42:17,229
...and kick out skilled
Jewish armament workers..
556
00:42:17,293 --> 00:42:20,468
If they are of use to us they can stay.
557
00:42:21,894 --> 00:42:25,799
Privileged status for
Jewish armament workers.
558
00:42:25,863 --> 00:42:32,118
I would like those comments in the minutes.
- Yes, herr Obergruppenführer.
559
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:35,869
Would you like to work for me in Prague?
560
00:42:36,698 --> 00:42:40,264
You're pleasing to the eye.
- Thank you, Obergruppenführer.
561
00:42:40,495 --> 00:42:43,902
I'll have to think about it.
- Do that.
562
00:42:44,899 --> 00:42:47,878
The second question, Obergruppenführer.
- Yes, please.
563
00:42:47,942 --> 00:42:50,626
About the Aryanization
of Jewish property...
564
00:42:50,690 --> 00:42:53,984
It was appropriated
for the Four-Year Plan.
565
00:42:54,228 --> 00:42:58,817
What will happen with their
remaining assets? It's a tidy sum.
566
00:42:58,881 --> 00:43:02,603
We use it to finance our operations,
which are costly.
567
00:43:02,667 --> 00:43:07,053
Goering, Himmler and the Minister
of Finance will be discussing it.
568
00:43:07,554 --> 00:43:13,040
Just a moment gentlemen.
I feel a bit overwhelmed.
569
00:43:13,540 --> 00:43:16,721
I see you're about to
divide up the cake.
570
00:43:16,785 --> 00:43:20,617
I'd like to know how
you intend to bake it.
571
00:43:20,681 --> 00:43:24,164
Why? - What I don’t
know won't hunt me.
572
00:43:24,287 --> 00:43:27,577
I'd be happy to answer your question.
573
00:43:28,085 --> 00:43:32,310
In the final solution we
will use Jews in the East
574
00:43:32,374 --> 00:43:35,119
as a supervised labor pool.
575
00:43:35,183 --> 00:43:40,524
We will march them, separated by sex,
of course, in large work gangs.
576
00:43:40,588 --> 00:43:44,125
While building roads into those areas
577
00:43:44,189 --> 00:43:47,726
we’ll have them breaking rocks,
drying swamps.
578
00:43:47,790 --> 00:43:52,098
And we’ll also give them an opportunity
in huge industrial complexes
579
00:43:52,162 --> 00:43:56,160
which the SS Economic
Office is building there
580
00:43:56,224 --> 00:44:00,441
to find out what it
means to really work.
581
00:44:00,505 --> 00:44:03,668
Splendid. It's inconceivable
582
00:44:03,732 --> 00:44:08,393
that our men should freeze in the
Russian winter while Israel and Sarah
583
00:44:08,457 --> 00:44:12,948
lead a life of leisure in
concentration camp resorts.
584
00:44:15,352 --> 00:44:18,723
Of course,
a large portion of these Jews
585
00:44:19,270 --> 00:44:21,808
will be eliminated
through natural causes.
586
00:44:22,134 --> 00:44:24,641
The strongest ones
587
00:44:24,705 --> 00:44:28,157
will have to be dealt
with appropriately.
588
00:44:28,998 --> 00:44:32,405
Because these, natural selection
589
00:44:32,469 --> 00:44:36,540
would be the seeds of
a new Jewish resurgence.
590
00:44:36,604 --> 00:44:38,834
Look at the lessons of history.
591
00:44:38,898 --> 00:44:43,229
But now we're writing history,
not the Jews. And in the future
592
00:44:43,293 --> 00:44:45,917
the Jew will no longer appear in it.
593
00:44:45,981 --> 00:44:49,598
He will exit the, stage.
- Leaving the world in peace.
594
00:44:49,662 --> 00:44:53,412
I'm impressed. A new perspective.
595
00:44:53,476 --> 00:44:55,995
A revolutionary solution!
596
00:44:56,059 --> 00:44:59,692
Worthy of all the glorious
visions of the Führer.
597
00:45:00,045 --> 00:45:03,306
Yet all this now? Front-line battles!
Prisoners of war!
598
00:45:03,370 --> 00:45:05,834
Foreign workers! And now Jews!
599
00:45:06,758 --> 00:45:09,871
Isn't it too much?
- We'll take on even more.
600
00:45:11,505 --> 00:45:13,868
Solving the Jewish problem is one thing.
601
00:45:13,932 --> 00:45:17,039
The reorganization of Europe is another.
602
00:45:17,103 --> 00:45:22,216
We're right in the middle. In Poland,
what has happened? Liquidations!
603
00:45:22,371 --> 00:45:25,866
Polish intelligentsia, teachers,
clergy, nobility, etc.
604
00:45:25,930 --> 00:45:28,635
have been eliminated
to a large extent.
605
00:45:28,699 --> 00:45:33,458
This will continue in cooperation
with local authorities.
606
00:45:33,793 --> 00:45:38,006
What is planned? 1) Population exchange.
607
00:45:38,073 --> 00:45:43,065
Open up western Poland to 10 million
Reich and repatriated Germans.
608
00:45:43,129 --> 00:45:46,299
The rest of Poland, ditto,
for future German settlement.
609
00:45:46,391 --> 00:45:51,249
2) Germanization.
The Race and Settlement Office
610
00:45:51,313 --> 00:45:54,907
sorts Poles into four categories.
611
00:45:54,971 --> 00:45:57,777
The majority will vanish
alongside the Jews.
612
00:45:57,841 --> 00:46:02,978
A minority will be used as a labor
force for those construction projects
613
00:46:03,042 --> 00:46:05,831
with which the Führer
will imprint forever
614
00:46:05,895 --> 00:46:09,797
the stamp of German
culture on the new Europe.
615
00:46:09,861 --> 00:46:12,509
3) Finally, annihilation.
616
00:46:12,579 --> 00:46:17,127
Birth control will strike at
the roots of what's left
617
00:46:17,191 --> 00:46:22,266
so that they wither and die.
Finish the Poland.
618
00:46:22,832 --> 00:46:28,329
Telephone.
The Reichsführer-SS at Headquarters.
619
00:46:29,554 --> 00:46:34,498
Gentlemen, we still have two
complex topics to discuss.
620
00:46:35,713 --> 00:46:38,824
Since these will not
concern all of you
621
00:46:38,888 --> 00:46:43,123
I suggest we refresh ourselves
with a small, informal buffet.
622
00:46:48,835 --> 00:46:51,246
Neat and clean. I like that.
623
00:46:51,310 --> 00:46:54,227
An historic day.
- And we were there.
624
00:46:54,291 --> 00:46:59,987
It's going well, isn't it?
- Elegantly. It's all so unexpected.
625
00:47:00,051 --> 00:47:02,827
Snap decisions,
the Führer's strong point.
626
00:47:08,697 --> 00:47:12,447
How can the Province cope
with these masses of Jews?
627
00:47:12,511 --> 00:47:15,649
What do you care? Is it your business?
628
00:47:15,787 --> 00:47:21,389
These people have to be housed and fed.
Our crops go to the Reich.
629
00:47:21,453 --> 00:47:24,981
Don ask me, Mr. Secretary.
I only make the deliveries.
630
00:47:25,303 --> 00:47:28,947
What are you saying?
- The Gestapo has nothing to do with it.
631
00:47:29,011 --> 00:47:31,623
And neither do you.
- Me? No.
632
00:47:31,697 --> 00:47:35,907
Our ghettoes are overcrowded. Half
a million crammed into one in Warsaw.
633
00:47:36,090 --> 00:47:40,384
We can’t feed them. They’re dying
like flies. 20,000 in a single year.
634
00:47:40,448 --> 00:47:44,903
But that, dear colleague,
should be the least of your worries.
635
00:47:44,967 --> 00:47:48,730
Epidemics don't ask whether
you're a Jew or an Aryan.
636
00:47:49,266 --> 00:47:51,893
Seal off the ghettoes.
- Done.
637
00:47:51,957 --> 00:47:54,396
But some Jews work outside the ghettoes.
638
00:47:54,460 --> 00:47:58,401
Why get excited? These problems
will be taken off your hands.
639
00:47:58,465 --> 00:48:03,321
The Foreign Office gets rid
of them and dumps them on us!
640
00:48:03,385 --> 00:48:08,148
Don't attack me. If not for me,
your problems would be bigger.
641
00:48:08,212 --> 00:48:12,544
Ah, ok? - Yes. You'd now have
Jews from Serbia, for example.
642
00:48:13,021 --> 00:48:17,392
We were supposed to get them?
- 8,000 men.
643
00:48:17,710 --> 00:48:22,161
Lucky for you we found another solution.
Eichmann's idea.
644
00:48:22,419 --> 00:48:27,122
The army needed hostages after partisan
attacks. We said, "Help yourself."
645
00:48:27,186 --> 00:48:29,876
Jews as hostages for Serbian partisans?
646
00:48:29,940 --> 00:48:32,882
Is that true?
- Jew or partisan, it's the same.
647
00:48:32,946 --> 00:48:35,238
And all 8,000, you..
648
00:48:35,302 --> 00:48:37,823
The army command set a quota:
649
00:48:37,887 --> 00:48:42,828
200 hostage for each soldier murdered.
So there weren't even enough.
650
00:48:43,902 --> 00:48:47,889
It was tough for us.
Conflicts of authority.
651
00:48:47,953 --> 00:48:51,595
Quite a fuss abroad, too.
Even the Vatican stepped in.
652
00:48:51,659 --> 00:48:54,976
Vatican, the Nuncio.
653
00:48:55,710 --> 00:48:59,730
He comes and beats around the bush:
"Wouldn't a discussion about
654
00:48:59,794 --> 00:49:03,045
shooting hostages in
Belgrade be fruitful?"
655
00:49:04,981 --> 00:49:08,815
The Foreign Office replied that
of all foreign authorities,
656
00:49:08,879 --> 00:49:12,572
the Vatican had behaved most sensibly.
- How so?
657
00:49:12,636 --> 00:49:15,287
By simply not acknowledging it.
- And the Nuncio?
658
00:49:15,351 --> 00:49:18,759
The Nuncio didn't want
to touch the matter.
659
00:49:18,823 --> 00:49:22,456
Nor does he want Fi to
do so in the future.
660
00:49:25,569 --> 00:49:27,967
For God's sake, no!
661
00:49:37,924 --> 00:49:41,294
Gentlemen, please be brief.
My time is limited.
662
00:49:42,378 --> 00:49:46,435
I want to address the problem of
foreign Jews and their treatment
663
00:49:46,499 --> 00:49:49,291
and of half-breeds
and mixed marriages.
664
00:49:49,355 --> 00:49:53,561
It would be helpful to inform
the Reich Chancellery firsthand.
665
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:56,517
Have interoffice arrangements been made?
666
00:49:56,581 --> 00:50:01,397
We at Section III have been
instructed by the Foreign Minister
667
00:50:01,461 --> 00:50:05,838
to work closely together
with Gestapo Office IV-B4.
668
00:50:05,902 --> 00:50:10,418
As Jew specialist of the Gestapo,
I’m already in regular contact
669
00:50:10,544 --> 00:50:15,303
with the Jew specialist from G-III.
- What are the particulars?
670
00:50:15,367 --> 00:50:18,788
We distinguish between
foreign Jews in the Reich
671
00:50:18,852 --> 00:50:22,390
foreign Jews in countries
under German jurisdiction
672
00:50:22,454 --> 00:50:26,566
and foreign Jews in
countries friendly to us.
673
00:50:26,846 --> 00:50:32,166
Regarding foreign Jews in the Reich
- How many are there?
674
00:50:32,524 --> 00:50:35,352
40,000. With regard to these people
675
00:50:35,416 --> 00:50:38,640
the Foreign Minister agreed
no notice will be taken
676
00:50:38,704 --> 00:50:43,486
of protests by governments
of those countries
677
00:50:43,550 --> 00:50:49,248
with which we are at
war including the USA.
678
00:50:49,325 --> 00:50:55,480
Good. In the minutes? - As for Jews in
the Reich from countries friendly to us
679
00:50:55,544 --> 00:50:59,437
for reasons of courtesy
we queried the governments
680
00:50:59,501 --> 00:51:03,180
if they agreed to the
deportation of these Jews.
681
00:51:03,244 --> 00:51:05,582
I’ll bet you they did.
682
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:11,880
Affirmative replies have,
been from Rumania, Croatia and Slovakia.
683
00:51:11,944 --> 00:51:17,809
Bulgaria is joining in. Slovakia,
however claims their Jews' property.
684
00:51:17,873 --> 00:51:21,439
Money is money.
- We replied?
685
00:51:21,503 --> 00:51:24,894
It's contingent on approval
by the Four-Year Plan officer.
686
00:51:24,958 --> 00:51:27,793
To ease deportation,
the Reichsmarshall will agree
687
00:51:27,857 --> 00:51:34,133
especially since it probably
doesn’t involve a lot of money.
688
00:51:34,197 --> 00:51:36,497
Even pennies add up.
689
00:51:37,347 --> 00:51:41,621
So the Jews living in the Reich from
these countries can be cleared out?
690
00:51:41,685 --> 00:51:47,651
Yes, herr Obergruppenführer. - And the Jews
areas under German jurisdiction?
691
00:51:47,715 --> 00:51:52,817
Eastern Jews are at the
discretion of the Reichsführer-SS.
692
00:51:52,962 --> 00:51:57,321
Just for clarification...
Do the Security Police Commanders
693
00:51:57,385 --> 00:52:01,540
and Secret Service work with him?
- You never give up.
694
00:52:01,824 --> 00:52:07,294
You'll have enough to do. Remaining
Jews, work Jews, partisans, Polacks, etc.
695
00:52:07,358 --> 00:52:12,349
I’m not complaining. - Don't
rejoice yet. You still have a lot to do.
696
00:52:14,329 --> 00:52:19,632
May I ask a question?
What is to be done with the Jews
697
00:52:19,696 --> 00:52:23,928
in the other occupied territories?
- Instructions are forthcoming.
698
00:52:24,213 --> 00:52:26,946
We first have to deal with the Jews
699
00:52:27,010 --> 00:52:29,988
who escaped from the Reich.
40,000 in France alone.
700
00:52:30,052 --> 00:52:35,447
Oh, my God, we've got them back!
- The price of victory.
701
00:52:38,123 --> 00:52:41,915
But this time all we get from
it is a few cardboard suitcases.
702
00:52:45,443 --> 00:52:49,723
They’ve already been interned in
occupied and unoccupied France.
703
00:52:49,940 --> 00:52:53,136
We have access to both.
- No resistance from the military,
704
00:52:53,200 --> 00:52:55,472
ambassadors, or French people.
705
00:52:55,536 --> 00:52:58,753
They have no idea of the
nature of the final solution?
706
00:52:58,817 --> 00:53:02,465
How could they?
- That's the official dictum.
707
00:53:02,529 --> 00:53:08,123
And Jews living in occupied territories?
- There are still some problems.
708
00:53:08,187 --> 00:53:10,797
There's been flak from
the military commander
709
00:53:10,861 --> 00:53:15,168
about the French Jews.
He's afraid of riots.
710
00:53:15,232 --> 00:53:19,184
I had sharp words with the
High Commander, and we agreed:
711
00:53:19,248 --> 00:53:23,197
Free rein on all Jewish
matters in France. Eichmann?
712
00:53:25,391 --> 00:53:27,691
Understood.
713
00:53:28,385 --> 00:53:32,060
The other countries? Holland?
- Nothing worth mentioning.
714
00:53:32,124 --> 00:53:36,718
Belgium? - Taken care of.
- Luxemburg? - No problem.
715
00:53:38,605 --> 00:53:45,493
Greece?
- It can be done. - Serbia?
716
00:53:45,927 --> 00:53:50,699
We’d like to solve the problem
of the remaining Serbian Jews.
717
00:53:50,763 --> 00:53:54,066
Serbia would be the
first Jew-free country.
718
00:53:54,130 --> 00:53:57,387
The second.
Allow me to report: Estonia —
719
00:53:57,451 --> 00:54:02,258
Jew-free, aready reported.
- You've already...? - We are informed.
720
00:54:02,887 --> 00:54:05,641
I should report what we're doing.
721
00:54:05,705 --> 00:54:09,245
It is our territory!
- But our business.
722
00:54:11,487 --> 00:54:16,735
Will we get... - Copies of reports
go to all central authorities.
723
00:54:16,799 --> 00:54:21,785
A Jew-free Serbia? Interesting.
- Aryanization Is complete.
724
00:54:21,849 --> 00:54:24,579
Ghettoization has taken place.
- Small numbers.
725
00:54:24,647 --> 00:54:28,788
20,000.
- The wives, children, parents
726
00:54:28,852 --> 00:54:32,688
of the 8,000 men affected
by the hostage shootings.
727
00:54:33,704 --> 00:54:37,235
Gauleiter, do you want them?
Ghetto? For now?
728
00:54:37,861 --> 00:54:40,470
Well, to be frank...
729
00:54:42,424 --> 00:54:46,682
And you?
- As I said before..
730
00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:51,541
May I speak with you, Mr. Secretary?
Müller, Eichmann.
731
00:54:54,233 --> 00:54:56,533
Proceed in minutes.
732
00:55:00,764 --> 00:55:06,588
Let's not lose any time. For the remaining
Serbian Jews we'll use gas trucks.
733
00:55:06,652 --> 00:55:10,035
Must we appease the Serbs?
- No. Puppets.
734
00:55:14,672 --> 00:55:17,700
I'll handle the military
commander myself.
735
00:55:17,764 --> 00:55:21,029
The Reichsführer will inform the SS.
- Who should command?
736
00:55:21,675 --> 00:55:24,451
May I suggest Dr. Schäfer?
737
00:55:24,515 --> 00:55:28,220
He blew up the Gleiwitz radio
station and will be discreet.
738
00:55:28,456 --> 00:55:30,843
When can he go to work?
- In two days.
739
00:55:32,387 --> 00:55:35,779
Good, let's go.
- The gas trucks are for us - Any objections?
740
00:55:36,074 --> 00:55:40,640
Of course not. - In the meantime,
improvise. - Right.
741
00:55:44,892 --> 00:55:48,416
You had a question?
- Yes.
742
00:55:49,604 --> 00:55:55,077
What's the situation with the Jews
in friendly or independent countries?
743
00:55:55,647 --> 00:55:59,086
How will you induce them
to hand over their Jews?
744
00:55:59,150 --> 00:56:04,172
We've tried to guide these
countries onto an anti-Semitic path.
745
00:56:04,438 --> 00:56:07,443
We've induced some to
pass Jewish laws
746
00:56:07,507 --> 00:56:11,602
based on the German model.
We've made them accomplices.
747
00:56:11,666 --> 00:56:15,285
regarding their Jews
residing in the Reich.
748
00:56:15,349 --> 00:56:18,722
Once the ice is broken,
they’re more willing to listen.
749
00:56:18,786 --> 00:56:23,565
No one doubts your efficiency.
- I mention it only to be complete.
750
00:56:23,629 --> 00:56:28,668
I am grateful for any information. The
Reich Chancellery can only be effective
751
00:56:28,732 --> 00:56:32,917
as a link between the
central authorities
752
00:56:32,981 --> 00:56:36,689
if it's adequately informed.
- We don't keep secrets from you.
753
00:56:37,790 --> 00:56:43,489
The Foreign Office places agents,
usually recruited from the SS
754
00:56:43,553 --> 00:56:46,464
in the foreign
governments concerned
755
00:56:46,528 --> 00:56:51,472
to guarantee the necessary
race policy initiatives.
756
00:56:51,536 --> 00:56:53,969
The Party Chancellery confirms
that you have succeeded
757
00:56:54,033 --> 00:56:57,841
in creating room for
rational socialists
758
00:56:57,905 --> 00:57:02,565
in diplomatic circles. Thank you.
759
00:57:03,111 --> 00:57:08,514
Are these people under
the command of the Party?
760
00:57:08,578 --> 00:57:10,878
They are on loan from us.
761
00:57:11,075 --> 00:57:13,860
We at the Foreign
Office enjoy support
762
00:57:13,924 --> 00:57:16,562
from the Reich Main
Security Office
763
00:57:16,626 --> 00:57:21,313
which makes our work in foreign
governments more effective
764
00:57:21,377 --> 00:57:25,438
with the help of special
Jew consultants from the SS.
765
00:57:25,632 --> 00:57:29,062
The Foreign Office has handed
authority over to the SS?
766
00:57:29,126 --> 00:57:32,318
It ends with the solution
of the Jewish question.
767
00:57:32,382 --> 00:57:37,095
These people answer directly to you?
- Yes. To my Jew specialist.
768
00:57:37,159 --> 00:57:41,464
Eichmann is more than a shipping agent,
after all.
769
00:57:41,528 --> 00:57:44,273
He was even active in Serbia!
770
00:57:45,185 --> 00:57:47,485
Just a few suggestions on my part.
771
00:57:47,561 --> 00:57:52,157
Where else do Jew laws exist?
- Slovakia, Croatia, Rumania.
772
00:57:52,338 --> 00:57:56,145
In Slovakia, they've been
concentrated in three labor camps.
773
00:57:56,385 --> 00:57:59,237
What happens to the Jewish assets?
774
00:57:59,541 --> 00:58:03,605
Offered as bait to the governments.
- That's billions.
775
00:58:03,669 --> 00:58:08,057
It's been decided at a higher level.
We can expropriate it later.
776
00:58:08,121 --> 00:58:10,961
We try to have them contribute
777
00:58:11,025 --> 00:58:15,290
toward transport costs
and sustenance in the East
778
00:58:15,354 --> 00:58:18,308
for every Jew deported.
779
00:58:18,372 --> 00:58:21,797
But, we hope, never from Italy.
That would be a disaster.
780
00:58:22,767 --> 00:58:26,138
The Italians are more sensitive
than even the Danes and Bulgarians.
781
00:58:26,202 --> 00:58:30,091
They jump to defend every single Jew.
A disgusting mentality.
782
00:58:30,155 --> 00:58:34,572
It's high time our allies
realized how things stand.
783
00:58:35,644 --> 00:58:38,635
What about the Cozzi affair?
- Not that again!
784
00:58:38,699 --> 00:58:43,805
What was that? - The Italian Consul
General in Danzig protested the transfer
785
00:58:43,869 --> 00:58:49,378
of an Italian Jewess, Jenni
Cozzi to the Riga ghetto. - And?
786
00:58:49,791 --> 00:58:54,278
She was married to a high-ranking
Italian officer, now deceased. - Ah so.
787
00:58:54,427 --> 00:58:59,013
I processed the case. The Italians
demanded her release and return to Italy.
788
00:58:59,077 --> 00:59:02,998
You received my letter?
- Yes. - I informed the Foreign Office
789
00:59:03,062 --> 00:59:09,121
that we cannot grant the
request. We fear the Jewess Cozzi
790
00:59:09,185 --> 00:59:15,309
would exploit the conditions in the Riga
ghetto to make propaganda for the Jews.
791
00:59:15,578 --> 00:59:18,662
That would complicate
our position with Italy.
792
00:59:18,726 --> 00:59:23,603
We asked the Consul General
to cease his protests.
793
00:59:23,667 --> 00:59:28,978
But for the Italians, it involves
the honor of a deceased officer.
794
00:59:29,176 --> 00:59:34,255
The Italian Ambassador has requested
we reconsider our decision.
795
00:59:34,319 --> 00:59:36,844
Now I know why the
Italians can't win a war.
796
00:59:36,908 --> 00:59:40,377
Before you know it,
Il Duce will be at our door.
797
00:59:40,796 --> 00:59:44,114
The Fascist Party has
approached the Party Offices.
798
00:59:44,283 --> 00:59:49,484
We referred them to Gestapo IV-B4.
- I gave the order: Cozzi stays.
799
00:59:49,548 --> 00:59:54,695
Done. - I refuse to trouble
myself with 11 million Cozzis.
800
00:59:55,357 --> 00:59:59,772
She represents 58,000 Italian Jews.
It could set a precedent.
801
00:59:59,836 --> 01:00:03,921
If there are no objections I'll
address all Italian questions
802
01:00:03,985 --> 01:00:08,135
to Il Duce's Chief of Police.
- We only request be kept informed.
803
01:00:08,199 --> 01:00:10,794
In the minutes?
- In the minutes.
804
01:00:11,833 --> 01:00:15,670
You're still thinking?
- I'm still thinking, Obergruppenführer.
805
01:00:17,039 --> 01:00:20,507
Any more questions about foreign Jews?
- No, thank you.
806
01:00:28,467 --> 01:00:30,767
There aren't any dog
lovers left in Germany.
807
01:00:36,703 --> 01:00:41,443
First we need a clear definition
of how the groups are divided.
808
01:00:41,507 --> 01:00:44,452
Thank you. I have the flu.
809
01:00:44,960 --> 01:00:48,185
According to the Nuremberg Laws
810
01:00:48,249 --> 01:00:52,302
half-Jews are equated with Germans,
so are exempt from Jewish measures.
811
01:00:53,622 --> 01:00:56,614
That’s going to change?
- Yes, it will change.
812
01:00:56,952 --> 01:00:59,321
The basis of a new regulation
813
01:00:59,385 --> 01:01:02,723
is this letter which I received
from the Reich Chancellery.
814
01:01:02,787 --> 01:01:07,437
Please read it out loud.
You have a copy of it, don’t you?
815
01:01:07,560 --> 01:01:11,095
Do you have this?
- Yes, I will open that.
816
01:01:11,805 --> 01:01:16,098
It concerns the treatment of
those of first degree mixed race?
817
01:01:16,162 --> 01:01:20,497
In other words, so-called half-Jews.
And I quote:
818
01:01:22,022 --> 01:01:26,294
“Jews of first-degree mixed race
are the same as full Jews
819
01:01:26,358 --> 01:01:31,359
in regard to the final solution."
- Half-Jews equal full Jews?
820
01:01:31,423 --> 01:01:35,725
That reversing everything the
Ministry has advocated for six years.
821
01:01:35,789 --> 01:01:40,310
And for good reason!
There are provisions for exceptions.
822
01:01:40,374 --> 01:01:43,953
Exeptions or not, we can't suddenly
lower the status of half Jews
823
01:01:44,017 --> 01:01:48,311
and make them wear the Star of David.
It’s out of the question!
824
01:01:48,375 --> 01:01:54,273
Just listen. - It says,
“Exempt from this treatment are:
825
01:01:54,337 --> 01:01:59,607
A) "Half-Jews with a German spouse" -
That goes without saying.
826
01:01:59,671 --> 01:02:03,599
"provided they have children i.e.,
quarter-Jews."
827
01:02:03,689 --> 01:02:05,930
Unacceptable. And B)?
828
01:02:05,994 --> 01:02:09,977
Half-Jews raised to Aryan
status by the top authorities
829
01:02:10,041 --> 01:02:13,034
of the Party and the State by virtue
830
01:02:13,098 --> 01:02:18,928
of their special merit in vital fields."
- How generous.
831
01:02:18,992 --> 01:02:24,252
However, a review of these
case anticipated.
832
01:02:24,316 --> 01:02:28,390
Under whose guidance?
- Yours, of course.
833
01:02:28,454 --> 01:02:31,648
And the Party’s.
- Yes, of couse.
834
01:02:31,712 --> 01:02:34,101
The eventuality that a new decision
835
01:02:34,165 --> 01:02:39,054
will revoke the privileged
status granted such Jews
836
01:02:39,118 --> 01:02:42,760
is not ruled put.
- You don't say.
837
01:02:42,891 --> 01:02:47,691
Gentlemen, a blunt question.
Who concocted this crap?
838
01:02:47,755 --> 01:02:52,631
Not you. - We did.
The Party. The Brown House.
839
01:02:52,920 --> 01:02:56,011
We regard it as a draft.
840
01:02:56,442 --> 01:02:59,327
We will discuss about this.
- Your opinions, gentlemen.
841
01:02:59,391 --> 01:03:03,285
It makes no difference if
the mixed races stay or go.
842
01:03:03,349 --> 01:03:06,093
The Reichsminister would agree.
843
01:03:06,157 --> 01:03:09,896
Provided that it doesn't cost
us any skilled armament workers.
844
01:03:09,960 --> 01:03:13,679
We’ll discuss that.
- The Ministry or justice approves
845
01:03:13,743 --> 01:03:16,805
any action if it is within the law.
846
01:03:16,869 --> 01:03:19,618
I speak for all my comrades
at SS Headquarters.
847
01:03:19,682 --> 01:03:23,186
The solution of the
mixed-race question is crucial
848
01:03:23,250 --> 01:03:25,681
in the interest of racial purification.
849
01:03:25,745 --> 01:03:28,887
It’s time to clear out
this half-breed race.
850
01:03:28,951 --> 01:03:32,793
It’s intolerable that it should
be kept alive any longer.
851
01:03:32,915 --> 01:03:36,939
It constantly presents problems,
and we don't have time for that.
852
01:03:37,389 --> 01:03:42,760
In the name of the Party and the Brown
House I declare that the proposal
853
01:03:42,824 --> 01:03:47,786
to equate half-Jews with Jews
with Jews is absolutely acceptable.
854
01:03:48,161 --> 01:03:52,643
You find it acceptable that we
reexamine every mixed race case?
855
01:03:52,707 --> 01:03:57,022
Now, in the midst of war?
That's a lot of work.
856
01:03:57,086 --> 01:03:59,652
We must all make an extra effort.
857
01:03:59,716 --> 01:04:03,312
Wouldn't it make more sense
to do that at the front?
858
01:04:03,376 --> 01:04:07,418
It's certainly more pleasant
work than being at the front.
859
01:04:07,482 --> 01:04:10,504
I shirk neither work nor active duty!
860
01:04:10,883 --> 01:04:14,732
I've repeatedly requested
a command at the front
861
01:04:14,800 --> 01:04:19,074
which is more than others can say.
- The fight against the Jews
862
01:04:19,138 --> 01:04:22,619
is of equal importance.
- As it should be.
863
01:04:22,683 --> 01:04:25,081
I have nothing to be ashamed of.
864
01:04:25,145 --> 01:04:28,430
Five pounds of special Jewish
legislation from my office
865
01:04:28,494 --> 01:04:33,716
prohibiting Jews from entering
German forests, or keeping a canary.
866
01:04:33,780 --> 01:04:36,176
And always exempting the half-Jews.
867
01:04:36,240 --> 01:04:39,702
There are no directives to
the contrary from the Führer.
868
01:04:39,766 --> 01:04:43,297
But it is self-evident
in the final solution.
869
01:04:43,361 --> 01:04:45,661
Yes, for you, but not for me.
870
01:04:48,767 --> 01:04:52,400
What's the head count?
- Half-Jews?
871
01:04:53,128 --> 01:04:56,394
In the Reich itself as of ’39:
872
01:04:56,697 --> 01:04:59,242
72,000.
- Holy God.
873
01:04:59,306 --> 01:05:05,399
And with dependents it's hundreds of
thousands. - They weren't directly affected.
874
01:05:05,463 --> 01:05:09,432
Then why do we need a
decision by the Führer?
875
01:05:09,528 --> 01:05:14,197
Isn't the right philosophy and
attitude enough for a correct decision?
876
01:05:14,261 --> 01:05:19,531
It's not news that I'm called
a Jew-lover in the Brown House.
877
01:05:19,595 --> 01:05:24,247
But repetition doesn't make it true.
878
01:05:25,246 --> 01:05:28,604
Otherwise I wouldn't be
an honorary SS officer.
879
01:05:28,668 --> 01:05:33,420
Old animosities won't get us anywhere.
880
01:05:33,920 --> 01:05:37,051
Please continue, Staatssekretäre.
- Thank you, Obergruppenführer.
881
01:05:37,574 --> 01:05:42,314
If I point out some of the questions
of the mixed race problem
882
01:05:42,378 --> 01:05:47,192
I do so only in the
interest of German people.
883
01:05:47,256 --> 01:05:49,638
The German people! Those bastards!
884
01:05:49,702 --> 01:05:55,114
It's not for my personal pleasure
but because of legal stipulations.
885
01:05:55,178 --> 01:06:00,549
The letter of the law shouldn’t obstruct
necessary developments. - That's how it is.
886
01:06:00,613 --> 01:06:04,904
Meanwhile I must accept "Heil Hitler"
from a half-Jew neighbor.
887
01:06:04,968 --> 01:06:07,229
He’s not allowed to do that.
- No? - No.
888
01:06:07,293 --> 01:06:09,660
Have you his name and address?
- With pleasure.
889
01:06:10,459 --> 01:06:14,454
It leaves the door wide
open for race defilement.
890
01:06:14,518 --> 01:06:17,489
He can't talk his way out of this.
891
01:06:17,553 --> 01:06:19,946
These people know the rules.
892
01:06:24,326 --> 01:06:28,039
We'll nail him. You were interrupted.
893
01:06:28,103 --> 01:06:34,484
Of course there’s no doubt that
Jewish blood even that of half-Jews
894
01:06:34,548 --> 01:06:37,883
must be separated from the
German bloodstream, but
895
01:06:37,947 --> 01:06:41,289
Not only out of the German bloodstream,
but the European as wall.
896
01:06:41,353 --> 01:06:46,831
I understand that, but I can only
speak of the mixed races in the Reich.
897
01:06:46,895 --> 01:06:50,095
What is decided here will
apply abroad as well.
898
01:06:50,914 --> 01:06:56,754
Not just a handful of Jews but
a six-figure number. - If not more.
899
01:06:56,818 --> 01:07:00,832
That would seriously
affect transport planning.
900
01:07:00,896 --> 01:07:05,472
I don't know what the other
countries will do, but
901
01:07:05,536 --> 01:07:07,858
I can't say to the
Romanians and Bulgarians:
902
01:07:07,922 --> 01:07:12,364
“Children, adopt our Jewish
laws but open for discussion."
903
01:07:12,428 --> 01:07:15,586
You just can’t do it like that.
904
01:07:15,650 --> 01:07:19,597
Our concept of a Jew
must apply everywhere.
905
01:07:19,661 --> 01:07:23,571
In the East,
records are insufficient to determine
906
01:07:23,635 --> 01:07:26,051
who's a Jew or who's a half-Jew.
907
01:07:26,115 --> 01:07:29,378
If we don't like someone’s nose,
that's record enough.
908
01:07:31,507 --> 01:07:35,577
A rather coarse method, don't you think?
- Let the chips fall.
909
01:07:35,641 --> 01:07:41,163
If need be, I can always call
upon our experts. - At your service.
910
01:07:41,227 --> 01:07:46,501
The reorganization of this area
will run along different lines.
911
01:07:46,819 --> 01:07:49,119
We will not bestow better
treatment on mongrels
912
01:07:49,293 --> 01:07:54,555
and other subhumans,
than on these eleven million.
913
01:07:56,107 --> 01:08:01,582
We need tough,
determined action, not kid gloves.
914
01:08:01,774 --> 01:08:04,517
Sitting here comfortably
behind the lines
915
01:08:04,581 --> 01:08:07,280
we don't have the
right to act like heroes.
916
01:08:07,344 --> 01:08:10,718
Very correct.
- Nor guardian angels.
917
01:08:10,782 --> 01:08:13,993
Continue your private war later.
918
01:08:14,057 --> 01:08:17,572
I must voice a protest
on behalf of my office.
919
01:08:17,636 --> 01:08:22,141
The man makes the office.
- I’m obliged to perform my duties correctly.
920
01:08:22,205 --> 01:08:26,713
It’s not that I’m a Jew-lover.
921
01:08:26,777 --> 01:08:30,707
Is that clear?
- You’re not on trial.
922
01:08:34,706 --> 01:08:38,635
I would like to point out
that half-Jews by blood
923
01:08:38,699 --> 01:08:42,371
are already classified
by the Nuremberg Laws.
924
01:08:42,435 --> 01:08:48,543
If they have Jewish features, they
are regarded as full Jews.
925
01:08:48,607 --> 01:08:53,631
Or if they are practicing Jews
have a full-Jewish spouse.
926
01:08:53,695 --> 01:08:57,719
So many half-Jews have
already been taken care of.
927
01:08:57,783 --> 01:09:00,544
We taken care.
- Around 8,000.
928
01:09:00,608 --> 01:09:03,794
In the Reich?
- Including Austria and the protectorate.
929
01:09:03,858 --> 01:09:06,796
Then they're available
for the final solution.
930
01:09:06,860 --> 01:09:12,797
Eight trains full.
- 8,000. And 72,000 half-Jews.
931
01:09:12,861 --> 01:09:17,300
So 72,000 minus 8,000 leaves 64,000.
932
01:09:17,364 --> 01:09:21,696
Among them, there are 45,000 men
fit for service - three divisions.
933
01:09:21,760 --> 01:09:24,430
You can't intend to
win the war with them.
934
01:09:24,835 --> 01:09:27,206
it wasn’t my idea to
send them to the front.
935
01:09:27,270 --> 01:09:30,953
How many of them are in the army?
- Maybe 10,000.
936
01:09:31,017 --> 01:09:35,988
That makes 54,000. - Many of them
were drafted for armament work.
937
01:09:36,052 --> 01:09:39,952
How much?
- About 20,000. - 34,000.
938
01:09:40,016 --> 01:09:46,419
Minus the 10,000 who would be sent
to the old-age ghetto. - 24,000.
939
01:09:46,483 --> 01:09:49,380
Old-age ghetto?
What about young women and children?
940
01:09:49,444 --> 01:09:53,016
24,000 half-breeds left to be discussed.
941
01:09:53,080 --> 01:09:58,113
Threw them in with full Jews.
- With Europe’s half-Jews.
942
01:09:58,177 --> 01:10:01,760
Europe, that's your business then.
943
01:10:01,824 --> 01:10:04,715
I only represent the
Ministry of the Interior.
944
01:10:05,265 --> 01:10:09,112
But the 24,000 that’s your concern.
945
01:10:09,176 --> 01:10:14,235
Laws are easy to write. But the
consequences must be considered, too.
946
01:10:17,822 --> 01:10:20,851
For God's sake,
can't one get a glass of water?
947
01:10:23,548 --> 01:10:26,193
If people could only see this.
948
01:10:26,318 --> 01:10:29,991
In the Führers state,
you give an order and it's done!
949
01:10:30,178 --> 01:10:34,383
Be nice if it were like that.
We’re sitting here, quibbling
950
01:10:34,532 --> 01:10:39,372
while our men are being killed by
those Jewish Bolsheviks. Incredible.
951
01:10:39,436 --> 01:10:44,563
Don’t forget there are highly
honored half-Jews on our side...
952
01:10:44,627 --> 01:10:48,388
I haven’t forgotten them.
I just don’t want them.
953
01:10:50,365 --> 01:10:53,156
The Iron Cross given to vermin!
Disgusting!
954
01:10:53,220 --> 01:10:56,024
They’re also in the Officers' Corps.
- Half-Jews?
955
01:10:56,088 --> 01:11:00,317
With the Führer's approval.
And equal to Reich Germans.
956
01:11:00,381 --> 01:11:03,028
Fairy tales. Otherwise I'd have known.
957
01:11:03,092 --> 01:11:05,979
No point in publicizing these things.
958
01:11:07,594 --> 01:11:10,697
All right. But the other 24,000?
959
01:11:10,761 --> 01:11:14,667
Ask our man in charge
of half-Jewish workers.
960
01:11:14,731 --> 01:11:17,031
Any special complaints?
961
01:11:18,100 --> 01:11:20,990
No. Their overall
behavior is satisfactory.
962
01:11:21,054 --> 01:11:23,985
Of course.
Otherwise, they'd lose their heads.
963
01:11:24,806 --> 01:11:30,071
It’s the German blood asserting itself
in the half-Jew that makes him valuable.
964
01:11:30,135 --> 01:11:35,511
In theory, true.
- And there's another thing -
965
01:11:35,575 --> 01:11:38,566
Every half-Jew has a full Aryan lineage.
966
01:11:38,630 --> 01:11:42,235
Relatives and friends in
pure-blooded German circles.
967
01:11:42,299 --> 01:11:44,551
Thousands would be affected.
968
01:11:44,615 --> 01:11:48,061
It could cause further unrest
like we had when the Führer
969
01:11:48,125 --> 01:11:53,126
started the euthanasia program.
- Anything can be dramatized.
970
01:11:53,190 --> 01:11:56,879
Really?
How do you suppose a soldier feels
971
01:11:56,943 --> 01:12:01,942
coming home and seeing Eichmann's
trains at the station..
972
01:12:02,006 --> 01:12:06,906
taking his half-Jewish relatives
to the East. Where to? Why?
973
01:12:08,055 --> 01:12:11,121
And every half-Jew
974
01:12:11,185 --> 01:12:13,905
half the blood lost is German blood.
975
01:12:13,969 --> 01:12:16,974
Or half-Jewish,
depending on how you look at it.
976
01:12:17,684 --> 01:12:21,254
To the pessimist,
the glass is half empty.
977
01:12:21,318 --> 01:12:26,126
To the optimist, it’s half full.
You are an optimist.
978
01:12:27,433 --> 01:12:31,873
I value German blood.
I always warned the Germans
979
01:12:31,937 --> 01:12:37,137
against providing the
enemy with good bloodlines.
980
01:12:37,201 --> 01:12:43,495
Blood able to produce great individuals
on the other side would create —
981
01:12:43,559 --> 01:12:48,714
Other side? - Individuals who,
through German blood, would inherit
982
01:12:48,778 --> 01:12:52,944
valuable characteristics...
- What?
983
01:12:53,008 --> 01:12:57,793
...which the enemies of German
blood could use to their benefit.
984
01:12:58,061 --> 01:13:01,496
Jewish intelligence and education
985
01:13:01,560 --> 01:13:06,209
combined with Germanic
genetic superiority
986
01:13:06,273 --> 01:13:10,873
could make the Jew a born leader.
987
01:13:12,717 --> 01:13:17,687
Plase calm!
- And you can’t ignore European opinion!
988
01:13:19,429 --> 01:13:25,111
You don’t say!
- You said the solution to these questions
989
01:13:25,175 --> 01:13:31,840
must be consistent.
- Absolutely. - The foreign half-Jews
990
01:13:31,904 --> 01:13:35,015
uncounted carriers of German blood
991
01:13:35,079 --> 01:13:40,112
would be taken from our control
992
01:13:40,176 --> 01:13:45,495
even compelled to fight against us.
993
01:13:47,579 --> 01:13:52,301
Please, Gentelmen.
994
01:13:52,530 --> 01:13:58,302
I agree that blood is important.
But to whom?
995
01:13:58,366 --> 01:14:01,496
It should be clear by
now what we mean
996
01:14:01,560 --> 01:14:05,631
by the New Order of
Europe and final solution.
997
01:14:05,695 --> 01:14:11,793
Exactly. - I clearly realize
what is meant, Gruppenführer.
998
01:14:12,601 --> 01:14:18,106
The screw has been steadily tightening
since the first Nuremberg Law
999
01:14:18,170 --> 01:14:23,003
when forced Jews to hand over
their property and emigrate
1000
01:14:23,067 --> 01:14:27,132
when we executed them in masses.
1001
01:14:27,196 --> 01:14:30,688
We now have enough experience
for the final solution.
1002
01:14:30,752 --> 01:14:37,412
I hardly imagine we are going to send
those 11 million to a holiday resort.
1003
01:14:37,923 --> 01:14:41,311
I’d be blind not to see
the writing on the wall.
1004
01:14:41,375 --> 01:14:43,675
Who do you think I am?
1005
01:14:43,801 --> 01:14:47,184
I repeat once again,
you are not on trial.
1006
01:14:49,161 --> 01:14:52,569
I hope you won’t think me a defeatist
1007
01:14:52,633 --> 01:14:56,469
if I draw your attention
to the following facts:
1008
01:14:56,541 --> 01:15:00,440
We are still at war with Russia.
England is no defeated;
1009
01:15:00,504 --> 01:15:07,181
America is not yet on the scene. Whole
areas of Europe seem to be slipping away.
1010
01:15:07,245 --> 01:15:11,809
Resistance groups are
spawning everywhere.
1011
01:15:11,873 --> 01:15:17,496
All this is an attraction to those
we act against - the half Jews.
1012
01:15:17,560 --> 01:15:20,316
They won't escape.
We'll keep them under our thumb.
1013
01:15:21,202 --> 01:15:25,855
After victory, our first demand
will be to round up every Jew
1014
01:15:25,919 --> 01:15:30,275
and if we decide,
every half-Jew from both hemispheres.
1015
01:15:30,339 --> 01:15:32,613
Just as this war became a world war
1016
01:15:32,677 --> 01:15:37,525
the final solution
will also be worldwide.
1017
01:15:38,062 --> 01:15:40,872
Do you have an alternative?
What do you propose?
1018
01:15:40,936 --> 01:15:43,730
I propose we do nothing.
1019
01:15:43,794 --> 01:15:47,173
The laws allow half-Jews
marry only Aryans.
1020
01:15:47,237 --> 01:15:49,600
Within two generations
1021
01:15:49,664 --> 01:15:53,631
half Jews will be
absorbed into the population.
1022
01:15:53,695 --> 01:15:59,334
We have orders to carry
out a total purge.
1023
01:15:59,725 --> 01:16:02,554
Well, there’s one more possibility.
1024
01:16:03,559 --> 01:16:05,859
Sterilization.
1025
01:16:06,739 --> 01:16:11,743
That’s been proposed in this draft.
Under IV:
1026
01:16:11,886 --> 01:16:14,552
“Those to be exempt
from evacuation, i.e
1027
01:16:14,616 --> 01:16:20,305
those married to pure-blooded Germans
and those with exemption status
1028
01:16:20,369 --> 01:16:25,784
are to be made infertile so
they will produce no offspring."
1029
01:16:26,062 --> 01:16:30,703
That isn't anything new. We've heard
it before. - You don't understand.
1030
01:16:30,767 --> 01:16:36,047
I’m talking about sterilizing all
half-Jews, not just the favored ones.
1031
01:16:36,111 --> 01:16:38,981
Compulsory collective sterilization.
1032
01:16:39,045 --> 01:16:42,398
Why didn't you say so
in the first place?
1033
01:16:42,462 --> 01:16:47,664
I’m glad you’re not against the
liquidation of the people of Judah
1034
01:16:47,728 --> 01:16:51,916
and their watered-down offspring.
- Sterilization. I like it.
1035
01:16:51,980 --> 01:16:55,583
As a people, they'd be finished,
but as a work force
1036
01:16:55,647 --> 01:16:57,871
they'd be available for a while.
1037
01:16:57,935 --> 01:17:00,712
That would mean thousands of sick days.
1038
01:17:00,776 --> 01:17:05,543
Our hospitals are already filled with
the wounded. And don’t forget the costs!
1039
01:17:05,607 --> 01:17:11,346
I’ve heard it can be done with X-rays as
well. - Experiments in concentration camps.
1040
01:17:11,580 --> 01:17:16,203
One could order these Jewish
gene-carriers to a special office.
1041
01:17:16,267 --> 01:17:20,036
They step up to a desk
with a hidden apparatus
1042
01:17:20,100 --> 01:17:24,244
and while someone talks to them,
it’s done. No fuss.
1043
01:17:26,349 --> 01:17:30,943
We should discuss it'
with the Reich Health Minister.
1044
01:17:31,007 --> 01:17:34,103
We won’t solve the problem
of the half-Jew today.
1045
01:17:34,167 --> 01:17:37,089
Don’t forget the quarter
Jews and mixed marriages.
1046
01:17:37,153 --> 01:17:40,641
I want a transfer to the front.
I can’t take any more of this.
1047
01:17:42,359 --> 01:17:47,392
Why do we give preferential
treatment to Jews married to Aryans?
1048
01:17:47,456 --> 01:17:49,705
Comrade Streicher was right.
1049
01:17:49,769 --> 01:17:54,802
A vagina defiled by Jewish
sperm will always be a cesspool.
1050
01:17:54,866 --> 01:17:58,463
And no German broom can sweep it clean.
1051
01:17:59,392 --> 01:18:03,603
I suggest representatives
of our various agencies
1052
01:18:03,667 --> 01:18:05,967
continue the matter at a lower level.
1053
01:18:06,641 --> 01:18:11,221
Obersturmbannführer Eichmann will
contact your subordinate officers.
1054
01:18:11,285 --> 01:18:16,121
And send the Chancellor's
Office a report of all opinions.
1055
01:18:16,185 --> 01:18:18,538
If no agreement is reached
1056
01:18:18,602 --> 01:18:23,623
I will obtain a decision from
the highest authority. Questions?
1057
01:18:23,687 --> 01:18:26,390
I've already pointed out the problem:
1058
01:18:26,454 --> 01:18:29,496
2,5 million Polish ghetto Jews.
Disease, crime.
1059
01:18:29,560 --> 01:18:31,966
The Polish economy is threatened.
1060
01:18:32,030 --> 01:18:36,283
Can't we attend to our Jews first?
Few transport problems.
1061
01:18:36,347 --> 01:18:40,761
Certainly. Polish Jews first. The
Governor General will be pleased.
1062
01:18:40,825 --> 01:18:45,591
We must try to avoid alarming
the Polish population.
1063
01:18:45,655 --> 01:18:51,139
It’s a matter of camouflage and speed.
We'll do a good job.
1064
01:18:52,881 --> 01:18:58,083
The minutes? - They will go out
to you today. Your assignment...
1065
01:18:58,293 --> 01:19:01,514
May I speak with you later?
- Yes.
1066
01:19:02,113 --> 01:19:05,305
Gentlemen,
I’ll see you in Prinz-Albrecht Strasse.
1067
01:19:05,499 --> 01:19:09,389
I’d like once again your
guarantee of full support
1068
01:19:09,453 --> 01:19:13,577
in implementing the final solution.
That is all. Thank you.
1069
01:19:14,336 --> 01:19:19,550
BERLIN. Final Solution Conference.
1070
01:19:32,842 --> 01:19:36,267
Obergruppenführer?
- Yes, please? - Excuse me.
1071
01:19:36,331 --> 01:19:41,070
You said Jews not exempted by work
are subject to special treatment.
1072
01:19:41,134 --> 01:19:44,592
Yes, of course.
- Now, during wartime, that would be
1073
01:19:44,656 --> 01:19:50,261
eleven, twenty-two,
maybe 33 million rounds of ammunition.
1074
01:19:50,325 --> 01:19:53,100
There are other methods.
More elegant ones. More humane ones.
1075
01:19:53,293 --> 01:19:59,975
Read Mein Kampf, page 772. Learn to
take the Führer at his word. Period.
1076
01:20:06,001 --> 01:20:10,250
What did the Führer write?
- It is referred to frequently.
1077
01:20:10,314 --> 01:20:13,335
He says It would be best to simply
1078
01:20:13,399 --> 01:20:17,482
use poison gas on the Hebrews.
- Gas?
1079
01:20:19,555 --> 01:20:22,461
I would like to be
relieved of my duties.
1080
01:20:23,265 --> 01:20:25,962
I can serve my country
better with a rifle.
1081
01:20:26,026 --> 01:20:31,143
I’ll submit my resignation through
you to the Führer Will that work?
1082
01:20:31,334 --> 01:20:33,768
Perhaps.
- Thank you.
1083
01:20:36,903 --> 01:20:40,358
We’re both dedicated
National Socialists
1084
01:20:41,243 --> 01:20:47,596
but some things are better left
to the younger generation. - Pehaps.
1085
01:20:47,660 --> 01:20:52,073
B, as in Bertha.
- Heil Hitler! - Yes, Bertha.
1086
01:20:59,853 --> 01:21:02,482
3,000 unfit for work!
1087
01:21:02,546 --> 01:21:05,351
You heard what I said, idiot!
Over and out.
1088
01:21:05,937 --> 01:21:10,947
I can’t get Riga, sir. - Nonsense,
my dear. Those assholes are asleep.
1089
01:21:14,695 --> 01:21:16,957
Thank you.
- You smoke, herr Obergruppenführer?
1090
01:21:17,021 --> 01:21:19,548
With cognak, as an exception,
for today's celebration.
1091
01:21:20,397 --> 01:21:24,974
Give me a draft of the minutes this
afternoon. - Yes, herr Obergruppenführer.
1092
01:21:25,038 --> 01:21:27,452
Be as clear as necessary
and as vague as possible.
1093
01:21:27,516 --> 01:21:30,526
May I ask what should be clear?
1094
01:21:30,814 --> 01:21:33,600
Our authority. That's the main thing.
1095
01:21:33,664 --> 01:21:36,003
Understood, Obergruppenführer.
1096
01:21:36,067 --> 01:21:39,041
You’re in high spirits.
Any special reason?
1097
01:21:39,621 --> 01:21:44,253
As the confidential liaison
in our Operations Center
1098
01:21:44,317 --> 01:21:49,451
Now I see approval
1099
01:21:49,515 --> 01:21:55,142
official approval at
the very highest levels
1100
01:21:55,206 --> 01:21:57,975
even in the civil administration.
1101
01:21:58,039 --> 01:22:01,899
It gives me a feeling
of real satisfaction.
1102
01:22:04,434 --> 01:22:06,763
Comrade Eichmann has feelings.
1103
01:22:09,645 --> 01:22:11,888
Müller. Wait a minute, Miss.
1104
01:22:11,952 --> 01:22:15,670
It’s time you operators
learn the proper titles.
1105
01:22:15,734 --> 01:22:19,758
It’s not “Himmler’s Office.
" “Office of the Reichsführer-SS."
1106
01:22:20,665 --> 01:22:23,619
The Reichsführer himself for Heydrich?
1107
01:22:25,195 --> 01:22:29,179
Heydrich. The conference just ended.
1108
01:22:30,050 --> 01:22:34,706
Our authority was recognized
without reservation
1109
01:22:34,770 --> 01:22:37,592
by the departments
that had been uncertain.
1110
01:22:39,829 --> 01:22:43,387
Thank you very much Herr Reichsführer.
Heil Hitler.
1111
01:22:45,148 --> 01:22:47,448
Please, gentelmen.
1112
01:22:51,741 --> 01:22:55,119
Our goal for today has been reached.
1113
01:22:55,868 --> 01:23:00,172
The bureaucrats are now with us,
like SS and the Party.
1114
01:23:00,481 --> 01:23:05,119
There’s no more flirting with
the West. No turning back now.
1115
01:23:05,636 --> 01:23:11,480
With the Führer to the final victory
or to death. Prosit, gentelmen!
1116
01:23:15,377 --> 01:23:20,943
Gentelmen, Heil Hitler!
- Heil Hitler!
1117
01:23:29,311 --> 01:23:31,884
We’ll see each other in Prague?
1118
01:23:31,948 --> 01:23:34,248
#
1119
01:23:35,386 --> 01:23:38,266
It was worth coming to Berlin after all.
1120
01:23:45,783 --> 01:23:48,833
What does he do out there?
Stand guard, or just eat?
1121
01:23:48,897 --> 01:23:53,925
Sniffs out hiding places. They sneak
into chimneys hide in latrines
1122
01:23:53,989 --> 01:23:59,144
under floorboards. Hasso finds
them all. A hand grenade boom!
1123
01:24:16,896 --> 01:24:22,223
THE WANNSEE KONFERENCE
1124
01:24:24,477 --> 01:24:27,034
REINHARD HEYDRICH Deputy Reich
Protector of Bohemia and Moravia.
1125
01:24:27,098 --> 01:24:29,690
Considered the likely successor to Hitler.
Assassinated May, 1942, by Czech Resistance.
1126
01:24:29,754 --> 01:24:32,499
As revenge, Hitler executed all the
inhabitants of the village of Lidice.
1127
01:24:32,563 --> 01:24:35,652
ADOLF EICHMANN Head of the
Jewish Department of the Gestapo,
1128
01:24:35,716 --> 01:24:38,128
fried and hanged in Jerusalem in May,
1962.
1129
01:24:38,192 --> 01:24:41,422
ROLAND FREISLER State Secretary
of the Reich Ministry of justice.
1130
01:24:41,486 --> 01:24:44,570
Died in his courtroom during
an air raid In February, 1945.
1131
01:24:44,634 --> 01:24:49,062
WILHELM STUCKART State Secretary
of the Ministry of the Interior.
1132
01:24:49,126 --> 01:24:53,863
Only defendant tried at Nuremberg
for attending the Wannsee Conference
1133
01:24:53,927 --> 01:24:57,691
sentenced to three years,
he was released early.
1134
01:24:59,172 --> 01:25:06,097
:) Historical Advisor SHLOMO ARONSON,
University of Jerusalem.
1135
01:25:10,097 --> 01:25:26,097
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