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You lost some illusions.

The miracle is you still had any left.

Starting way back, after a war everyone wanted to forget, tried to forget.

Yeah, we went on with our lives. We persevered, grew, gained position,

But for some, the horrors, the pain of that war 40 years ago would never

end.

me to tell you what you would have seen and heard had you been with me on

Thursday.

It will not be pleasant listening.

If you're at lunch, or if you have no appetite to hear what Germans have done,

now is a good time to switch off the radio.

For I propose to tell you of Buchenwald.

It is on a small hill about four miles outside Weimar.

And it was one of the largest concentration camps in Germany.

And it was built to last.

As I walked down to the end of the barrack, there was applause from the men

weak to get out of bed.

It sounded like the hand clapping of babies.

They were so weak.

We proceeded to the small courtyard.

There were two rows of bodies stacked up like cordwood.

Some had been shot through the head, but they bled but little.

I tried to count them as best I could and arrived at the conclusion that all

that was mortal of more than 500 men and boys lay there.

in two neat piles.

Murder has been done at Buchenwald.

If I have offended you by this rather mild account of Buchenwald, I'm not in

least sorry.

I have reported what I saw and heard, but only part of it.

For most of it, I have no word.

you were still asleep.

What time is it?

You haven't been to bed. Papa, what's the matter?

Nothing.

Papa? Alicia, I'm all right.

I just fell asleep in my chair.

Yeah, you probably caught cold.

Nonsense.

You go on. You don't want to be late.

I'll make you breakfast. What would you like?

I'll make my own.

Yes, sir.

Yes, I'll make my own breakfast. All right.

Oh, we're in a good mood this morning.

Papa.

Uh, I'll be working late. Will you get your own dinner?

Yes. Yes, you go on.

Okay.

Okay, good night.

Where is the club?

There are the people.

There they are.

Zawadzki.

Kastanon.

You sometimes don't know why they continue to live.

It's there.

They found him in the back of the print shop.

And nobody heard anything, huh?

Not so far.

So probably 50 people heard it. Who looked?

Well, does anybody know who he is?

Vladimir G.

Fitzoff. Fitzoff?

F -I -T -Z -E -F.

A ring, a gold watch.

He had $300 in cash and some change in his pocket.

He could have had something.

A bag, a cage.

So, it's the same. You don't know.

You're not with the safer law squad now, Lutig.

I didn't know that.

And when you don't know, you don't get.

You find out.

Right?

Now, what's the story?

It was a hit. No two ways about that.

That's even better. Lieutenant?

Okay, so what do we got?

A man with an enemy.

Lieutenant?

I'm Lieutenant Kojak from the New York Police Department.

And I'm terribly sorry.

Thank you.

You know of anyone who might have hurt your husband?

No. No.

Did he ever talk to you about any enemies he might have?

I mean, some people he didn't like or people who didn't like him? Never. No,

everybody liked him.

Hmm. So you don't know of anybody who might have done this to your husband?

No. Everybody loved my husband.

He was a lucky man.

A good man.

Well, again, my condolences.

Yeah, hold on. I'll take it.

Lieutenant, Lisa Barrett on the phone?

Yeah.

Hey, what a nice surprise.

Papa didn't come home last night. I'm really worried. Now, take it easy.

What should I do?

Where are you?

At his office.

I don't know what to do. Okay, I'll be right there, okay?

Well, my pop, sweet surprise. Very great.

Here's your memo pad, Russo.

Has he ever done this before?

Well, sometimes he gets absent -minded, forgets to tell me, you know, he won't

be home for dinner, but he's never stayed out all night.

Mm -hmm.

You try the hospital?

Yeah.

When he wasn't in his room this morning, I didn't... I came here.

Oh, come on. We're gonna find him? Mm -hmm. Come on now, talk to me.

I don't know, Theo. He's just been really strange. I'm worried about him.

Strange?

How?

Well, he says there's nothing bothering him, but I know there is.

There are two reasons why a man your father's age would act strange.

And the most important one is business problems.

What's the other one?

Well, if you'll pardon the expression, a woman.

Papa? Hey, don't cut us off that quick, kid.

Hello? Lieutenant Kojak there.

Just a minute.

All right, go ahead.

Does the security find me anything new?

No, thank you. Lieutenant?

Yeah? We have that meeting.

What? All right, I'll meet you there.

Bye.

Why would he keep a picture of a Nazi? Do you mind?

Do you have to go?

Yeah, and if I... Why don't you call your work, all right?

Sure, or I'll call you. And I don't have to worry about you.

I'm all right.

You're all right. You know, there was an expression when I was a kid.

So is your old man.

Take care.

in the ballroom.

He sure wasn't dancing.

New ring?

Yeah. I got a Bloomingdale's. You like it? Nikolai Kostunov, Vladimir Fitzhev.

Is that interesting or isn't it? They sure was both murdered. What else were

they?

Same age, give or take.

What else?

Male, Caucasian.

Caucasian? Yeah.

Fitzhev and Kostunov, two old Russians.

Interesting, eh, Mel?

You think they're connecting?

Hey, look, about five or six weeks ago, there was a murder in Jersey, remember?

Jersey? Well, anyway, when they get the slug out of Kastanoff, I want it matched

against the one they took out of Fitzheff, okay?

You clean up here, and I want all the details on that Jersey murder.

What Jersey murder?

Gorbachev.

Gorbachev. I mean, it's not on the nose, but it's close enough, okay?

Gorbachev.

You got it.

The missing person, Peter. How nice to see you.

I feel like an idiot.

I worried Alicia.

I'm sure she... Actually, I put you into all kinds of trouble.

Is the entire police force looking for me?

No, Larry, there's a couple of guys on the job.

Where have you been?

Well, it's ridiculous.

I had to go to Boston.

Something came up suddenly.

I left a note for Alicia, but somehow she never found it.

My guess is the cleaning lady.

Suddenly decided to be efficient and throw it away.

The cleaning lady?

Yeah. Come on.

Let's go upstairs. I'll buy you a couple of drinks. We'll talk over old times

and we'll forget it. I can't, Leo. I'm on my way to the airport.

You do get around.

I have to be in Atlanta at nine o 'clock in the morning.

I think I'm getting too old for this.

Well, I've seen you look better.

I know.

I run around like a maniac.

Say, is my memory playing tricks with me or...

Did we used to have time to drink some wine, talk about life?

You're well, yet?

Yeah. Better now that I don't have to worry about you.

It's forgotten.

Thank you.

Will you get back?

Absolutely, I'll call you.

Have a nice trip.

My apologies.

Papa? Papa?

Papa? Papa.

Oh, Papa.

No, no. Nietzsche.

Come. Say, look at me.

I'm perfectly all right.

What's the matter? Why are you doing this?

One day I'll tell you all about it. No.

Where do you live now?

At home.

At least I told you. You didn't tell me anything. You said go stay with a

friend. What am I supposed to say? I'm afraid to live alone?

Yes, say whatever you want. Papa, I can't hide. I have to go to work.

I don't understand.

It's not safe.

Tell me who you're afraid of.

I'm not going to leave you until you tell me how I can find you again.

You remember when I showed you how to leave a message on a computer bulletin

board?

The number to call is on my desk at the office.

If you truly need to reach me, then connect with the bulletin board and

message.

Papa, I miss you.

Then you have access to a computer.

Well, never mind that.

Say, my passport and my checkbook.

They're in there.

This isn't really happening.

No, I know it.

It's a lot of foolishness.

I'm taking care of myself. I know that's what you want me to do. That's what I

want you to do.

I will.

Elisa.

Oh, hi.

Hey.

How's it going?

Slowly. I didn't expect to find you here. Well, I was in the neighborhood.

Say, what kind of work are you doing here?

Well, you know, I'm an architectural historian, so I'm keeping records of the

insides of this church.

Well, your old man's got to be pretty proud of you.

Well, I saw him last night.

Where?

On the way to the airport.

Oh.

Look, I'm really sorry for all the trouble.

That's all right. I like that, the ending.

You're going to bet it, huh?

Yeah, thanks for everything.

I didn't do anything.

You were there.

Well, I promised your father we'd get together soon.

Okay.

Oh, uh... By the way... I knew there was something I

wanted to ask you.

My cleaning lady, she's a disaster.

And I was wondering if I could borrow yours for a couple of half days a week

until she sobers up.

We don't have a cleaning lady.

That's it.

Look, Theo, I don't want to have to be rude, but I really have to get back to

work.

What did you say your name was?

I owe you one.

I got it.

That's very interesting.

This guy, Kastanoff, got it with the same gun.

Hey.

What have you got? That guy in Jersey, Dmitry Gorbachev, age 72.

They can't release the slug. The case is still open. But if we want to bring

ours over, they'll see if they match.

Kelly!

Any suspects, anything else?

Killer of the community, no known enemies.

And he wasn't robbed?

Only his life.

You get immigration?

Looks like they both came here from the old country.

You get down there and pull the records and add one more.

Dmitry Gorbachev.

Oh, the records on Fitshev and Kostunov were sent to Washington years ago. They

don't have them here.

You get Washington to send those records up here.

I'll see what I can do.

What the hell does that mean, Kelly?

Well, the guy says you want the records. Try the U .S. State Department.

State Department?

Mr. Kinnard said to tell you he's sorry. This material is classified.

Classified? That's right.

If you wish to see it, you have to have the proper clearance.

Uh -huh.

No, wait a minute.

Sir!

I told him he couldn't go in.

Lieutenant Theo Kojak, New York City Police Department.

I know.

Miss Hinkle?

And sir, I've been down here all afternoon.

Look, there is nothing I can do to help you. I've been polite, I've been

patient, I've been diligent, and you know something?

I want to put a big zip.

No, no, you can't, no, I can't, no, you do, zippy -do.

Why don't we save both ourselves a lot of time and trouble?

Do you understand about our classification system, Mr. Kojak?

Mr., uh, Kennett, I understand all about your, uh, classification system. Now,

if you want clearance, you call a commissioner.

I'll call the mayor.

Look, I am terribly sorry, but there is nothing I can do to help you.

Sir, a citizen needs a little help.

Can't you give it to him?

Why do you want to see these records?

All right.

I want to see if I can find something to tie these three guys together.

And what makes you think something might?

You mean besides all three being murdered?

Wait outside a minute.

Mr. Kenneth?

The only reason I'm in here is because I don't want to wait outside.

Then wait here.

I'll be back.

Thank you.

I'd like one favorable consideration from the IMF.

Well, why don't you think about it then and call me back?

Bye.

There is a New York City policeman in my office.

He wants to see some classified records.

And at this point, stonewalling him will be a lot more trouble than just giving

him a little access.

Now, don't go overboard.

What?

For how long?

Why?

The Norwegian fisheries. They're on the agenda for the day after tomorrow.

I'll take care of that.

Look, I don't have time to stand here and argue. Somebody's got to hold his

hand. Well, why me?

Dana.

Okay.

Maybe I can get a ticket fixed.

I'll send him in.

Oh, and, uh, it's important.

Keep me informed.

Mr. Kodak.

Miss Sutton will take care of it.

I'm Theo Kojak.

Dana Sutton, please.

Oh, thank you.

How may I help you?

Yeah, well, I want to know why immigration records are classified.

You don't understand the government, Mr. Kojak.

Well, you can say that again, Ms.

Sutton. Well, the first thing they teach you is, when in doubt, classify.

Fitzsav Castanar Gorbachev.

Well, I'll see if Washington has any information on these men. If so, I'll

it sent up.

I'll also look here. We have a lot of files downtown.

I don't know what it'll take to get those Washington files.

By courier tomorrow.

What?

Hmm?

Oh, yeah.

I think I finally got lucky.

I'll have a ginger ale.

Who's on a rocks in a glass of water?

You don't drink?

Well, if I drink, I want to have a cigarette.

And if I have a cigarette, I despise myself. And if I despise myself, I go

to smoking. Now, you don't want to have that on your conscience, do you?

How long ago did you start?

It'll be five days Saturday, but who's counting?

You're a father, right? I mean, you're not a New York person.

No.

No, Virginia.

And college and law school in North Carolina.

On your way to?

Assistant Secretary for European Affairs.

Not too shabby, huh?

Not too shabby, huh?

So you're in the public service.

As opposed to the private sector.

Well, that's where the money is, no?

Except I don't need the money.

And I'm where the power is.

Dana! Back here.

Theo, I think I found something.

Yeah.

They were all in the same concentration camp during World War II.

Oh?

I just want to check this mailbox to see if there are any other references to

them in here.

When they came over here, were they together?

Mm -hmm.

Just to see when they arrived?

I think I have that in my notes.

Yeah.

Gorbachev came in 48.

Oh, that early.

And the third one came in 51.

And they were all in the same camp.

Koldechevo.

Say that again?

Koldechevo.

You know, these files are very old and they're handwritten. I really couldn't

make it out. I think that's in Poland.

German -occupied Russia.

Does that mean something to you?

Well, there's a friend of mine in a little trouble.

And he kind of disappeared.

Oh? And he's from Russia.

And he was in a concentration camp.

Koldysheva?

What do you think about that?

I don't know.

What should I think?

Who's going to go back uptown to my office?

Well, can you take another hour?

Well, Kenneth said I should take care of you.

He said to take care of me?

It'll take another hour.

At Dachau, near the city of Munich in southern Germany.

Grim evidence of Nazi atrocities.

General Dwight Eisenhower and General Omar Bradley inspect a concentration

The victorious generals see with their own eyes what Allied armies saved the

world from. A scene of horror.

as the world continues to learn of crimes against humanity inside Hitler's

Germany.

Okay, now we're getting into the Russian stuff.

And in territory of the Soviet Union, occupied by the German army, other camps

are discovered.

Film footage taken by Red Army cameraman.

Officials and townspeople from Koldichevo arrive at a concentration

Nazi occupiers kill thousands for religious and political reasons.

Bodies of victims are found piled in a warehouse, denied even the dignity of a

burial, a gruesome legacy of the retreating German army.

Captured Nazi commandants look on as the shocking record of their crimes is

exposed.

These are the faces of German officers who committed uncounted murders. Hold

Back it up.

Okay,

right there. Hold it right there.

Is it or isn't it?

It's the same man.

Where'd you get that picture?

Coming down to the camp where three murder victims used to be prisoners.

Where your friend was, too.

Barrack. Mm -hmm.

Who is he? I mean, what happened to him?

Did he survive?

Theo, how is Peter Barrack tied into all of this?

During the war, his family got wiped out, right? Here he is at orphan,

I remember he told me once, though.

The only thing he could think about was becoming an American citizen. You know

something? He did.

Anyway, it's 1953, 1954, and he finds his way to New York.

I'm a beat cop at the time, right?

And he moves into the neighborhood. He was afraid of me. You know, I'm the law.

Anyway, we got to know each other.

Time goes by, he gets married, he has a little girl.

And whenever I need a home, he's there.

You must know that somebody's killing people from that camp.

Do you have any idea who?

I'd like to ask him.

Exemplary.

Devotion to duty.

Is it true what I hear?

You think we have a serial killer?

Possible.

How possible?

Oh, come on, Captain. Give me a break, okay?

Possible.

I'll give you a shot.

I'm not going to say anything about it.

Excuse me.

You want something?

Yes.

I'm Lieutenant Kujai from the York City Police Department.

And this is Miss Sutton from the State Department. And if it's appropriate, I'd

like to ask you a few questions.

What would you like to know?

Are you a relative of Mr. Kastanoff? No.

Did Mr. Kastanoff know of Vladimir Pitsen?

No.

Oh, do you know of Vladimir Pitsen?

No. How about Dmitry Govichuk?

No. What? Nobody ever heard of them?

Is that all?

Who would want to kill Mr.

Casanova? Nobody.

Go someplace else, if you're gracious.

Where to now?

I wanna look around.

What are we looking for?

Good question

Another new grave.

Vadim Shevatsky.

Catch the date.

Same age group.

Lieutenant. Yeah, well, if it's fast, come in. If not, get out.

If you can find a death certificate for Vadim Savatsky, I want to know how you

did it. I've romanced, yelled at, begged, and pleaded with every coroner

here to Poughkeepsie. A death certificate doesn't exist.

What do you know?

I'm killing myself looking for a death certificate.

Who was here first? It was Stephen Lane around the corner.

He

was

where? On a train?

Yeah, he was. He was on a platform.

When the report came in, he was shot. That's right. That's right. Here and

Oh? You know what a bullet wound looks like?

These came from a gun, man.

Man? Hey.

You Greek?

No. You call me Lieutenant?

Lieutenant. All right. Anybody recover the slug?

I don't think so. Not yet.

You think they could still be in the guy?

Not from what I see. Not the way he looked to me.

All right. Who was he?

Donald O. Johnson. No driver's license.

Fifteen hundred and...

What, $43?

You counted it.

Where's his ID?

This is it?

That's all he had, Lieutenant.

Brand new, Lieutenant.

Vadim Savatsky.

If you want her to be dead, you're dead.

Confidential informants, to be opened by authorized personnel only.

Love me.

5079 -196.

Not in here.

Wait.

Not in here.

Oh?

SD 079196. I will track it down.

Oh. Somebody must have pulled it.

Hello.

Have you seen that before?

No. Well, I have.

Once on a photograph at the cemetery.

And what the hell did the State Department file?

You were away, maybe.

Sam, I'm here.

You haven't come to see me for such a long time. It must be business.

I understand you're a very busy man.

Sam, enough already.

All right, all right. So let me hear.

This is Russian.

That's why I came to see you.

I went to that Russian church on Avenue D.

They didn't know what it was. Or maybe they didn't want to tell me.

So you came to see your old friend, Sam, eh?

Right there.

Where did you get this?

It's from the other Russia.

So you used to call it White Russia?

Yes. It's the emblem of the Belarus division.

Do you know about the Belarus SS Division?

No. It was organized during the German occupation.

German SS officers organized it. But the important thing is that it was made up

by collaborators from the community Russians.

They did the Germans dirty work for them. They were as bad,

but worse.

More than two million, a quarter of the population of Belarus were

killed by these Nazis, these

collaborators.

Okay, Sam.

Look, I'm sorry.

Next time I owe you a bowl of soup.

This is a closed area.

Barrett?

Yeah. Hello.

My name is Miller.

I'm a friend of your father.

Oh.

Oh, well.

How are you?

More to the point, Miss Barrett.

How is your father?

He's fine.

Why?

I had difficulty locating him.

I'm worried about him.

Well, he's away. He's out of town.

Oh. I'd be obliged if you'd tell me where I can reach him. You can't reach

I have to reach him. It's important.

We have a critical business arrangement, your father and I.

Except I'm afraid there's no way to reach him.

He's on a cruise. He needed a rest.

A cruise?

Mm -hmm.

He didn't tell me that.

No? Oh, well, it was, um, you know, he just decided really fast.

I'll speak to him on the telephone.

What's his ship?

It's not that kind of a cruise.

He charted his sailboat. There's no way to reach him. There must be a way to

reach him, Miss Barrett. Sorry. I have to talk to your father. You can't. You

don't understand.

He's in danger. What?

Don't you hear me? He is in danger. I thought you said this was business.

He is in danger. What's the matter with you? Don't you tell me where he is.

I must see him.

Yes, I'm sure.

All right, Lisa, take it easy.

He was horrible, Theo. He was just horrible.

Okay, kid, now you listen, all right?

I can help your father, but first I gotta find him, right?

Right.

There's a computer in his office.

I can send him a message.

Oh, good, now we're talking.

I'll meet you there.

And, uh, look, be cool, all right? Be cool and be careful.

I'll try.

Right.

Hanging at the office or are you going home?

I still have a little more to do.

Any joy yet on that missing file?

Not yet.

You know, I've got to believe the answers are in there and that's why we

see it.

Well, they're sticking to their story that it's on its way.

Will you call me if anything breaks?

Here he is.

All right, you must see him.

Tell him you must.

See him.

We made contact.

Great. Did Peter Barrett say he'd meet you?

Oh, he'll show.

When? Tomorrow.

You must be so relieved.

How about I come by and pick you up?

Oh? Yeah, we'll get a bite to eat.

Well, give me a half hour, you... I'll be outside.

Yeah.

I'll be the one with the hunger pangs and the run in my stocking. Uh -huh. I

That looks good.

Gallantry, huh?

See you soon. Bye.

Goodbye.

Our detective?

Yes. He found Peter Barak. Well, I mean, the daughter made contact.

And?

They're meeting tomorrow.

I'm glad I stopped by.

Why don't you get out where he can see you? What time is it?

I make it ten o 'clock.

Okay, we'll be right here.

Elisa?

Elisa? Papa?

Fight the path and walk down.

Where's she going?

Wait here.

Now then, what's so important?

Papa.

Oh, Papa.

Yes, it's Papa.

Come home.

Please, now.

Not yet.

Yes, now, please.

Before he can... Before who can what? What do you mean?

Who was it?

Is his name Bookhart?

He said his name was Muller.

No, listen, not Muller. His real name is Bookhart.

I knew he would come sooner or later.

Theo wants to talk to you.

Theo?

She's trying to save your life, Peter.

Theo!

Peter, we've been worried about you.

No need.

I found the picture, Peter.

Who is he?

He's one of yours.

My?

Yes, Peter.

Well, why is he looking for you?

I made a nuisance of myself, Phil. To the wrong people.

Well, did you see?

Come on, come on up here. We'll talk about it.

Oh.

Stop running.

Yes.

The man in the picture, Peter, he was a commandant, right?

Your concentration camp?

Goodbye, sir.

Don't shoot.

Don't shoot.

Do it. Throw it down.

We're federal agents.

I'm going for my ID.

You better come out smiling.

Two for the price of one, and still no bargain.

Dana Sutton. What is it, the third?

Huh? Knows where the power is?

And go through it like a bimbo to a sailor.

Call security.

No, it's all right.

Is that what they taught you down at the old plantation?

When they catch you, stick your chin out.

And God bless tradition.

What is it you think you caught her at?

Deception.

Double cross.

You have some strange idea.

As I understand it, Miss Sutton works for me.

You want loyalty, you hire it. I did. You sure got your money's worth, didn't

you? Now you listen.

The only one who knew we flushed out Barrick besides Lustig, myself and his

daughter, was you.

And you, you sent your guns out to kill him. I sent agents out to bring him in

so we could ask him some questions.

And I wonder how he would have been brought in if we weren't there.

And a body bag?

Oh, you didn't know.

I mean, all that enthusiasm.

Hand in hand, let's go look at the files.

And all you ever gave a damn about was using me to get the Peter Barak.

You know that's not true.

What is it he knows?

Is it in that file?

That file that they don't let anybody look at?

Is that it?

And now that I think about it, you must have been the one who pulled it.

Look, if I were you, I'd get out of here right now.

You know, you did everything you could to get my way.

Now, there's a Nazi war criminal killing old men.

And I'm gonna make it my business to see if he's doing it under your protection.

You're wrong.

For all I know, you may be using the same Nazi to get to Peter Barrack. Did

need us, Mr. Kenner?

Oh, the Marine.

Take him out and make sure he goes quietly.

And, uh, not a minute too soon.

Naughty, naughty.

Here, peekaboo.

And you, have yourself a brilliant future.

What the hell is going on here?

Who loves you, baby?

Poor, kindly old men. Murder victims.

Used to be in a concentration camp.

Nikolai Kostinov, that poor old house painter.

Nikolai Kostinov served with the Waffen -SS as a Nazi police commander.

During the German occupation of Byelorussia, took part in the fighting

the Soviet army and the Byelorussian peasants.

Vladimir Pitschev. Oh, everybody loved him.

Vladimir Pitschev?

Directed the Massacre of Innocent Inhabitants of the Borosso District.

Also, editor of the fascist newspaper, Reneza.

What are you talking about?

The first contingent, about 20 men, were made to dig pits.

They were made to jump into the pits and then shot from above.

Pitschev personally supervised the killing throughout the day.

heads were smashed by rifle butts, and buddies were mutilated.

Autopsies conducted after the war showed that some babies, to save ammunition,

had been thrown into the pits and buried alive.

Vadim Savatsky, gunned down for no apparent reason on a New York subway,

remember?

Vadim Savatsky was selected by the German invading force to organize the

counties around the city of Minsk.

He headed the government, and under his administration, two -thirds of the

approximately 375 ,000 Jews in the region were slaughtered.

Oh, they could have been in a concentration camp, all right.

Except they weren't inmates.

They ran the joint, along with our hero here, Oberstern Bonfuhrer

Heinrich Buchart.

Records are all in there.

The real one and the phony one.

Barrack 2?

No.

No, he really wasn't in me.

Does, uh... Like, does Gay know you're up here?

What does that mean?

Well, he told me to pack up all the homicide files and have them sent down

the homicide squad.

Don't do anything.

Well, then...

What do I do about what Kay said?

I'll have a word with him.

Lieutenant.

Good luck you there, huh?

I got a call about you.

Captain, you could have been a star.

Lieutenant, you're wasting everybody's time.

They're waiting for you down there.

You ought to tell them everything you got.

You know, I understand they don't make a lot of room for you, Julius.

And who am I to tell you that you're wrong for playing it safe?

For what it's worth, I'm not the one that took you off of this.

Look, no matter what I feel about you, no matter what you feel about me, I

this is dirty pool.

Captain, I appreciate it.

Let it go, Theo.

It's a case.

It's a case.

You know what it's really about, Frank?

You've been throwing your weight around in the wrong places.

Like where?

The U .S. State Department.

Who'd they get to?

The commissioner?

Theo, it belongs in the task force. It's nothing personal.

Okay? Southern Russia.

World War II.

This is the part of Russia that's under German occupation, right?

Some of the Russians, they collaborate. They help the Germans.

They point out the Jews.

Got it?

Okay, the war's over.

These bums, these Russian collaborators, they begin to show up at displaced

persons camps, passing themselves off as real DPs.

Now listen to this.

Allied intelligence, they know all about these collaborators.

They know all the crimes. They know the whole story.

And now we've got somebody in Washington who comes up with a bright idea.

Let's not punish these hyenas for what they did. Let's use them.

We'll use them as...

Guerrillas against the Soviet Union.

But first, we've got to train them.

We've got to sneak them into the United States.

But that's against the law.

I can't believe this.

They set the whole thing up.

The Belarus Brigade.

These Russian collaborators training themselves to do something against

And some of them were actually sent.

You mean a year, two years after the death camps?

Frank, I got a friend.

He was in one of these death camps, right?

40 years go by.

He's walking down the street.

No, I'm just guessing.

And he spots one of them.

Hey, what's he doing in this country?

What's he doing still alive?

So he follows him.

And what does he find?

More collaborators.

They killed his father. They killed his mother. They killed his sister.

What does he do?

I'm just guessing.

He went to the proper authorities.

And he told them. And you know what?

They stonewalled him the way they stonewalled me.

Where's your friend right now, Theo?

Oh, I don't know. The question is, does my friend get to Bukat before Bukat gets

to him?

Geez. No wonder they want you off this.

Who is this Bukat?

Heinrich Bukat.

He was with the German occupation forces in Russia during the war.

He's the one who started the Belarus Brigade. He's the one who started this

whole group.

I'm saying a commandant of a concentration camp.

I'm telling you about the real world, Frank.

And I'm telling you I don't believe it.

And we think we know what it's all about, right?

Some poor slob sticking a needle in his arm to find a little peace.

Somebody holding up a candy store.

Sticking a knife into his neighbor.

That's not what it's about, Frank.

It's about power.

The people who possess it and the evil they do with it.

That's what it's about, Frank.

Heinrich Bukat stood on the U .S. payroll.

The only contact with these other Russian collaborators.

And with the help of the United States government, keeps the lid on this whole

dirty mess.

And you say it's just a case.

I'm telling you, it's too big.

For what?

For you.

For us.

I can't run interference anymore.

We got away with it. We had a long run.

You doing it your way.

Me explaining to the bosses.

But Theo, it's a different era.

Now you're off the case. Frank, because they don't know.

And you gotta tell them. Tell them what?

That Theo Kojak's on a tear?

I'm not on a tear, Frank.

For 40 years, they've been keeping this from the American people.

You've just been telling me the facts of life. All right.

It is about power.

And, Theo, you don't have any.

You're not going to stop, are you?

I can't help you.

Have you been here all night?

Yeah, I thought you were off.

Kelly called me.

Kelly?

Spoke to Stavrod.

He told me.

You know, about the file.

Do me a favor, kid.

Go home.

What if I don't want to go home?

You know what they're going to do to me?

They didn't.

Many years ago, you were just starting to go home.

Do I look worried to you?

I appreciate that.

Half a dollar for a cup of coffee.

Country's going to hell.

Come on, let's get out of here.

Let me try this on you for size.

What would you say if I told you I think Peter Barak is our man?

Barak?

He's been our man all along.

Look, Lieutenant.

I'm sorry.

Yeah.

There's some place out there Barak and Bukhar are looking to kill each other.

Where do we go now?

Well, I've been to his home. He's not there. We'll try his office.

Peter now knows that we know about Bukhar.

So time is a factor.

He'll be taking risks.

To find Bukhar?

Well, all right, you're Peter Barak.

You know somebody's looking for you, and you're looking to find him, so what do

you do?

I'd show up, make myself conspicuous.

Right.

You know, I've got to believe sooner or later he's got to show up one place or

the other.

So will Bukhar.

And so will Bukhar.

She's aren't waste.

If it doesn't work out.

Peter, put that gun down.

Give me a reason, Theo.

It isn't worth it.

He's an insult.

Have you any idea how hard I tried to make them do something?

To arrest them, make them pay.

This isn't the way.

So what is the way, Theo?

You just don't kill people.

Protected by the government of the United States of America!

Drop it!

Drop it!

I am protected by the government of the United States of America.

M60854, Barrett, Peter.

Murder in the first degree, four counts. Murder in the second degree, four

counts. Possession of an unlicensed handgun.

May we approach the bench, Your Honor?

He wasn't arraigned. How come?

Oh, you're the arresting officer? That's right. Who are those two guys who took

out Barak?

Look, don't worry about it, okay? It's all over. Hey, humor me, counselor.

Who are those two guys?

They're federal marshals.

Excuse me.

make a deal, deport him, dump him in a river, what?

Something like that.

Anything to keep him from telling his story at the trial, right?

Theo, it's... I'm waiting.

You know what the stakes were.

Well, why don't you tell me about it?

No, no.

You tell me what our country stands for.

It's wrong.

It's very wrong.

And what are you going to do about it?

Nothing.

I'm new to courage, Theo.

I've gone as far as I can go for now.

What are you going to do?

Me?

These people spit on the graves of kids who died fighting against Hitler.

And they covered it up for 40 years.

And they're still covering it up. What am I going to do?

I'm going to do what I have to do.

He'll probably hand you your head.

You know something?

You're probably right.