All language subtitles for Nuremberg.2025.COMPLETE.UHD_English

One of our vehicles, is it?

Move! Move!

Make way! Make way!

Hey! Let me see your hands!

Jesus Christ,
that's Hermann Goring.

Who?

Hitler's second-in-command.

The Fuhrer- in-waiting.

What did he say?

He asked us to get his luggage.

Justice Jackson?

That depends
on if you have a good reason

to be banging on my door
at 3:00 in the morning.

They captured
Hermann Goring alive.

-Where?
-Austria.

What are they gonna do with him?

Well, that's
the real question, isn't it?

Can I come in?

-No.
-But it's raining.

I can see that.
Are they gonna shoot him?

Not that I know of.

Well, for a long time,
they were gonna shoot him.

Yes, sir.

Churchill and Roosevelt
signed the order themselves.

An order you opposed.

I'm a Supreme Court Justice.

I tend to frown on executing men
without a trial.

That's what I'm here
to talk about.

It can't be done.

-You keep saying that.
-Because it can't be done.

Give me one good reason why not.

There's no legal precedent
for a trial.

There's no international law
to base the charges on.

No one
has ever tried war criminals

outside of one
nation's jurisdiction

because the whole concept
of international law is that

one country can't tell
another country's citizens

how to conduct themselves.

-Elsie...
-Trying these men

in a German court
would be different.

But what you're talking about
is trying them

in some sort of legal limbo
that doesn't exist,

using case law
that hasn't been written yet,

and on the off chance
that you're not keeping track,

that's about four good reasons
why not.

I'm getting you a drink.

I don't want a drink.

Then I'm getting me another
and getting you one for show.

Who do you put on trial?

The German commanders?

Enlisted men?

What about the judges
who enforced the racial codes?

Obviously,
we'd have to work that out.

And once you decide
who to put on trial,

what do you charge them with?

Conspiracy to wage
aggressive war on the world.

And you want the United States
to argue that

as the prosecution?

I do.

Against Germany,

a country
that never attacked us.

Say, just for a second,

-it could be done.
-Robert...

Don't you wanna know
how I'd do it?

It would have to be

a completely
international effort.

All of the Allies
would have to participate.

The U.S.,

Britain, France, Russia.

You can't do it
without the Russians.

Four international judges.

You're talking
about a tribunal.

Exactly.

The world needs to know
what these men did.

It's a logistical nightmare.

I know.

But it has to be done.

Pick a card.

I don't think so.

Ask me to pick one.

Pick a card.

Now ask me to please remember it
and put it back in the deck.

Please remember it
and put it back in the deck.

Now shuffle 'em.

Now what?

My card was the three of spades.

Well, that's hardly a trick.

Turn over the top one.

Who are you?

I'm a psychiatrist.

Oh, and why
are you going to Mondorf?

I wish I knew.

They send psychiatrists
on secret missions now?

I'm pretty sure I'm the first.

How did you do that?
With the cards.

I didn't do anything.

You're a really good magician.

Dr. Kelley?

Sergeant Howie Triest,
at your service.

I'm gonna run you over
to the commandant's office.

-Tigers, huh?
-Yes, sir.

Perhaps I'll see you around.

Jiminy.

Who was that?

That, Howie,
was a very attractive woman.

Did you say "commandant"?

Uh, yes, sir. Colonel Andrus.

So, can you tell me what
I'm supposed to be doing here?

I thought the war was over.

I couldn't say.

Couldn't say
because you don't know

or you couldn't say
'cause somebody

told you you couldn't say?

I couldn't say.

Hmm.

Don't get sore at me, Doc.
I'm just your translator.

Translator for what?

You'll see.

Dr. Kelley, apparently,
Central Command thinks

you're some kind
of hotshot headshrinker.

I imagine you have
some questions for me.

-More than a few.
-Then let's get to it.

You are standing inside
a secret military prison.

It currently houses what's left
of the Nazi High Command.

The governments
of Russia, France,

Great Britain,
and our United States

are deciding right now

whether to put these men
on trial for their lives.

You have been brought in
to inspect and ensure

the prisoners' mental health
should that trial go forward.

Suicide.

That'll be the main concern
with most of the prisoners.

Hitler, Goebbels, and Himmler

have already taken
their own lives.

We cannot afford
any more losses.

Goebbels and Himmler
did it with this.

Hidden cyanide capsule.

The one you'll have to watch
the closest is Goring.

Goring?

As in Hermann Goring?

That's the one.

Hermann Goring's here?

Sergeant, is it possible
the major suffered a large blow

to his head
on the way to my office?

-Not that I'm aware of, sir.
-Sorry.

It's just a lot to process.

Sure it is.
Try and do it faster.

-Yes, sir.
-When Goring surrendered,

he was traveling
with his family.

He had over a million dollars
in German currency and jewelry.

And a large quantity...

...of these.

We had them sent back

to the States
for classification.

Paracodeine.

Fairly potent painkiller.
I'm a fan.

He says they're for his heart.

Well, then,
I have a rather large bridge

in Brooklyn to sell you.

These have nothing
to do with the heart.

They're an opiate.

How many pills
does he take a day?

-Sergeant?
-Forty, sir.

I think it's safe to say

the Reichsmarschall's
got a drug problem.

Where's his family now?

They've been released
and they're not your concern.

Your only job is to evaluate
Goring and the others.

That is it.

Sir, I'm a good doctor,

but the entire Nazi High Command

might be a little bit beyond
my area of expertise.

Believe me, Major,
this was not my idea.

Dismissed.

He's not great at pep talks,
is he?

Commandant's not known
for his warmth, sir.

-I wanna meet him.
-Who?

-Goring. Right now.
-Excuse me, sir.

You don't wanna
get settled first?

I wanna know
what I'm dealing with.

All right, well,
don't be too intimidated.

I'm not. Tell me about him.

Reichsmarschall Hermann Goring,
President of the Reichstag,

Minister of Aviation,

Commander-in-Chief
of the Luftwaffe,

Minister of Economics,

a founding member
of the Gestapo secret police,

was appointed
Hitler's successor in 1939

and is the highest ranking

German military officer
of all time.

Okay.

Now I'm a little intimidated.

Don't be. You're good.

Reichsmarschall.

Guten Tag, Herr Triest.

Reichsmarschall Goring,

my name is Dr. Douglas Kelley.

He says, "Wonderful, a doctor."

I am. May I take your pulse?

Ja, ja.

He's been asking
for his pills. He wants you

-to get 'em for him.
-Mm-hmm.

I understand
you've had heart trouble.

"I've had
several minor heart attacks

"and the pills help with that."

Can you open your shirt, please?

Mm-hmm.

Respiration
is rapid and shallow.

Don't translate that.

The pills
help with the pain as well?

Ja, ja.

He says he was
shot down in World War I.

He has a bullet
in his right hip.

In 1923,
he was shot in the groin

during the Munich Putsch.

You've been shot a lot, sir.

"Occupational hazard."

Well, if you really
wanna look after your heart,

the best way to do that
is to lose some weight.

"I assure you, you are looking

"at the best physique
in all of Germany,

"just ask my wife."

I'm sure you're right, sir,

but the guards here
call you "Fat Stuff."

I'm sure...

it would be difficult
for a lesser man

to lose this weight,

but you possess
a fortitude and discipline

that others do not, yes?

"You see,
this man is different."

"We're gonna be good friends.

"I'm sure of it."

I look forward to that.

-Good day.
-Auf Wiedersehen.

Inflated sense of self.

Charming.

Speaks English.

What? What? What?

Yeah, the way he looked at me
when I called him fat.

Yeah, he understood me.
He's been playing you.

No. No, why...
why would he pretend?

Translation gives him more time
to consider his answers.

He thinks
that gives him an advantage.

Wait, hold on.

You're saying I spent
the last three months

mumbling to myself
while he understood every word?

Pretty much.

Jiminy.

Are you... Are you gonna
tell him that you know?

No, no. No, he's gonna
tell me when he's ready.

-When's that?
-When he determines

I'm not a threat.

I wanna meet the rest of 'em.
Who's next?

Uh... Dr. Robert Ley.

Chief of the German Labor Front.

Mmm-hmm.

One of Hitler's
earliest followers.

He once wrote a book that was
so complimentary of the Fuhrer

that Hitler
had the entire run destroyed

'cause he was so embarrassed.

Ley, who spearheaded
the Nazi slave labor program

was captured in his pajamas,

calling himself
"Dr. Distelmeyer."

"I'm not
like these other

"power-hungry men
you have locked up in here."

"I can smell the Jew."

Great Admiral Karl Donitz.

The German Navy's
Commander-in-Chief.

Architect of the U-boat attacks
that crippled the British Navy.

Donitz
condoned murder of prisoners

on the high seas.

A fanatical Nazi,
with the arrest of Donitz,

the Third Reich
is ended forever.

"I have been
in custody for 76 days.

"I have yet to be
formally arrested

"or charged
with a specific crime,

"which is a direct violation
of the Geneva Conventions.

"Charge me or release me."

Julius Streicher.

Hitler's Director
of Propaganda.

Publisher of the national
anti-Semitic paper,

Der Sturmer.

Streicher!

Dubbed the high priest
of anti-Semitism

and the Beast of Franconia,

led the Jewish boycott...

...and ruled
Nuremberg with an iron fist.

He wants to know
if you're a Jew.

No.

"But you work
in a Jewish profession."

"What do you fight for, Doctor?"

Goring is the key.

The leader
of a nation in exile.

He binds them all together.

He's begun
a strict self-imposed diet

and exercise regimen,

and is going cold turkey
on the pills.

It's almost as if
he's training for something.

If one were to write a book
about him, it...

Is there a library in town?

You wanna go
to a library?

Yes.

-At 2:33 in the morning?
-Yes. Get your coat.

I'll get my coat.

The sheer amount
of narcissists

we got locked up in that hotel,

I bet at least half
have books in here

written about them
or written by them.

We're gonna
figure these guys out.

Oh, yeah?
You speak a lot of German, Doc?

Not even a little.
How'd you learn?

My mother spoke German
and I wanted to be like her.

You really think you can do it?

Do what?

Well, get these guys
to open up to you.

Sure.

How?

Everybody wants
to be listened to.

It's a natural instinct.

I learn about them.
I get them to trust me.

They open up.

Make it sound so easy.

What if we could dissect evil?

I mean, what sets these men
apart from all the others?

What enabled them to commit
the crimes that they did?

They almost took over the world.

You've heard
about the work camps for Jews?

Rumor has it
they weren't just work camps.

I've heard.

So, how do people
become like that?

We actually have a shot
to figure that out.

To find out what makes
the Germans different.

Different?

From us.

A man who writes a book about
that could make a lot of money.

You know, for a second,
I thought you were being noble.

You want noble?

Fine.

If we could
psychologically define "evil,"

we could make sure something
like this never happens again.

What's going on?

Hermann Goring
can't breathe.

-Move!
-Howie!

Herr.

-Okay, his airway is clear.
-That's good, right?

No,
he's having a heart attack.

-What?
-Where the hell's

-the prison doctor?
-He's on his way.

All right.
Tell him to hurry.

-Howie, I need some aspirin.
-Yeah.

Plain old
ordinary aspirin.

-Got it! Got it!
-Get it now! Go! Hey, hey, hey.

Your heart's still beating,

which means you're alive.

I'm gonna
keep you that way, okay?

I need you to stay calm,
all right?

Breathe with me.
In and out. In and out.

I'm here. I'm here. Look at me.

I'm here. I'm not gonna
let you die, all right?

In and...

Here. Is that your wife?

She's here.
She's here. She's here.

Breathe. Breathe with me.

Doc's on his way.
Doc's on the way. Aspirin.

Yeah.
Hand me a few of those, will ya?

Thank you, Howie.

Hey, hey,
best thing for the heart,

plain old aspirin. Yeah.

Mmm... Mmm...

Trust me, all right?

Breathe.
In and out. Mm-hmm.

Chew, chew. Yeah. Better.

Yeah, your pulse is slow. Yeah.

Hey, guess what?
You're alive. You're alive.

Well, how about that?

Thank you.

Let's get him
to the infirmary. Come on.

What're you smiling for?

Hmm?

He said "thank you" in English.

Truman wants
to win re-election in '48.

He's not gonna do
that coddling the Nazis.

True enough.

Plus, a trial means
giving them a chance

to tell their stories
to the world.

What are we afraid
to hear them tell?

We won
the damn war, Bob.

If you do this,

it'll turn into the biggest
boondoggle of all time.

Cameras in the damn courtroom...

And what if they're sympathetic?

What if all this does
is provide them with a platform

for anti-Semitism
all over the world?

You wanna be
responsible for that?

You wanna know
if I'm comfortable

executing a few Nazis
without a trial?

Damn right, I am.

It doesn't matter anyway.

You'll never get the Russians.

We got the Russians.

-What?
-We got the Russians.

We did?

Truman called Stalin himself.

Looking at Nikitchenko
for lead prosecutor.

That's fantastic news.

I have no idea who you are.

Colonel John Amen, sir.

I work for
the Judge Advocate General.

So, the Army sent us a lawyer?

Yes, sir.

I bring greetings
from General Eisenhower,

who says he wants you to know

that he's not for hanging anyone
without a trial.

Well, that's progress.

He also says he hopes
the trial won't take too long

so we can get on
with hanging them.

Hmm. Have a seat.

I've read a lot about you, sir.

They say you're gonna be
the next Chief Justice.

President promised him
the seat personally.

And swore me to secrecy,

so let's maybe not tell everyone

who walks into the office
about it, okay?

Well, everyone in my office

says there's no way
you get the trial.

What do you say?

I say I like an underdog.

Good morning, Julius.

I'm gonna show you
a series of cards,

each with inkblots,

and you're gonna tell me
what each inkblot makes you see.

Perhaps it will

reveal something
about your character,

your intelligence, creativity.

And everything here
stays between us.

Herr Doktor.

Yes.

I can speak to you in English
if it is of some help.

Only if it
makes you comfortable.

Shall we begin?

"Butterfly."

"Witch."

"Torpedo hit."

Somebody has spilled something.

I see 10,000 horses.

I see the Valkyries ride.

"A vagina."

"A vagina."

"A Jewish vagina."

Huh.

This is blood.

Whose blood?

Or ink.

You can say
a lot of things with ink.

I'm sorry, Bob.

Word came down tonight.

It's gonna be a no.

Mmm.

Congress is going to say no
to the trial.

They just want executions.

-I'm out of moves.
-What about the President?

President wants
someone to hide behind,

that's why he needs Congress.

Neither will do it
without the other.

So you need
someone bigger to back it.

Oh, come on.
Who's bigger than the President?

Jesus Christ.

Literally.

-Are you a Catholic?
-I am now.

The Holy Father
will see you now.

Hmm.

You wish to put these men
on trial for their lives,

and you have come to ask for
the Church's blessing in this.

Your support
would go a long way

to building
an international consensus.

No one denies
these men are evil.

But an eye for an eye...

is not the answer.

Maybe not, but I'm pretty sure
where I first read about it.

Are you Catholic?

No, sir.

A religious man?

Not especially.

And yet, at home,
they call you a Justice.

I didn't pick the name.

If you sit long enough
in judgement of others,

you come to believe
the laws of man

outweigh the laws of God.

I don't believe that.

Then...

what do you believe?

I believe in man.

In our capacity
to save ourselves

from men like the Nazis.

I believe this to be a good act.

One so good
you must circumnavigate

your own laws to achieve it?

I'm sorry,

but the Catholic Church
cannot support you in this.

But you could support them
in 1933.

I'm sorry?

You signed the Concordat
with Hitler yourself.

That was a different matter.

You lived in Munich,

you were the nuncio
to the German Empire.

The Catholic Church
was the first world power

to acknowledge
the Fuhrer State.

You gave the Nazis credibility.

In order to protect Catholics
in Germany.

Isn't it a pity

the Jews didn't have someone
to do that for them?

Do you think
I condone what they did?

People will remember, sir...

what you did in 1933,

what you do now.

They'll tell their children.

Did the Catholic Church
stand with the Nazis...

or against them?

Did you just blackmail the Pope?

I don't wanna talk about it.

Word came down last night.

There's gonna be a trial.

A trial?

Good. Good.

As it should be.

Those cards that you showed me,

what did they teach you
about me?

Honestly,
that you are highly intelligent.

Ah...

I could have told you this.

And that you're a narcissist

given to an expansive
and aggressive fantasy life,

with a strong ambition and drive
to subjugate the world

as you find it
to your own pattern of thinking.

And you were surprised by this?

No.

Then the cards
have taught you nothing.

Herr Triest,
he tells me you do magic.

Sorry.

Yes.

Well, perhaps,
if it's not too much trouble,

we don't get entertainment.

Why not?

Here's an average,
ordinary silver dollar.

Ta-da!

Very good.

Very good.

I will show you
a magic trick one day.

What's that?

I am going to escape
the hangman's noose.

And how do you
plan on doing that?

If I were to tell you,
it would not be a trick.

Nuremberg.

"Do you see
what the Allies are capable of?

"There's nothing left."

"Except that."

Palace of Justice.

The roof's been damaged
by the air raids.

Fire gutted the upper floors

and collapsed
the clock tower, but...

this courtroom should be able

to hold 600 people
when it's finished.

What's with all the supplies?

Nazis
fought their last stand here

when the city was taken.

And so they will again.

Of all the beautiful cities
in this conquered land,

you want to try them
in this bombed-out husk?

This is Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe,

assistant prosecutor
for the British.

Yes, sir, we do.

For one thing,
we can control the space.

For another,
there's an adjoining prison

with room
for up to 1,200 inmates.

We only need space for 22.

I'm sorry. Twenty-two, sir?

That's the number of men
we're indicting

for the first trial.

You see,
if we don't win that trial,

there won't be
any more trials to come.

And you, myself,
and Justice Jackson,

and our respective governments

will be the laughingstock
of the world,

defeated by the very men
we've imprisoned.

So, that will be fun.

My friends in Washington say
opinion's turned against you.

Oh, dear.

There's talk
that you won't get

the Chief Justice's seat

when Stone steps down.

Who's Truman gonna pick?

Vinson? Vinson's too political.

Yes, but he's there.

This whole thing's
become a sideshow, Robert.

It hasn't even begun.

They say...

you're writing
all the briefs yourself,

refusing help
from other lawyers.

Because it has to be done right.

And it will.
But you can't do it alone.

Oh, everything will be fine
once we actually get to trial.

You say that

as though trying
the Nazi High Command

with untested case law
with the whole world watching

is going to be the easy part.

Well, when you
put it like that...

Anything less than total victory
will be considered utter defeat.

Which means, you don't just
have to win, Robert,

you have to be flawless.

No pressure.

I'll have another.

Your cells
are made of stone.

9 feet by 13.

Your beds
are bolted to the wall.

Your mattresses stuffed
with straw instead of springs.

Your desks are made of cardboard

and will not support
a man's full weight.

Your chairs are never allowed
against any wall,

and will be removed
every night at sundown.

When you sleep,

your head and hands
will remain above your blanket,

visible at all times.

You will be given no belts,
you'll be given no shoelaces,

you'll be given no toilet seats,
you will be given nothing

with which to use as a weapon
to take your own lives.

Welcome to Nuremberg.

Now this...

is a cell.

You approve?

German-built.

How could I not?

They will charge us soon, yeah?

You're looking forward to it?

I believe I am.

I will have, as you say,
"my day in court."

Do you know this Jackson?

The Justice Jackson?

No, I do not.

He will try to outwit me...

but he will not succeed.

You're very sure of yourself.

Doctor,

no man has ever beaten me.

There are books
filled with the names

of those who have tried.

Yet here you sit.

German-built.

You think I am at some sort
of disadvantage

because I sit in a cell?

I will remind you,

I surrendered.

This is exactly
where I desire to be.

Goring
remains an enigma to me.

The closer
we get to the indictments,

the more
confident he becomes.

I need to figure out a way
to get closer to him.

So, how do we do that?

We ask for his help.

With what?

Rudolf Hess.

Rudolf...

Rudolf Hess is coming here?

Rudolf Hess.
Deputy to the Fuhrer.

Third in line for succession,
following Hitler and Goring.

Hess transcribed
Mein Kampf for Hitler

while the two were in prison,

and was known as one of his
most fanatical followers.

Sieg Heil!

Never do that
in my prison again.

On May 10, 1941,
at the height of the war,

Hess climbed into

a Messerschmitt
fighter plane alone

and flew it over the North Sea.

He bailed out
somewhere over Scotland

and broke his ankle
upon impact.

Upon his discovery,

he announced
that he was Rudolf Hess,

third in line
of the German High Command,

and he was here
on a mission of peace,

and wanted to speak
with Douglas Douglas-Hamilton,

the 13th Duke of Hamilton

whom Hess had met

at the 1936 Olympic Games
in Berlin.

After some obstacles,
Hess was granted his meeting.

There,
he announced his intention

to meet with King George VI,

have Winston Churchill fired,

and negotiate
a truce with Britain,

allowing the two nations
to join forces

and defeat the Soviet Union.

Hess was immediately thrown
into the Tower of London.

There, Hess began claiming

he had no memory
of past events,

even his childhood.

This lasted
until February, 1945,

when he said
his previous amnesia

had been faked.

He then flipped again

and said his amnesia
had returned in July, 1945,

when Germany collapsed.

So, now you have come
to Hermann Goring...

to discredit my old friend.

What would be in this for me?

What do you want?

My wife...

and my daughter.

No one has been
able to locate them

since I surrendered.

I need you
to find them for me, Doctor.

To give to them these.

Letters.

First, we talk to Hess...

and then your family.

How about that?

So, what, this guy almost
takes over the whole world

and now you want us to do
a mail run for him? Doc!

I'm in deeper with this guy
than anyone's ever been,

and meeting his family
will only tell me more.

So, Rudolf...

do you remember me?

We were together, yes.

That must have been the case.

But I don't remember anyone.

It was the three of us, Rudolf.

You...

and I...

and Adolf.

We ruled an empire.

I'm sorry.

You may well
have been a friend...

but I don't know you anymore.

He's lying.

He has just spent an hour to say
he does not remember me.

But when he arrived
in the prison

and he saw me...

what did he do?

Salute.

Sieg Heil.

That was very good.

This is dumb.

I'm dumb.

I knew
you'd come through for me.

Yeah. 'Cause I'm a dummy.

How'd you find 'em?

Local gossip told me
they're in Veldenstein.

Smoke?

Never see you smoke.

Yeah, I don't. Gave it up.

My parents hated it.

You always got 'em on ya.

It's a trick to get in good
with the officers.

Tell myself I'll have a smoke
when the war is done.

The war is done, Howie.

It's not too much farther.

Franz?

Mrs. Goring?

Mrs. Goring...

my name is Douglas Kelley.

I work at the prison.
I'm a psychiatrist.

Your husband asked me

to bring you some letters.

Hermann?

Yes.

-How is he?
-He's good.

He's holdin' up.

Edda.

Was that you playing?

It was beautiful.

Uh, she said,
"He's a friend of your father."

Edda...

"How is Papa?"

Ah, he...

He's doing very well.

"Is he being brave?"

Very brave.

He wants you to be brave, too.

He wrote you a letter.

Danke.

"She will
read it 100 times. Thank you."

Danke.

Doktor!

For Hermann.

I don't know if I can.

Bitte.

Okay.

Come back.

You okay, Doc?

What the hell?

What's goin' on?

Word came down
a couple of hours ago.

We're charging the prisoners.

Where have you been?

Hermann Goring?

I am Reichsmarschall
Hermann Goring.

Hermann Wilhelm Goring,

you are hereby charged

by the United States of America,
the French Republic,

United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland

and the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics

on the following four counts.

Crimes against Peace,
War Crimes,

Crimes against Humanity

and of a Common Plan
or Conspiracy

to commit those Crimes.

The Crimes against Humanity

you're accused of
include murder,

extermination,
enslavement, deportation,

and other inhumane acts.

This is a copy
of your indictment.

Do you have any questions?

Nein.

Good day.

Who's next?

Streicher.

Do you have any questions?

What did he say?

He said
he wants a Jewish lawyer.

"I'm not going to trial."

You are, Dr. Ley.

"I never killed anyone."

Guards!

It's okay, it's okay.

-Don't touch me.
-It's okay.

-Robert. Robert...
-Don't touch me!

-Whoa, whoa!
-Hold him!

-Come on!
-Get a hold of him!

Don't try me
as a common criminal! Come on!

Shoot me! Shoot me!

Shoot me!

Rough day?

Lady from the train.

Magic man.

How goes the secret mission?

It's hit a few obstacles.

I can see that.

What are you doing here?

I came in with the press.

Hermann Goring and the Nazis
are being indicted today.

You don't say?

Strap yourself in.

This city is about to become
"The Greatest Show on Earth."

From your wife.

You saw her?

Danke schon, Doctor.

Dateline Nuremberg!

As dark rumors
continue to swirl

about the true purpose
of the Nazi work camps,

the legal teams are assembling
for what promises to be

the trial of the century.

Through this tunnel, the Nazis
will be taken to the courtroom,

now being rebuilt
for the trial.

There, the film lights
will be so bright

that the court-goers will be
provided with sunglasses.

Hermann Goring
and his Hitler-loving cronies

are scheduled to face off
with our boys in one week.

Will justice prevail?
Or will the fascists go free?

This reporter desperately hopes

that the Allies
run into no problems.

We have a problem.

Operation Weserubung was
the German invasion of Denmark

and Norway in 1940.

Textbook aggressive war.

The Nazis, they roll tanks in,
they occupy neutral country.

Except they're going to claim

that the invasion
was a preemptive strike.

To preempt what?

The British plan
to invade Norway.

-Well, that's ridiculous.
-Absolutely ridiculous.

I'm in complete agreement.

It concerns me that
you're in this room right now.

Well, in addition
to being ridiculous,

it also happens to be true.

The idea was to use the country

as a staging area
to hold the Nazis back.

We can't prosecute the Nazis
for planning aggressive wars

if you guys
were planning aggressive wars.

I admit
there's a certain logic there.

Can the Nazis prove it?

The German lawyer's already
put in a request for documents,

but they don't have it. Not yet.

-Then we're in the clear.
-Maybe.

But it raises a bigger issue.

We have to know
what the Nazis know,

what their defense strategy is.

How exactly
do you propose we do that?

Dr. Kelley,

you are going to meet someone
very important this evening.

This might
actually be your chance

to finally be of some use.

Impressive, right?

Hitler was building it to be

the largest stadium
on the planet.

You're Justice Jackson.

And you're the shrink.

This is where
they held the rallies.

Every year,
Hitler would pack this place,

speak to the Nazi Party
as a whole.

They filmed it.

In 1935,
this is where he announced

the Nuremberg Laws.

You know the laws?

The Nuremberg Laws defined a Jew

as any person having three
or four Jewish grandparents.

And it didn't matter
if you practiced Judaism,

if you'd
converted to Christianity,

this was about blood.

The laws stripped all Jews
of German citizenry.

They made it illegal for Jews
and Germans to marry each other

because of the fear
of Rassenschande.

Defilement of the blood.

Under the laws,

Jews were prohibited
from using state hospitals,

and not allowed access
to public education

beyond the age of 14.

Libraries, parks, and beaches
were closed to Jews.

War memorials
had all Jewish names on them...

expunged.

All of that
was announced right here,

on this very ground.

What do you want from me?

Your patients...

I need you to start asking them
the right questions.

What are the right questions?

What they tell their lawyers.

How they plan
to defend themselves.

You want me to be a spy.

I want you to do your duty
for your country.

No, you want me to break
doctor-patient confidentiality.

I think
you already have, Doctor.

We read every report.

We need more.

Why not just shoot them?

That's what everybody wants.

I mean,
if you're just gonna cheat...

-It's not cheating.
-If you're asking me

to betray my oath...

why not just shoot them
and be done with it?

After the last Great War,
we made Germany crawl.

We humiliated them.

Made them pay reparations
they couldn't afford.

We made them hate us so much
that in less than two decades,

they went from a broken nation
to near world conquerors.

We have to do this right,
because if we don't...

if 15 years from now,
they come back even stronger...

I don't know if we can beat 'em
a third time.

If we just shoot these men,
we make 'em martyrs.

I'm not gonna allow them that.

There will be
no statues of them.

No songs of praise.

I'm gonna put Hermann Goring
on the stand

and I'm gonna make him
tell the world what he did.

So that
it can never happen again.

Hmm.

You brought me
here because of Goring?

No.

I brought you here

to show you that
before the bullets were fired,

before tens
of millions of men died...

all of this started with laws.

This war ends in a courtroom.

With Goring.

He's the face
of the Nazis now.

As he falls, so do they all.

But if I'm gonna do that, I...

I need to be ready for him.

Will you help me?

Let's talk about Hitler.

It is interesting you have not
asked me this directly before.

I'm curious
what the attraction was.

He was a failed painter, right?

Not a very good soldier,
yet he's worshiped and revered.

He made us feel German again.

How?

Well, the war
had seen Germany crushed.

And along comes a man who says,

"We can reclaim
our former glory."

Would you
not follow a man like this?

Depends what else
he wanted to do.

The first time
I saw Hitler talk, it was, uh...

1922.

Upstairs of a coffee shop.
For maybe 30 people.

This was peacetime,

but it was a peace without food,
jobs, shoes.

And he stood up, and he said,

"French bellies are being filled
with German pain."

Then,

"If you make threats,
you need bayonets.

"Rearm! Down with Versailles!"

So, that night,
I became a National Socialist.

Off of... one speech?

Well, I could tell he would
appeal to the old soldiers.

If we have the old soldiers,
we have the manpower.

Even with his anti-Semitism,
it served a practical purpose.

It brought towards us
men who needed

something else
to focus their emotions.

Something else to blame.

And the camps?

They were
to be work camps

for our political opponents,
nothing more.

And you signed off on that?

For work camps, yeah.

Do you not think

that the Japanese interned by
the Americans after Pearl Harbor

were not put to work?
Of course, they were.

I made the camps
for the good of Germany,

for the war effort.

Not for death.

Himmler, Heydrich.

They were responsible?

If it is true

what they say
happened in the camps...

this is a grave blight
on the great German Reich.

Have you told your lawyer
about this?

Douglas, I will not stand
against the Fuhrer.

Not even if it could help you?

These are not things people
need to know, Doctor.

Only you.

He can be sympathetic.

It's gonna be a problem for you.

He seriously claims
that he thought

they were only work camps?

-That's right.
-You believe him?

Himmler ran the camps, right?

He was the head of the SS.

Goring was the head
of the Air Force.

How often in America does
the head of the Air Force know

what the head
of the Secret Service is doing?

I'm sorry, but I cannot believe

that we're having
this conversation right now.

-I'm doing what you asked.
-No!

-You're apologizing for him.
-Gentlemen, please.

I'm not the one
defending the Nazi.

You think I'm defending him?

I am analyzing him,
you provincial moron.

Goring is,
above all things, a narcissist.

The only thing he cares about
is building Germany up

and then becoming her leader.

He does not care about the Jews.

So, he's fine with them dying.

And he's fine with them not.

The only thing Hermann Goring
cares about is Hermann Goring.

Does that sound like a man
who dedicates himself

to the extermination
of an entire race?

Well, Dr. Kelley,
I really appreciate

your thoughtfulness on this,

but I have to admit,
it is very hard...

to believe.

You wanna walk
into that courtroom

with a handful of assumptions,

fine.

But he will
eat you for breakfast.

"I would like
to apologize

"for my outburst earlier.

"I'm feeling much better."

That's good, Dr. Ley.

"And, you?

"Something seems
to be troubling you."

I'm fine.

"Don't worry."

"This will all be over soon."

Ley's mood
is markedly improved.

He told us he has begun making
arrangements for his defense.

I feel as though,
for the first time,

he's reached out to me.

Oh, shit.

Hurry! Move!

Doc! Come quick!

Jesus!

Ripped out the hem
of his towel to make a rope.

Stuffed his underwear
into his mouth

so he wouldn't scream
and then...

just leaned forward.

Apparently, with a great deal
of determination.

You didn't see
any of this coming?

He told me he was doing better.

"Told you"?

You're supposed
to keep them alive.

I'm bringing in
another doctor.

It's been determined
a second opinion

is required
for some of your patients.

Dr. Gilbert
arrives this afternoon.

You will brief him.

How do you feel about suicide?

The last refuge
of cowards, yeah.

Or the last act
of a desperate man?

There are always exceptions,
of course.

You are in trouble.

Why would you say that?

New doctor. New tests.

Since Ley died,
they no longer trust you.

You're wrong.

Douglas...

when you
are in a position of power...

they will always come after you.

You have to protect yourself.

Why would I have
to protect myself

from my allies?

Just because a man is your ally

does not mean
he is on your side.

My father was a diplomat.
Did I tell you this?

-No.
-Ah.

Yeah.

He was...
...posted to Africa.

And it was there he was
to meet his best friend.

A man named Hermann von Epstein.

I was named after him.

Yeah, I was named for a Jew.

We loved
Uncle Hermann so much.

He was very rich.

He lived in Veldenstein Castle.

And when I was six years old,

he moved my entire family
in with him.

Can you imagine?

It was a child's dream
to live in such a castle.

I would run down the halls,
pretending I was a knight.

I would stare down
from the battlements,

envisioning armies
swarming to attack.

Uncle Hermann,
he lived in the largest

and most beautiful room
on the top floor.

Down the hall,
my mother had a bedroom,

also beautiful.

My father...

he lived in a small bedroom
on the ground floor.

And I was to realize
just how rich Uncle Hermann was.

So rich that
he could move my family in.

So rich that
he could put my father

on the ground floor.

So rich that,
whenever he wanted,

he could walk down the hall...

and enjoy my mother.

Just because a man is your ally

does not mean
he is on your side.

You found Hermann Goring
to be "imaginative"?

I didn't find him
to be that way, the test did.

Well, that is what
a second opinion is for.

Which...

...brings us to Rudolf Hess.

I'm inclined
to believe

that his amnesia is genuine.

You mean the part where
he forgets about being a Nazi?

Okay. Look, Dr. Kelley,

I'm not here
to step on your toes, okay?

I'll share research.
We'll co-author.

Co-author what?

You don't have
to play coy with me.

We're both here
for the same reason.

Now, two books
about the Nazi High Command,

that's gonna
cut into the market.

I say we write it together.

-Hmm?
-Mm-hmm.

Good luck
with your tests.

Doktor.

Danke schon.

She was surprised?

Oh, she was, uh, astounded.

Teach me this trick.

-The coin behind the ear?
-Yeah, yeah.

Teach me this trick,
so I too can astound her.

Hmm.

I gave my silver dollar

-to your daughter.
-Ah.

It's the simplest trick
in the world.

It works because, you know,
people want to believe.

Well, you hold up the dollar,
and you say,

"Hey, folks!

"Here is an ordinary,
average silver dollar."

Then you put it
in your other hand. All right?

You focus on it.

But really, it's right here.

You palm it in your right hand.

-Palm it.
-Yeah.

You keep it between

these two fingers...

...and you
wrap your palm around it,

but you focus on your left hand.

And you feel the coin in there,
the weight of it. Right?

And if you believe it,
then they'll believe it.

And then, you just, well,
you reach behind the ear...

-Abracadabra!
-Hmm.

What is "abracadabra"?

Uh, it's the magic words.

It, uh,
gives the illusion, uh...

...a cosmic weight.

And it always
must be "abracadabra"?

No, no. It could be anything.

It could be "presto."

I think I prefer "abracadabra."

So, it was your father
who taught you this trick?

Uh... my father? No.

You say that
like it is unthinkable.

Yeah, my father was content

to ply his trade and display
a cheerful disposition.

He was a man
of no accomplishment.

But you believe...

you are destined for more.

You want to be known
as a great man.

Yes.

And I am your ticket.

You will return to America

as the great scholar
of the Nazis,

and I will have a trick
to impress my daughter

when this trial is done.

You stopped taking me
with you to see him.

Didn't want
to bother you so late.

You've been seeing him
a lot without me.

What're you doing, Doc?

Trying to learn something.

You sure that's
what this is still about?

Good night, Howie.

How are you gonna
defend yourself, Hermann?

Oh.

-Would not you like to know?
-I'm serious.

Are we friends, Doctor?

I think that word is a little
too simple for what we are.

But are you asking me this...

as a friend?

I am.

Tomorrow
when I enter my plea,

I will read a statement.

I am going to say

that I assume all responsibility
for my actions.

I will refuse, however,

to accept responsibility
for acts committed by others

that I was unaware of,

and I would
not have approved of.

What I did...

I did for my country.

Tell me you would not do
the same for yours.

They told me
I could find you here.

In seven hours...

the whole world is going to be
focused on this room.

This is it.

This is everything.

This is the statement

that Goring plans
on reading tomorrow.

Thank you.

Atten-hut!

Let's go.

Here they come!

Jesus!

All rise!

May it please Your Honors...

The privilege of opening
the first trial in history

for crimes against the peace
of the world

imposes a grave responsibility.

The wrongs which we seek
to condemn and punish

have been so calculated...

...so malignant,

and so devastating

that civilization cannot
tolerate their being ignored,

because we cannot survive
their being repeated.

In the prisoners' dock
sit 20-odd broken men.

We will show them to be
living symbols of racial hatred,

of terrorism and violence,

and of the arrogance
and cruelty of power.

Civilization
can afford no compromise

by dealing ambiguously
or indecisively,

with the men
in whom these forces

now precariously survive.

Wars are no longer local.

All modern wars
become world wars, eventually.

And none of the big nations
can stay out.

But the ultimate step
in avoiding periodic wars

in a system
of international lawlessness

is to make statesmen
responsible for the law!

And let me make clear

that while this law
is first applied

against German aggressors,

it must condemn aggression
by any other nation

including those
who sit here now, in judgement.

We are able to do away
with domestic tyranny

and violence and aggression

by those in power
against the rights

of their own people...

only when we make all men

answerable to the law.

Hermann Goring.

The defendants
are to plead guilty

or not guilty
to the charges against them.

They will proceed, in turn,

to a point in the dock
opposite to the microphone.

I am Hermann Wilhelm Goring.

I stand
before the Court today...

...and the world...

...and pledge
only to tell...

The Tribunal
has reached the decision

that the defendants
are not entitled

to make a statement.

They will be permitted
to address the Court

prior to their sentencing.

As Reichsmarschall
of Germany...

You are
not Reichsmarschall here.

You are only Hermann Goring,
the prisoner.

Do you plead guilty
or not guilty?

Emmy!

Edda!

Emmy!

What happened? What happened?
Where are they?

What?
Where are they?

-They took them!
-Who?

Americans!

Emmy!

Emmy! Edda!

Emmy. Edda.

Emmy! Emmy Goring!

Yeah?

I need a favor.

You gotta be shitting me.

Thanks. I'm gonna need it.

They've arrested
Emmy Goring

on suspicion of complicity
with her husband's art thefts.

Kid goes to the nuns.
No contact allowed.

They're women and children.

Yeah.

Sir, we're supposed to be
better than this.

It's out of my hands!

And you're welcome.

By the way,

how did you know
where she was hiding?

Did Edda play for you again?

-She did.
-Ah.

She's very talented.

She likes you.

Do you have their letters?

No.

No letters, unfortunately.

No?

Next time.

And here's my new doctor.

We were just talking
about my family.

Ah, yes. Well, I was sorry
to hear about that.

About what?

Their arrest.

Your wife and daughter
were arrested five days ago.

He didn't tell you?

Hey.

Hey! What the hell was that?

That was me
being honest with my patient,

something you
oughta try sometime.

You destroyed him in there.

So?

What the hell
is wrong with you?

What's wrong with you, hmm?

-Hey, stop!
-Hey, stop!

Jesus Christ.

You're mental health
professionals!

For Christ's sake!

Dr. Gilbert, would you like me

to place
Dr. Kelley under arrest?

-No, sir.
-Then get out

of my goddamn office!

Cinema.

All rise!

May it please the Court,

the prosecution would now
like to enter into evidence

the following film footage.

The images you are about to see

have never before
been shown in public.

This film should offer
a brief explanation

of what the words
"concentration camp" implied.

These
are the locations

of the largest concentration
and prison camps

maintained throughout Germany
and occupied Europe

under the Nazi regime.

The 4th Armored Division
of General Patton's Third Army

liberated this camp
early in April.

They see the woodshed

where lime-covered bodies
are stacked in layers

and the stench is overpowering.

Slave labor camp at Nordhausen

liberated by
the 3rd Armored Division,

First Army.

At least 3,000
political prisoners died here

at the brutal hands
of SS troops

and pardoned German criminals

who were the camp guard.

Nordhausen had been
a depository

for slaves
found unfit for work

in the underground
V-bomb plants

and in other German camps
and factories.

Amid the corpses
are human skeletons

too weak to move.

Men of our medical battalions
worked two days and nights

binding wounds
and giving medications.

But for advanced cases
of starvation and tuberculosis,

there were often no cures.

The survivors are shown
being evacuated

for treatment
in Allied hospitals.

I'm Lieutenant Senior Grade
Jack H. Taylor, US Navy,

from Hollywood, California.

Believe it or not,
this is the first time

I've ever been in the movies.

I was captured December 1st.

I was taken to this
Mauthausen Concentration Lager,

an extermination camp,

where we have been starving
and... and beaten and killed.

Uh, fortunately,
my turn hadn't come.

Uh... there were...

How many ways
do they execute?

Five or six ways.

By gas,
by shooting, by beating.

That is, beating with clubs.

Uh...

By exposure.

That is,
standing out in the snow

naked for 48 hours

and having cold water
thrown on them

in the middle of winter.

Starvation.

Dogs.

And pushing over
a 100-foot cliff.

This is all true,
has been seen,

and is now being recorded.

Nationalities and
prison numbers are tattooed

on the stomachs of the inmates.

In the official report,

the Buchenwald camp is termed
an extermination factory.

Bodies stacked
one upon the other

were found
outside the crematory.

A body disposal plant.

Inside are the ovens
which gave the crematorium

a maximum disposal capacity

of about 400 bodies
per 10-hour day.

Dachau, near Munchen,

one of the oldest
of the Nazi prison camps.

This is what the liberators
found inside the buildings.

Hanging in orderly rows
were the clothes of prisoners

who had been suffocated
in a lethal gas chamber.

They had been persuaded
to remove their clothing

under the pretext
of taking a shower,

for which towels
and soap were provided.

Sanitary conditions
were so appalling

that heavy equipment
had to be brought in

to speed the work
of cleaning up.

This was Bergen-Belsen.

How's that possible?

What I just saw.

How is it possible?

Himmler.

Himmler wasn't
second-in-command.

You were.

1,200 camps?

No. What am I
supposed to believe,

that you didn't know?

Anyone can fake an atrocity.

So, you're saying
the film was a fake.

That's your defense?

What would you have me say?

How about the truth for once?

Why?

So you can run and tell Jackson?

My friend,

your hypocrisy is stunning.

My hypocrisy?

You think American bullets
and bombs don't kill people?

You vaporize 150,000 Japanese
at the touch of a button,

and you presume
to stand in judgement

on me for war crimes?

We had every right
to defend ourselves.

How do you defend yourself
on someone else's soil?

There's a difference
between us bombing war factories

and civilians dying
as collateral damage,

and you building
1,200 human slaughterhouses

designed to exterminate
an entire race,

and you know it!

What do you think war is?

Not what I saw today.

What do you think the Russians
do to German prisoners of war?

You have your freedom,
and I am a prisoner

because you won, and we lost.

Not because
you are morally superior!

This trial will be a farce
in 15 years.

Great conquerors
are not thought of as murderers.

Genghis Khan,
Alexander the Great...

You are not Alexander the Great!

You are a fat man in a cell.

And you knew.

Hmm.

I have made a mistake.

You are not destined for more.

You will have an unhappy life,
I think.

It will all
be overshadowed by this,

by the time spent with me.

You will write your volumes,
try to re-live it.

The one moment in your life

when you actually
stood with greatness.

You think you're a great man?

You think that's your legacy?

At least
I will have one.

You will leave no mark
on this world.

I am the book!

You are merely a footnote.

They are gonna kill you.

They are gonna hang you

by the neck
till you piss yourself...

and die.

Your wife will be a widow.

Your daughter will be an orphan.

And you will have done that
to yourself.

I know who you are.

What's he like?

You don't wanna know.

Jackson's putting him on
the stand day after tomorrow.

Hmm.

Jackson's gonna get killed.

Why do you say that?

Because Goring is ready for him.

He was ready for all of us.

Why don't you
tell me all about it?

Look at that.

Your private conversations
with Hermann Goring

made the front page.

-Sir, I...
-You're finished.

I signed your transfer order
this morning.

You're to be sent back
to the States

where you'll be discharged.

You have embarrassed me

and this office
for the last time.

I'm sorry, Colonel.

You deserved better.

Yes, I did.

And just so you know,

we are releasing Goring's wife
and daughter.

You were right.
We are better than that.

-Thank you, sir.
-Your train's at five o'clock.

Don't take this the wrong way,
but I never wanna see you again.

Came to say goodbye?

Did you really mean it when
you said Jackson had no chance?

Sure.

It's all just a big show
for the cameras anyway.

So, it doesn't matter
what happens tomorrow.

If Goring beats Jackson,
so be it.

Yeah, I don't believe that.

Neither do you.

You know more about him
than anybody on earth.

Yeah, that's right. I do.

I spent thousands
of hours with him.

I run hundreds of tests.

You know what
sets him apart from us?

Nothing.

I know.

You know?

'Cause I'm one of 'em.

What are you talking about?

I'm German, Doc.

I grew up in Munich.

You grew up in Detroit.
You said your mom spoke German.

She did. So did my father.

'Cause I was raised here.

You're an American soldier.

Why'd you leave?

Why do you think?

You're a Jew.

You know, with the blonde hair
and the blue eyes,

I never got hassled much.

My father was a patriot

who fought for Germany
in the First World War.

We loved this country.

Eventually, he realized
we had to get out.

How'd you do it?

The problem
was getting travel visas.

Other countries
wouldn't take us.

My dad had a cousin in New York
who helped.

We finally got our exit visas
in 1940.

But we only had enough money
for one ticket out.

My little sister Margot...

she was only 11, so,

my parents didn't want her
traveling alone.

So they sent me.

Boy, I was seasick
the whole way.

When I landed,
I stayed with my cousin.

And the Nazis invaded Holland.

My family never showed up.

That's when I went to Detroit.

Got a job as an apprentice
in a tool factory.

Learned English listenin'
to baseball on the radio.

When Pearl Harbor happened...

I was the first one

at the recruitment office
to enlist.

You know what they said?

They couldn't take me

'cause I wasn't
an American citizen.

I'd have to wait to get drafted.

So I did.

I waited, and I waited,

and I checked the mailbox
every day for two years.

June 6, 1944...

landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day.

Four years earlier...

I left this country

scared and alone
in the middle of the night.

But I came back
with a goddamn army.

I found Margot.

She's in Switzerland.

She's 16 now.
She's living with relatives.

She's good.

She made it.

And your folks?

Records show that my parents
arrived at Auschwitz,

August 12, 1942.

Camp was liberated
January 27, 1945.

No sign of 'em.

The Nazis had a name
for what they did to us.

"The Final Solution."

Like we were...

just some kinda nagging puzzle

that they finally figured out
how to solve.

So sorry, Howie.

I'm gonna tell Streicher.

I'm gonna tell him.

Right before they put
that rope around his neck,

I'm gonna
tell that piece of shit

that he was confiding in a Jew.

You say it doesn't matter
what happens tomorrow.

It matters.

More than you know.

Matters to me.

To my family.

To all of Germany.

Goring has to fall.

If you think
he's gonna beat Jackson...

Doc, please just
do something about it.

I can't.

You can't?

I'm just a shrink.

You wanna know
why it happened here?

'Cause people let it happen.

'Cause they didn't stand up
until it was too late.

Have a safe trip home, Doc.

Yes, sir. Of course.

No. I...
I completely understand.

Thank you.

Son of a gun.

Truman just named
Frederick Vinson

Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court.

Oh.

Ah, I didn't want
the job anyway.

Who would?

Bottoms up.

You're walking into a trap.

Dr. Kelley,
I was under the impression

you'd been relieved.

Putting Goring on the stand
gives him everything he wants.

It's why he surrendered
in the first place.

His last chance to redeem
the Reich on the world stage.

After what I read
in the paper this morning,

I don't believe
I care what you think anymore.

-You can't beat him!
-Guards!

Not without help.

This is everything
I have on him.

Private files,
off-the-book conversations.

I know more about this man
than anyone else on the planet

and it's all in here.

Why do you have this?

I was gonna write a book.

Make something of myself, yeah.

Mmm.

It's okay.

So, you really think
I can't beat him?

Honestly?

I don't know.

You know,
I was gonna be Chief Justice.

Now I'll be lucky
if there's a place

on the Court for me
when I return.

As of six hours ago,
I was discharged from the army.

There's nothing left
for us to do, sir.

Might as well go finish the war.

Mmm-hmm.

The trick is to use
his vanity against him.

He is the Reichsmarschall.

And the Reichsmarschall
is never wrong.

He can't be.

Every decision
that's led him to this place

has to be the right one.

So, as much as he won't wanna
talk about the camps

and the SS
and the Final Solution,

you can make him own them.

Kelley's right.

Get him to admit
to signing those orders,

and you'll have him.

I'll have him.

This is your day.

You're ready.

Sergeant, what is Doug Kelley
still doing here?

No idea, sir.

All rise!

Justice Jackson, are you ready?

The prosecution now calls
Hermann Goring to the stand.

For the record,
is there any doubt in your mind

that Adolf Hitler is dead?

I have no doubt.

So, you are aware that this
makes you the only living man

who can expound to us

the true purposes
of the Nazi Party

and the inner workings
of its leadership?

I am perfectly
aware of this, yeah.

Mmm-hmm.

Your party,
from the very beginning,

intended to overthrow
the Weimar Republic?

That was our firm intention.

What the hell?

And upon coming to power,

you immediately abolished

parliamentary government
in Germany?

We found it
to be no longer necessary.

Is that because you believed

people are not capable
of self-government?

We were elected by the people
and given a mandate for change.

The system
that had previously existed

had brought Germany
to the verge of ruin.

Your own
President Roosevelt said,

"There are certain peoples
in Europe

"who have forsaken democracy

"not because
they did not wish for it,

"but because
democracy had brought forth

"men who were too weak."

Get to war crimes.

After you came to power,

you regarded it necessary
to suppress

all opposition parties, correct?

We found it necessary

to no longer
permit opposition, yeah.

And you also considered it
immediately necessary

to establish
concentration camps?

The camps were set up

as a measure
against the Communists

and their violence.

So, it was necessary
to erect a camp for them.

One, two, or three camps,
something like this.

You also
had to have certain groups

to carry out orders and fight
for you if necessary, right?

Certain groups?

Well, for example, if you wanted
certain people killed,

you had to have
some organization

that would kill them.

Yeah, Germany had this level
of political police

as you would find
in any other country.

And the SA and the SS

were the organizations
that carried out these orders

and dealt with people

on a physical level,
were they not?

The SA never received orders
to kill anybody.

Neither did the SS.
Not in my time.

Beyond a certain point,
I had no influence on it.

Well, the SS
carried out arrests.

They handled
the transportation of people

to the concentration camps.

Can you not recall a time

when the SS began
to perform the function

of acting as the executor
of the Nazi Party?

It would be
very difficult for me

to explain to an outsider

where the SS
or where the Gestapo

may or may not be active.

Try.

Well, perhaps, as the police
came more and more

into the hands of Himmler,

expectations may have changed.

And, of course, it is well-known
that some SS units

were guarding the camps,
and later,

performed some police functions.

And carried out other functions
in the camps?

To what functions do you refer?

They carried out
all of the functions

of the camps, didn't they?

If an SS unit
was guarding a camp

and an SS leader
was the camp commandant,

then it is rational to assume

that they would have carried out

all of the functions
of the camp.

Bury him.

You have said that you wanted
a strong German State

to overcome the conditions
of Versailles, is that correct?

We wanted a strong German State,
regardless of Versailles.

The first country to be absorbed
by Germany was Austria

but it had not been
part of Germany

before the First World War

and it had not been
taken from Germany

by the Treaty of Versailles,
is that correct?

That is not
entirely correct, no.

The second territory
taken by Germany was Bohemia,

then Moravia,
and then Slovakia.

These were not taken
from Germany

by the Treaty of Versailles

nor had they been
part of Germany

before the First World War,
had they?

These parts of Czech territory

were not parts
of the smaller German Reich

at the time
of the Treaty of Versailles.

However, formerly,

they were united
to the German Reich...

for hundreds of years.

You still
have not answered my question.

I have
answered your question.

If the facts do not suit you,
there's very little I can do.

Can you not answer
"yes" or "no"?

Time may not mean
quite as much to you

as it does to the rest of us.

Mr. Justice, the Tribunal thinks
the witness ought to be allowed

to make what explanations
he thinks right.

I trust that
the Court is not unaware

that outside of this courtroom

is a great social question
regarding the revival of Nazism,

and that one of the purposes

of defendant Goring

is to encourage
and perpetuate it

by propaganda from this trial
now in process.

-Mr. Justice...
-This witness has adopted

in the witness box
and the prisoner's dock

an arrogant
and contemptuous attitude

towards this Tribunal

which is giving him
the opportunity of a trial,

which he never gave
a living soul!

The ruling stands, Mr. Justice.

I must, of course,

bow to the ruling
of the Tribunal,

and would simply request
that the witness

find a way
to keep his answers succinct.

Could you please
repeat the question?

They were not taken from you

by the Treaty of Versailles,

-were they?
-Of course,

Austria was taken
by the Versailles Treaty,

and was too Sudetenland.

For both these territories would
have been German territories

through the simple right
of the people

to self-determination.

Now, I find that interesting

considering you just testified
that people's self-determination

was the first thing
you took away.

From the very beginning,

you regarded
the elimination of Jews

from the economic life
of Germany

as one phase
of the Four-Year Plan

under your jurisdiction,
is that correct?

-Partially correct.
-"Partially."

I see.

I would like
to review with you briefly,

public acts taken by you

in reference
to the Jewish question.

First, did you proclaim
the Nuremberg Laws?

Yeah, I did.

As President of the Reichstag,
that was my job.

What date was that?

15th of September, 1935.

Then on the first day
of December 1936,

you passed an act making it
a death penalty for Germans

to transfer property abroad?

That is correct.

That was the
"Decree Governing Restriction

"on Foreign Currency."

Then, on April 22, 1938,
you published penalties

for concealing the character

of a Jewish enterprise
within the Reich.

"Concealing," yeah.

Then, on April 26, 1938,
you signed a decree

ordering the registration
of all Jewish property

inside and outside of Germany.

If it is signed by me...

Then a decree
on November 12, 1938,

imposing a fine
of one billion Reichsmarks

for atonement on all Jews.

-Yeah, but that is...
-And that all damages

caused to Jewish property
by the riots of 1938

must be repaired
by Jews immediately

at their own expense,

and their insurance claims
forfeited to the Reich.

There are many details here.

-The insurance...
-And a decree

on the 17th of September, 1940,

ordering the sequestration

of all Jewish property
in Poland.

Yeah. In that part of Poland,
it was a former German province

-And on July 31, 1941...
-...and would return to Germany.

...a decree
asking Himmler and Heydrich

to make plans
for the Final Solution

of the Jewish question.

That is not correct.

I know that decree very well.

I ask to have you shown
Document 710,

exhibit number USA-509.

I think it should be
read into the record

so we may have no argument
about its translation.

Danke schon.

That document
is signed by you, is it not?

That is correct.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

"Supplementing the task that
was assigned to you on 1-24-1939

"which dealt with arriving at...

"through furtherance
of emigration and evacuation

"a solution
of the Jewish problem,

"as advantageous as possible,

"I hereby charge you with making
all necessary preparations

"in regards to organizational

"and financial matters
for bringing about...

"a final solution
of the Jewish question."

He's got him.

Am I correct so far?

No. Your translation
is not correct.

Then, please,
give us your translation.

"Supplementing the task
which was entrusted to you

"in the decree
dated January 24, 1939,

"to solve the Jewish question
by emigration and evacuation

"in the most
favorable way possible.

"Given present conditions,
I herewith commission you

"to carry out
all necessary preparations

"with regard to organizational,

"substantive,
and financial viewpoints."

Now, here is...

the sentence.

"For a complete solution,"

not "a final solution."

"For a total solution
of the Jewish question."

"A complete and total solution"?

Complete and total, yeah.

A complete and total solution

you wanted the Chief
of the SS to enact?

Yeah, but I would like to make
an explanation.

Oh, please do.

I sent this letter
to Himmler and to Heydrich

because it was some
18 months now

since the declaration
of 24th of January, 1939.

And Heydrich
had achieved very little,

so, I charged him
to accelerate the task

of dealing with the emigration
of the Jews.

"Emigration"? You contend this
letter was about emigration?

It says so in the first line.

That's just the first sentence.

The letter goes on to state...

My desire...

for a complete solution
to the Jewish problem,

and an end
to their financial influence

by their emigration
and evacuation from Germany.

It is in this document
that you presented to me.

Do you have any
more questions for the witness,

Justice Jackson?

Mr. Justice,
is the witness excused?

I have a question.

Uh, the Tribunal
was under the impression

the American prosecutor would be
examining this witness today.

Uh, the United States
is always happy to hear

from our distinguished colleague
from Great Britain.

Just a few
simple queries, Your Honors.

Won't take more than a moment.

You've implied to this Court
that you lost some influence

with Adolf Hitler in 1942,
is that correct?

I believe this
to be the case, yeah.

But you were still

Reichsmarschall of Germany
in 1942,

Hitler's successor, yes?

Yeah, I was
the Reichsmarschall.

And you're telling me
that you were totally unaware

three million Jews
were murdered in 1942?

I was unaware of this.

In 1943, at least 800,000 Jews

were executed in the camps.

You were still Reichsmarschall
in 1943, is that correct?

-That is correct.
-Hmm.

In 1944,
an additional 800,000 Jews

died in the camps.

You were still Reichsmarschall
in 1944, is that correct?

That is correct.

In 1945, 250,000,

an estimated
six million Jews in total,

as well as Soviet
and Polish citizens,

Romani people,
artists, scientists,

writers, journalists,
photographers, filmmakers,

people killed, not in combat,

not in enemy fire,

but exterminated
by the state of Germany,

the State which you
were the Reichsmarschall of,

the pre-eminent political post
of your country,

and you contend
that you had no knowledge.

At least give me this.

Knowing what we know now,

knowing what happened

to six million Jews,
I have to ask...

Would you still follow
the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler?

Yeah...

I would.

Order! Order!

Heil Hitler.

No further questions.

I think
this as good a place as any

to adjourn for the day.

Fought brilliant.

Absolutely brilliant.

-I survived.
-You did it.

You were right.

I couldn't beat him.

Not without help.

"Goring cannot stand
against the Fuhrer."

-Invaluable information, Doctor.
-Hmm.

So, what now?

As Goring falls, so do they all.

We'll be okay.

Here.

You off?

Uh, one more thing I have to do.

Doktor.

You helped them, didn't you?

I did.

I'm leaving.

Leaving?

Going home.

I've come to say goodbye.

What do we do now, Doctor?

Do we shake hands?

I know
we were friends, Douglas...

for a while.

Goodbye, Hermann.

Years from now...

I wonder
what you will say about us.

Will you even acknowledge
we were human?

The judgement

of the International
Military Tribunal

will now be read.

Each defendant
will be addressed in turn.

Hermann Goring,

the evidence shows that,
after Hitler,

you were the most prominent man
in the Nazi regime.

Your guilt is unique
in its enormity.

Your record
discloses no excuses.

The International
Military Tribunal

sentences you

to death by hanging.

Rudolf Hess.

You are indicted
on all four counts.

The executions are scheduled
for midnight tonight.

In order to maintain discipline,

the prisoners
will not be informed

until 11:45 p.m.

when they will be
awakened in their cells

and offered last rites.

At 8:00 p.m.,
eight hand-picked journalists

will arrive at the prison.

Two French, two British,
two American, two Russian.

Lights out is at 9:30,

which is when
the doctor will do

his normal final rounds.

Any prisoner
requesting a sleep aid

will be given
a placebo with baking soda.

At ten o'clock,

we will bring the press
down to the gallows

where I will brief them

on the final preparations
for tonight.

Nein.

Abracadabra.

The prisoners will be
brought in one-by-one,

and given the opportunity
to speak their last words.

They will then...

Excuse me.

-Who is it?
-Goring, sir.

Shit.

No, no. No. No!

No, you son of a bitch!
You don't get to do this.

He's dead, sir. Cyanide.

God damn it!

Oh, you son of a bitch.

I'm sorry, sir,
but we have a decision to make.

We can either
scrub the executions for tonight

or proceed.

Let's just get on with it.

Sir. Uh, Streicher's refusing
to put his clothes on.

-Let him go.
-But, sir...

Let him go!

Julius.

Julius.

You...

You have been a friend.

Come on.

Let's do it together.

Come on.

Give me his shirt.

Ask him his name.

You know my name.

Any last words?

Purim Feast, 1946!

Shit.

Son of a bitch.

He escaped.

I have
to be honest, Dr. Kelley,

I find
some of the conclusions

in your book
quite unbelievable.

You were dealing
with the Nazis,

who you must admit
are a unique people.

They are not
a unique people.

There are people like the Nazis

in every country
in the world today.

-Not in America.
-Yes, in America!

Their personality patterns
are not obscure.

They are people
who want to be in power.

And while you say
they don't exist here,

I would say I'm quite certain
there are people in America

who would willingly
climb over the corpses

of half the American public

if they knew they could
gain control of the other half.

Doctor, please.

They stoke hatred.

It's what Hitler and Goring did,

and it is textbook.

And if you think
the next time it happens,

we're gonna recognize it because

they're wearing
scary uniforms...

...you're out of your damn mind.

More with our panel
when we return.

Yeah, uh-huh. Uh...

They're not gonna invite you
to stay for the next segment.

Let's go.

Hmm.

And just so you know...

trashing our country

is probably not the best way
to sell your book.