1 00:01:13,031 --> 00:01:17,035 Adolph Hitler invaded Poland in September, 1939... 2 00:01:17,077 --> 00:01:19,997 ...starting WWII. 3 00:01:20,038 --> 00:01:24,001 By the winter of 1942, his armies were freezing and starving... 4 00:01:24,042 --> 00:01:28,046 ...in the snows of Russia, where his best general had died of a heart attack... 5 00:01:29,047 --> 00:01:32,009 ...and America had entered the war. 6 00:01:32,050 --> 00:01:35,053 For the first time, Hitler's dream of a German empire... 7 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:39,016 ...to last 1,000 years was in doubt. 8 00:01:39,057 --> 00:01:43,020 While he hired and fired generals and the winter grew colder... 9 00:01:43,061 --> 00:01:47,065 ...15 of his officials were ordered from their commands and ministries... 10 00:01:47,107 --> 00:01:51,069 ...to meet in a quiet lakeside residence in Wannsee, in Berlin... 11 00:01:52,070 --> 00:01:55,032 ...far from the crisis at the front. 12 00:01:55,073 --> 00:01:59,077 In two hours, these men changed the world forever. 13 00:02:01,121 --> 00:02:05,083 Only one record of what was said and done here survives... 14 00:02:05,125 --> 00:02:09,087 ...from the wreckage of what was the Thousand-Year Reich. 15 00:02:21,141 --> 00:02:24,645 - How many rolls? - Enough for four hours, sir. 16 00:02:24,686 --> 00:02:28,148 Too many. Two hours worth should be sufficient. 17 00:02:48,168 --> 00:02:50,128 Do we have enough? How many fell? 18 00:02:50,170 --> 00:02:53,173 I am sure we have a sizable inventory, sir. 19 00:02:53,215 --> 00:02:55,175 You are sure, or you know? 20 00:02:55,217 --> 00:02:57,135 I know, sir. 21 00:02:57,177 --> 00:03:01,181 Itemize the cost. He pays. Make it a separate report to me. 22 00:03:02,182 --> 00:03:06,186 And keep him where I don't see him. 23 00:03:13,193 --> 00:03:16,154 Smile. 24 00:03:16,196 --> 00:03:17,197 It is a fine day. 25 00:03:17,239 --> 00:03:21,201 Yes, sir. 26 00:03:22,202 --> 00:03:26,206 All right, then. Let's look smart. 27 00:03:53,275 --> 00:03:57,237 Heil Hitler. 28 00:04:05,287 --> 00:04:09,291 No silence in Latvia. No silence like this. 29 00:04:10,292 --> 00:04:14,296 You're surprised it's better in Berlin? 30 00:04:17,299 --> 00:04:21,303 Heil Hitler. 31 00:04:26,308 --> 00:04:28,268 - We've met, Colonel. - Indeed, we have. 32 00:04:28,310 --> 00:04:31,313 - I'm State Secretary Bühler. - Indeed, you are. 33 00:04:31,355 --> 00:04:33,315 - Col. Schöngarth. - Sir. 34 00:04:33,357 --> 00:04:36,276 Maj. Lange. 35 00:04:36,318 --> 00:04:40,322 If there's anything any of you need, don't hesitate to call an orderly or me. 36 00:04:40,364 --> 00:04:44,326 My appreciation to the man who picked this spot. 37 00:04:44,368 --> 00:04:46,286 That would be Gen. Heydrich. 38 00:04:46,328 --> 00:04:49,831 Beautiful house, from a more elegant time. 39 00:04:49,873 --> 00:04:53,335 Are they any messages from Cracow, my office? 40 00:04:53,377 --> 00:04:54,294 No, sir. 41 00:04:54,336 --> 00:04:56,296 Where do we go? 42 00:04:56,338 --> 00:04:59,299 The Major has come a long way, the man deserves a drink. 43 00:04:59,341 --> 00:05:03,345 This way. You'll find the wines, and we're not limited to the wines, first-rate. 44 00:05:04,346 --> 00:05:05,305 That way. 45 00:05:05,347 --> 00:05:07,349 Yes, the court will dry your throat. 46 00:05:07,391 --> 00:05:10,394 Drink. 47 00:05:10,435 --> 00:05:13,313 Excellent! 48 00:05:13,355 --> 00:05:17,359 Put this book away. 49 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,363 It's not built for this purpose, not for meetings. 50 00:05:21,405 --> 00:05:24,366 These floors are not for boots. 51 00:05:24,408 --> 00:05:27,411 - It was a private home? - Private home, yes. 52 00:05:27,452 --> 00:05:28,370 Whose? 53 00:05:28,412 --> 00:05:32,374 We believe it was owned by a Jew. There's some dispute. 54 00:05:33,417 --> 00:05:35,377 In the SS, we travel deluxe. 55 00:05:35,419 --> 00:05:38,422 - Always. - Well, we've earned it, surely. 56 00:05:38,463 --> 00:05:42,384 Not everyone agrees. 57 00:05:52,436 --> 00:05:54,396 - Heil Hitler! - It's running like a damn truck. 58 00:05:54,438 --> 00:05:58,442 They say they replaced the belts and plugs, but it sounds like a cement mixer. 59 00:05:58,483 --> 00:06:00,944 Can someone here check? I can't hear myself think in there! 60 00:06:03,488 --> 00:06:06,450 The East is well represented. 61 00:06:06,491 --> 00:06:10,454 And we're here first. 62 00:06:11,455 --> 00:06:13,415 Meet Maj. Lange, a very tired man. 63 00:06:13,457 --> 00:06:16,418 No, please, I am enjoying these surroundings. 64 00:06:16,460 --> 00:06:20,464 - Where can I find Col. Eichmann? - Follow me, sir. 65 00:06:23,467 --> 00:06:27,429 Eichmann? 66 00:06:27,471 --> 00:06:31,475 Excuse the interruption. 67 00:06:32,476 --> 00:06:34,436 Colonel. 68 00:06:34,478 --> 00:06:37,439 My memorandum of recommendations. 69 00:06:37,481 --> 00:06:40,442 I have here another copy, in the circumstance Gen. Heydrich... 70 00:06:40,484 --> 00:06:42,694 ...would like to be refreshed of its contents 71 00:06:42,736 --> 00:06:44,488 for the sake of maintaining harmony... 72 00:06:45,489 --> 00:06:48,492 ...between the Gestapo and the Foreign Office. 73 00:06:48,534 --> 00:06:50,452 - That was my thought. - Yes. 74 00:06:50,494 --> 00:06:53,497 Are there any changes to the list of the invited... 75 00:06:53,539 --> 00:06:54,456 No. 76 00:06:54,498 --> 00:06:58,502 - So even Dr. Kritzinger will be here? - Yes. 77 00:06:58,544 --> 00:07:01,046 Yes, he will not be happy. 78 00:07:01,088 --> 00:07:03,465 Here we are. And how are you? 79 00:07:03,507 --> 00:07:07,511 Very well, thank you. I'll make sure that the General sees this. 80 00:07:07,553 --> 00:07:11,515 - When will he arrive? - He should be on the ground any moment. 81 00:08:04,610 --> 00:08:07,571 May I take your coat, sir? Your hat? 82 00:08:07,613 --> 00:08:11,617 Neumann, Director, Office of the Four-Year Plan, sir. 83 00:08:11,658 --> 00:08:13,577 Yes. How are you, Neumann? 84 00:08:13,619 --> 00:08:17,623 Always surprised and flattered, Dr. Stuckart, that you recognize me. 85 00:08:17,664 --> 00:08:21,585 I'm always thanking you for saying so. 86 00:08:21,627 --> 00:08:24,630 Neumann, Director, Office of the Four-Year Plan. 87 00:08:24,671 --> 00:08:28,634 Dr. Stuckart. 88 00:08:30,636 --> 00:08:34,640 - Heil Hitler. Welcome, sir. - Heil Hitler. Thank you for the welcome. 89 00:08:34,681 --> 00:08:37,643 Gen. Heydrich's not here yet, I expect. Am I correct? 90 00:08:37,684 --> 00:08:38,602 Yes, sir. 91 00:08:38,644 --> 00:08:42,648 He loves a grand entrance. 92 00:08:43,649 --> 00:08:45,609 I have no idea what happened to him. 93 00:08:45,651 --> 00:08:48,612 Probably running a bank somewhere by now. 94 00:08:48,654 --> 00:08:51,657 I understand the purpose, but no idea what the man might propose. 95 00:08:51,698 --> 00:08:54,701 - Or what the meeting's about? Power. - No, consolidation of power. 96 00:08:54,743 --> 00:08:56,662 We should benefit by that. 97 00:08:56,703 --> 00:08:59,706 Kritzinger, a pleasure. I'm pleased you're here. 98 00:08:59,748 --> 00:09:02,709 A morbid curiosity. We have settled this question. 99 00:09:02,751 --> 00:09:03,669 So I thought. 100 00:09:03,710 --> 00:09:07,214 - What's been discussed? - Everything, except the fighting in Moscow. 101 00:09:07,256 --> 00:09:10,968 I've heard we're counter-attacking. Reichenau's got them out of... 102 00:09:11,009 --> 00:09:14,721 Reichenau is dead. Let us not gossip like maids at the market. 103 00:09:14,763 --> 00:09:18,725 We are stalled for the winter. Time to face reality. 104 00:09:23,730 --> 00:09:26,733 - Is Col. Eichmann here? - Yes, sir. 105 00:09:26,775 --> 00:09:29,736 Tell him Klopfer has arrived. 106 00:09:29,778 --> 00:09:31,697 And the others? 107 00:09:31,738 --> 00:09:34,700 Neumann, Director, Office of the Four-Year Plan. 108 00:09:34,741 --> 00:09:37,744 - For Göring? - For Reichsmarshal Göring, yes, his office. 109 00:09:37,786 --> 00:09:38,704 And you, sir? 110 00:09:38,745 --> 00:09:41,707 Luther. And what is your plan? 111 00:09:41,748 --> 00:09:45,752 Where will we be in four years, do you think? Living in the White House? 112 00:09:48,755 --> 00:09:50,716 Welcome, sir. 113 00:09:50,757 --> 00:09:52,718 - You are very well fixed up here. - I think we are. 114 00:09:52,759 --> 00:09:55,721 I'm late because of a briefing. We have this general... 115 00:09:55,762 --> 00:09:59,766 ...who is now trying to capture Moscow, who has never commanded one brigade. 116 00:10:00,767 --> 00:10:03,770 That is what I've been hearing, and that is why I am late. 117 00:10:03,812 --> 00:10:04,771 - Not at all. - Is there beer? 118 00:10:04,813 --> 00:10:06,732 Yes. 119 00:10:06,773 --> 00:10:08,734 And where is the boys' room? 120 00:10:08,775 --> 00:10:12,779 I've been briefed by the Governor-General on what concerns, what anticipations. 121 00:10:12,821 --> 00:10:14,740 That is private. 122 00:10:14,781 --> 00:10:18,785 We will all discover what new concepts our SS friends have in mind. 123 00:10:19,786 --> 00:10:21,747 Schöngarth! 124 00:10:21,788 --> 00:10:22,748 Not bad for French. 125 00:10:22,789 --> 00:10:26,793 Neumann, Director, Office of the Four-Year Plan. I'm very pleased to be here. 126 00:10:26,835 --> 00:10:28,754 Whom may I be speaking to? 127 00:10:28,795 --> 00:10:30,756 It is very complex, these laws. 128 00:10:30,797 --> 00:10:34,801 A lot of time and thought have been put to them, and some of these here... 129 00:10:34,843 --> 00:10:36,803 ...you notice all the SS... 130 00:10:36,845 --> 00:10:40,307 ...have little idea what is lawful and no respect for what they do know. 131 00:10:40,349 --> 00:10:43,810 Certainly not these men. To them, laws are like ice cream: Easily melted. 132 00:10:46,855 --> 00:10:49,858 I suspect that is why this meeting, which is under my department... 133 00:10:49,900 --> 00:10:51,860 ...is being called by the SS. Do you know? 134 00:10:51,902 --> 00:10:55,822 Only what the invitation suggested. 135 00:10:55,864 --> 00:10:59,868 They always want to meet. The SS love to meet. 136 00:10:59,910 --> 00:11:02,871 And they always want something more... 137 00:11:02,913 --> 00:11:04,831 ...though they have everything. 138 00:11:04,873 --> 00:11:07,876 Has anyone heard anything remotely optimistic about the Moscow assault? 139 00:11:07,918 --> 00:11:09,878 No good news. Sympathies all around. 140 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,881 - It's cold. - What? 141 00:11:12,923 --> 00:11:15,384 It must be cold. 142 00:11:15,425 --> 00:11:17,845 What have we got? 143 00:11:17,886 --> 00:11:20,889 I see wine, but no beer. And what are these? 144 00:11:20,931 --> 00:11:23,851 - Cigars, sir. - Please. 145 00:11:23,892 --> 00:11:25,894 Neumann, Director, Office of the Four-Year Plan. 146 00:11:25,936 --> 00:11:27,855 Luther! Excuse me. 147 00:11:27,896 --> 00:11:30,899 - Sir, this is... - Director, Four-Year Plan. 148 00:11:30,941 --> 00:11:33,902 A close associate of Reichsmarshal Göring. 149 00:11:33,944 --> 00:11:36,864 Neumann, I introduce Dr. Klopfer... 150 00:11:36,905 --> 00:11:39,908 ...a close associate of the Brown Eminence. 151 00:11:39,950 --> 00:11:42,870 - Brown? - I represent Martin Bormann... 152 00:11:42,911 --> 00:11:46,915 ...the Party Chairman of the Thousand-Year Plan. 153 00:12:00,929 --> 00:12:02,931 - Is Dr. Kritzinger here? - Yes, he is, sir. 154 00:12:02,973 --> 00:12:06,935 That's a relief. 155 00:12:13,942 --> 00:12:16,945 - Are they under way? - Not yet, sir. 156 00:12:16,987 --> 00:12:18,947 - Who's late? - We are. 157 00:12:18,989 --> 00:12:22,993 - Who is not here? - Gen. Heydrich, sir, but he's on his way. 158 00:12:23,035 --> 00:12:25,954 He will make his entrance. 159 00:12:25,996 --> 00:12:28,999 Everything is fine, everyone's comfortable: Food, cigars, wine. 160 00:12:29,041 --> 00:12:30,959 Colonel? 161 00:12:31,001 --> 00:12:34,963 He's here, sir. 162 00:13:04,034 --> 00:13:07,037 - Heil Hitler. - Müller. 163 00:13:07,079 --> 00:13:08,997 I love this house! 164 00:13:09,039 --> 00:13:12,042 Seeing it from the air, you appreciate the architect. 165 00:13:12,084 --> 00:13:14,545 - Are we ready? - Absolutely, sir. 166 00:13:14,586 --> 00:13:17,047 After the war, it will be my home. 167 00:13:17,089 --> 00:13:19,007 A marvelous home. 168 00:13:19,049 --> 00:13:21,009 There have been questions about Moscow... 169 00:13:21,051 --> 00:13:25,013 ...but I think I've deflected them successfully. 170 00:13:25,055 --> 00:13:28,016 Understood. If we keep doing this all day, we'll never finish. 171 00:13:28,058 --> 00:13:32,062 With no disrespect to our Führer, it is suspended until the end of business. 172 00:13:32,104 --> 00:13:34,022 - Yes, sir. - Very good. 173 00:13:34,064 --> 00:13:36,024 - There's wine, sir. - You've all had what you need? 174 00:13:36,066 --> 00:13:40,070 Then let us do what we are here for, and refreshments after? 175 00:13:40,112 --> 00:13:41,029 - There'll be a buffet. - Good. 176 00:13:41,071 --> 00:13:44,074 Dr. Kritzinger, important that you be here. Let us begin. 177 00:13:44,116 --> 00:13:47,035 - Our Führer, how is his mood? - Commanding, of course. 178 00:13:47,077 --> 00:13:50,080 - His generals in Russia are a disgrace. - This conference should've... 179 00:13:50,122 --> 00:13:52,040 In a moment. 180 00:13:52,082 --> 00:13:54,042 Gentlemen, your places are identified. 181 00:13:54,084 --> 00:13:58,088 Thank you all for coming. Please, sit down. I'm sorry I held you up a little. 182 00:13:59,089 --> 00:14:02,050 But you had elegant wine, I'm sure. 183 00:14:02,092 --> 00:14:06,138 And no one there to say it's too early for that. 184 00:14:06,180 --> 00:14:07,097 Are you all set up? 185 00:14:07,139 --> 00:14:09,099 - It's prepared. - Very good. 186 00:14:09,141 --> 00:14:12,144 At the risk of sounding like the first day at summer camp... 187 00:14:12,186 --> 00:14:15,147 ...let's go around the table and introduce ourselves... 188 00:14:15,189 --> 00:14:16,106 ...for those who do not know others. 189 00:14:16,148 --> 00:14:20,110 I shall save myself for last and start with Gen. Müller. 190 00:14:21,153 --> 00:14:23,113 Maj. Gen. Heinrich Müller, SS Gestapo. 191 00:14:23,155 --> 00:14:26,116 Klopfer, representing the Party, that is who I speak for. 192 00:14:26,158 --> 00:14:29,161 I'm Kritzinger, Ministerial Director of the Reich Chancellery. 193 00:14:29,203 --> 00:14:31,121 I appreciate being called, but wonder why. 194 00:14:31,163 --> 00:14:35,167 The topic, the coordination of the Jewish question, I believe, was resolved. 195 00:14:35,209 --> 00:14:36,126 It will be. 196 00:14:36,168 --> 00:14:40,172 With the Führer stating to me and to my superiors... 197 00:14:40,214 --> 00:14:44,134 It will be. 198 00:14:44,176 --> 00:14:47,179 Gen. Hofmann, Race and Settlement, Main Office. 199 00:14:47,221 --> 00:14:50,182 We deal with matters of race and settlement. 200 00:14:50,224 --> 00:14:51,141 Is it me? 201 00:14:51,183 --> 00:14:55,187 Leibbrandt, the Political Office of the Ministry for all we hold and administer... 202 00:14:56,188 --> 00:14:58,190 ...in Eastern Poland, the Baltics and in the Soviet Union. 203 00:14:58,232 --> 00:15:01,193 I am the State Secretary for the Ministry as a whole. 204 00:15:01,235 --> 00:15:05,197 - Give them your name. - Meyer, Dr., sorry. 205 00:15:05,239 --> 00:15:07,157 Stuckart, Interior Ministry. 206 00:15:07,199 --> 00:15:09,201 Martin Luther, Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry. 207 00:15:09,243 --> 00:15:11,161 I met almost everybody. 208 00:15:11,203 --> 00:15:15,207 My name is Neumann, Director, Office of the Four-Year Plan. 209 00:15:15,249 --> 00:15:18,752 Lange, Deputy Commander of SS Task Forces in Latvia. 210 00:15:18,794 --> 00:15:22,214 - Among other things. - We all have other things. 211 00:15:22,256 --> 00:15:24,174 I'm Joseph Bühler... 212 00:15:24,216 --> 00:15:27,219 ...Secretary of State of the General Government of German-occupied Poland. 213 00:15:27,261 --> 00:15:29,263 How cold is it up there? 214 00:15:29,304 --> 00:15:31,181 Better Cracow than Warsaw. 215 00:15:31,223 --> 00:15:35,227 Now that it is run by Germans, you should be spared those Polish winters. 216 00:15:35,269 --> 00:15:36,186 Not the case. 217 00:15:36,228 --> 00:15:40,232 Schöngarth, SS assigned to the General Government. 218 00:15:41,233 --> 00:15:44,194 Dr. Freisler, Ministry of Justice. 219 00:15:44,236 --> 00:15:48,282 Also, I hold rank in the Storm Troopers. 220 00:15:48,323 --> 00:15:49,241 So that is who I am. 221 00:15:49,283 --> 00:15:53,245 Adolf Eichmann, SS Gestapo, Office of Jewish Affairs, and that should be... 222 00:15:55,289 --> 00:15:56,248 Yes, that's all. 223 00:15:56,290 --> 00:15:59,293 And I am Heydrich, SS Chief of Reich Security, Main Office... 224 00:15:59,334 --> 00:16:02,296 ...and Reichsprotector of Bohemia and Moravia. 225 00:16:02,337 --> 00:16:04,256 And welcome. 226 00:16:04,298 --> 00:16:07,801 You have each been given some papers. These are for you alone. 227 00:16:07,843 --> 00:16:11,305 No copies to be made, not to be seen or discussed with others... 228 00:16:11,346 --> 00:16:12,264 ...except superiors. 229 00:16:12,306 --> 00:16:16,310 How we deal with matters here must be held secret from our enemies. 230 00:16:16,351 --> 00:16:19,813 We control events better when we control opinion. 231 00:16:19,855 --> 00:16:23,317 Today, each of us becomes a bearer of secrets. 232 00:16:24,318 --> 00:16:26,320 - And our secretary will be discreet? - He agrees. 233 00:16:26,361 --> 00:16:28,280 He agrees? Excellent. 234 00:16:28,322 --> 00:16:31,325 Communication between us after today will pass in both directions... 235 00:16:31,366 --> 00:16:34,328 ...through Lt. Col. Eichmann, my deputy for all Jewish matters. 236 00:16:34,369 --> 00:16:37,289 He is your focal point. 237 00:16:37,331 --> 00:16:41,335 To begin, we have a storage problem in Germany with these Jews. 238 00:16:42,336 --> 00:16:45,297 There have been conversations for a year about this Jew... 239 00:16:45,339 --> 00:16:48,342 ...and that Jew and the complexities of the law and this problem... 240 00:16:48,383 --> 00:16:51,303 ...as you, I'm sure, know has tormented us. 241 00:16:51,345 --> 00:16:54,848 We first undertook to expel them from all means by which our people... 242 00:16:54,890 --> 00:16:58,352 ...would have to deal with them, every sphere of life of German people. 243 00:16:58,393 --> 00:17:01,355 The laws enacted at Nuremberg, and we should drink a toast... 244 00:17:01,396 --> 00:17:03,315 ...to Dr. Stuckart for devising them. 245 00:17:03,357 --> 00:17:06,318 Coauthor, in all modesty, I am the coauthor. 246 00:17:06,360 --> 00:17:10,364 They established the fundamental legality for the creation of a Jew-free society... 247 00:17:11,365 --> 00:17:13,325 ...a Jew-free economy for the world to see. 248 00:17:13,367 --> 00:17:16,370 And we, indeed, have eliminated the Jew from our national life. 249 00:17:16,411 --> 00:17:20,332 Now, more than that, the Jew himself... 250 00:17:20,374 --> 00:17:24,378 ...must be physically eradicated from our living space. 251 00:17:24,419 --> 00:17:25,921 - Clarification. - Absolutely. 252 00:17:25,963 --> 00:17:27,339 There will be a moment for that. 253 00:17:27,381 --> 00:17:31,426 But if I may, we pursued a vigorous policy of emigration... 254 00:17:31,468 --> 00:17:34,388 ...but who would take more of them? 255 00:17:34,429 --> 00:17:37,391 "Who would want them?" Was the policy's ultimate limitation. 256 00:17:37,432 --> 00:17:41,395 Every border in Europe rejects them or charges outrageously to accept them. 257 00:17:43,438 --> 00:17:45,399 - America. - Even America, thank you... 258 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:49,403 ...where Jews constantly whisper in Roosevelt's ear, still turns them away. 259 00:17:50,445 --> 00:17:54,408 Then, in acquiring Poland, we acquired two and a half million more. 260 00:17:56,451 --> 00:17:58,412 By last July, we were met with a new situation... 261 00:17:58,453 --> 00:18:01,456 ...we would, in very short order, be acquiring some... 262 00:18:01,498 --> 00:18:05,419 ...five million Jews as we conquered Russia. 263 00:18:05,460 --> 00:18:08,463 The dimensions of this problem have magnified astoundingly. 264 00:18:08,505 --> 00:18:10,424 Five million. 265 00:18:10,465 --> 00:18:13,969 Exactly the problem. Our ghettos are full... 266 00:18:14,011 --> 00:18:17,472 All those ghettos, yes, with Polish names. 267 00:18:18,473 --> 00:18:21,977 Fully occupied, but hold for now, please, if you would. 268 00:18:22,019 --> 00:18:25,230 At that time, last July, confronting this new situation... 269 00:18:25,272 --> 00:18:28,483 ...Reichsmarshal Göring prepared a directive, you have a copy. 270 00:18:28,525 --> 00:18:31,445 The operative words, if you'll permit me to read: 271 00:18:31,486 --> 00:18:34,448 "I hereby charge you with making all preparations... 272 00:18:34,489 --> 00:18:37,451 "... in regard to organizational and financial matters... 273 00:18:37,492 --> 00:18:41,496 "... for bringing about a complete solution of the Jewish question... 274 00:18:41,538 --> 00:18:43,498 "... in the German sphere of influence in Europe. " 275 00:18:43,540 --> 00:18:47,044 Now, for that, I read the cleansing... 276 00:18:47,085 --> 00:18:49,796 ...of the entire continent of Europe. 277 00:18:49,838 --> 00:18:52,466 You see, the word "cleansing"... 278 00:18:52,508 --> 00:18:55,511 An accurate word, I think. If I may go on... 279 00:18:55,552 --> 00:18:57,471 ...in the second paragraph: 280 00:18:57,513 --> 00:19:00,474 "Wherever other governmental agencies are involved... 281 00:19:00,516 --> 00:19:04,520 "... these are to cooperate with you... " I hope. So on, so on. 282 00:19:04,561 --> 00:19:06,480 "... as necessary for the accomplishment... 283 00:19:06,522 --> 00:19:10,526 "... of the desired solution of the Jewish question. " 284 00:19:11,568 --> 00:19:15,572 This is our mandate, all of us. 285 00:19:15,614 --> 00:19:17,533 May I say, in fairness... 286 00:19:17,574 --> 00:19:19,535 ...the Jewish question falls within the responsibilities... 287 00:19:19,576 --> 00:19:23,580 ...of my department, the Reich Chancellery, and we received no directive... 288 00:19:23,622 --> 00:19:25,541 If you will give me a moment or two. 289 00:19:25,582 --> 00:19:29,586 - The document is in your folder? - Yes, it is in your folder. 290 00:19:29,628 --> 00:19:30,546 I'm sure it is. 291 00:19:30,587 --> 00:19:33,590 Finally, what has happened since that directive? 292 00:19:33,632 --> 00:19:34,550 Succinctly, now... 293 00:19:34,591 --> 00:19:37,594 ...we are standing still in Russia, the Americans have joined the war. 294 00:19:37,636 --> 00:19:41,598 Both events are a further drain on our military, our economy... 295 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:43,600 ...our manpower, our food supply. 296 00:19:43,642 --> 00:19:47,604 We cannot store these Jews. 297 00:19:47,646 --> 00:19:50,566 Emigration is over. 298 00:19:50,607 --> 00:19:54,611 And the inevitable solution is what we, together at this table... 299 00:19:55,612 --> 00:19:59,616 ...will discuss this afternoon. 300 00:20:07,624 --> 00:20:11,628 We'll go on. You'll find a document listing the remaining Jewish population... 301 00:20:11,670 --> 00:20:13,589 ...by country in Europe... 302 00:20:13,630 --> 00:20:17,634 ...and whatever the USSR or Russia calls itself for the time it has left. 303 00:20:17,676 --> 00:20:21,138 As I mentioned, emigration policy will stop... 304 00:20:21,180 --> 00:20:24,600 I apologize, sir. A call for Gen. Heydrich. 305 00:20:24,641 --> 00:20:28,645 - See who it is, and end the calls. - Yes, sir. 306 00:20:29,646 --> 00:20:33,650 We will take but a moment. 307 00:20:33,692 --> 00:20:37,654 Please sit, Dr. Kritzinger. 308 00:20:40,657 --> 00:20:44,661 Make us all comfortable. 309 00:20:52,669 --> 00:20:55,631 Where is this going? 310 00:20:55,672 --> 00:20:58,675 Yes, this is Lt. Col. Eichmann. 311 00:20:58,717 --> 00:21:01,720 I understand, Major, but the General is to be free of calls at this time. 312 00:21:01,762 --> 00:21:04,723 If you wish to explain the matter to me... 313 00:21:04,765 --> 00:21:06,683 Yes? 314 00:21:06,725 --> 00:21:09,728 Yes, I'm sure if you call his office, you... 315 00:21:09,770 --> 00:21:13,690 Yes. Heil Hitler. 316 00:21:15,734 --> 00:21:18,695 This meeting is not taking place. 317 00:21:18,737 --> 00:21:21,740 You are to take no phone calls for anyone at this meeting. 318 00:21:21,782 --> 00:21:23,700 Anyone. 319 00:21:23,742 --> 00:21:27,746 Unless the Führer calls, and he won't. 320 00:21:27,788 --> 00:21:31,750 - Understood? - Yes, sir. 321 00:21:32,751 --> 00:21:35,754 Here is Field Marshall Reichenau strapped to a chair... 322 00:21:35,796 --> 00:21:38,757 ...and put, convulsing, on the plane, where he dies. 323 00:21:38,799 --> 00:21:41,802 He wanted to retreat as deeply as Rundstedt did, but... 324 00:21:41,844 --> 00:21:44,805 ...Rundstedt got his medal and Reichenau, the hereafter. 325 00:21:44,847 --> 00:21:47,766 Maj. Schussheim was reluctant to give me any message. 326 00:21:47,808 --> 00:21:50,143 He does not appreciate you as I do. 327 00:21:50,811 --> 00:21:52,729 Emigration. 328 00:21:52,771 --> 00:21:55,774 The policy to replace that of emigration, and we have enough experience... 329 00:21:55,816 --> 00:21:58,735 ...to do it well, is evacuation. 330 00:21:58,777 --> 00:22:01,780 Which differs from emigration in what way? Evacuation to where? 331 00:22:01,822 --> 00:22:04,283 Let us postpone that question for a while. 332 00:22:04,324 --> 00:22:06,743 - To hell, one hopes. - Many already have. 333 00:22:06,785 --> 00:22:09,746 - Do they even have a hell? - They do now. We provide it. 334 00:22:09,788 --> 00:22:13,792 We have received assurances that these Jews are held in livable conditions. 335 00:22:14,793 --> 00:22:17,296 You are postponing, that is your prerogative. 336 00:22:17,337 --> 00:22:19,798 Will I have an opportunity to be heard on this? 337 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:21,800 On my word of honor. 338 00:22:21,842 --> 00:22:23,760 If I may. 339 00:22:23,802 --> 00:22:26,763 132,000 Jews left in Germany proper. 340 00:22:26,805 --> 00:22:30,809 Austria: 43,700. Occupied Eastern Territories: 420,000. 341 00:22:31,810 --> 00:22:34,771 General Government: 2,284,000. 342 00:22:34,813 --> 00:22:38,817 Bialystok: 400,000, and Moravia: 74,200. 343 00:22:38,859 --> 00:22:42,821 - Estonia: Not a one. - The best thing I've heard about Estonia. 344 00:22:42,863 --> 00:22:46,867 You have the list, I won't read it all. Plenty in France, Romania, England. 345 00:22:46,909 --> 00:22:47,826 USSR: 5 million. 346 00:22:47,868 --> 00:22:51,830 In what is, or will be soon, our sphere of control over 11 million chosen people. 347 00:22:53,874 --> 00:22:55,834 - The changing definitions? - Yes, go ahead. 348 00:22:55,876 --> 00:22:59,880 Except that there are countries that define Jewishness non-racially... 349 00:22:59,922 --> 00:23:02,883 ...merely as a religious practice: England, America. 350 00:23:02,925 --> 00:23:05,844 Therefore, by our racial principles... 351 00:23:05,886 --> 00:23:08,889 ...there may be many additional uncounted Israelites. 352 00:23:08,931 --> 00:23:11,892 And he speaks Jewish. He does! 353 00:23:11,934 --> 00:23:13,852 He does! 354 00:23:13,894 --> 00:23:16,855 What, then, confronts us here... 355 00:23:16,897 --> 00:23:20,901 ...in open discussion, which will inform the choices we must make... 356 00:23:20,943 --> 00:23:22,861 ...is what to do... 357 00:23:22,903 --> 00:23:26,907 ...to deal with this staggering number of Jews overwhelming us. 358 00:23:28,909 --> 00:23:30,911 My suggestion is to take all able-bodied Jews... 359 00:23:30,953 --> 00:23:32,871 ...separated according to sex, to the East... 360 00:23:32,913 --> 00:23:35,916 ...to work in units, specifically for road building. 361 00:23:35,958 --> 00:23:37,876 Yes. Can we be practical? 362 00:23:37,918 --> 00:23:41,922 You are hardly describing the promised livable conditions for these people. 363 00:23:42,923 --> 00:23:45,926 On the face of it, your plan... 364 00:23:45,968 --> 00:23:48,929 ...excuse me, does not succeed. 365 00:23:48,971 --> 00:23:52,891 It is fanciful. 366 00:23:52,933 --> 00:23:56,895 You have, in this collection here... 367 00:23:56,937 --> 00:23:59,940 ...five million Russo-European Jews: 10% agriculture... 368 00:23:59,982 --> 00:24:02,943 ...15% urban workers, tradesmen: Almost 20%... 369 00:24:02,985 --> 00:24:04,903 ...bureaucrats: Almost 24%... 370 00:24:04,945 --> 00:24:09,950 ...doctors, writers, journalists, actors and so on: Almost 33%. 371 00:24:09,992 --> 00:24:11,910 Building roads? 372 00:24:11,952 --> 00:24:15,956 75% of your five million have not picked up anything heavier than a pencil. 373 00:24:16,957 --> 00:24:20,961 Yes, and most will be casualties, eliminated by natural causes. 374 00:24:21,962 --> 00:24:25,007 We intend to be complete. We will comb Europe from west to east... 375 00:24:25,048 --> 00:24:27,968 ...starting with the protectorates, Bohemia and Moravia. 376 00:24:28,010 --> 00:24:31,972 We will evacuate them first. All to-be-evacuated Jews, group by group... 377 00:24:32,014 --> 00:24:34,391 ...will be sent to, call them transit ghettos, 378 00:24:34,433 --> 00:24:36,018 and then transported to the east. 379 00:24:36,059 --> 00:24:38,020 - Please... - You want yours first! I understand. 380 00:24:38,061 --> 00:24:39,980 Let me make my case, you'll be heard. 381 00:24:40,022 --> 00:24:43,025 When, in your plan, do you take their women away? 382 00:24:43,066 --> 00:24:46,028 How they love to make the beast. 383 00:24:46,069 --> 00:24:47,988 Control yourself. 384 00:24:48,030 --> 00:24:50,991 Jews who have beyond 65 years will be moved into old-age ghettos... 385 00:24:51,033 --> 00:24:55,037 ...possibly Theresienstadt will be chosen, where they can expire at their own speed. 386 00:24:56,038 --> 00:24:58,040 We will sweep all wounded Jewish veterans... 387 00:24:58,081 --> 00:25:00,000 ...and those given military decorations. 388 00:25:00,042 --> 00:25:03,045 The Iron Cross, first class, that fine distinction will be abandoned. 389 00:25:03,086 --> 00:25:06,006 They go, too, into the old-age ghettos... 390 00:25:06,048 --> 00:25:10,052 ...or we will be drowning in requests for exemptions and interventions. 391 00:25:10,093 --> 00:25:13,055 I was referring to intervention of another kind... 392 00:25:13,096 --> 00:25:15,015 ...below the waist. 393 00:25:15,057 --> 00:25:19,061 This is all very beguiling, but when you include privileges for certain Jews... 394 00:25:20,062 --> 00:25:24,066 ...the Party Chancellery sees its interest a certain way. 395 00:25:24,107 --> 00:25:27,027 And Martin Bormann, I can speak for him... 396 00:25:27,069 --> 00:25:31,031 ...has his authority as well from the Führer. 397 00:25:31,073 --> 00:25:35,077 We do not just surrender our prerogative to decide Jew questions. 398 00:25:41,083 --> 00:25:45,087 Everyone's point of view will be considered. 399 00:25:46,088 --> 00:25:49,091 Did you ever see an animal with two heads? 400 00:25:49,132 --> 00:25:51,051 They do not live. 401 00:25:51,093 --> 00:25:54,054 Want to see Bormann and Göring fight it out? 402 00:25:54,096 --> 00:25:57,099 We are not trying to roll over anyone, quite the opposite. 403 00:25:57,140 --> 00:25:59,059 Does anyone else want to raise this question now? 404 00:25:59,101 --> 00:26:03,522 Because I have been asked to direct the release of Germany and all of Europe... 405 00:26:03,522 --> 00:26:07,192 ...from the Jewish stranglehold, and I believe, together, we will. 406 00:26:07,234 --> 00:26:11,113 But the brief remains clear: All of Europe... 407 00:26:11,154 --> 00:26:15,158 ...England, from Lapland to Libya, from Vladivostok to Belfast... 408 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,662 ...no Jews. 409 00:26:18,704 --> 00:26:22,124 Not one. 410 00:26:29,173 --> 00:26:32,176 I propose that the appropriate expert from the Foreign Ministry... 411 00:26:32,217 --> 00:26:35,679 ...act as channel to the SS security police in each country. 412 00:26:35,721 --> 00:26:39,183 I'm counting on you to be my link to the Foreign Ministry. 413 00:26:41,185 --> 00:26:45,189 I think, having explained in general what we are challenged to do... 414 00:26:45,230 --> 00:26:48,150 ...I would be grateful for comments and questions. 415 00:26:48,192 --> 00:26:49,943 Let us have some refreshment in here. 416 00:26:49,985 --> 00:26:52,196 Pretend we are the directors of I. G. Farben. 417 00:26:52,237 --> 00:26:56,200 - That's how they do it, yes? - That is how we do it. 418 00:26:58,202 --> 00:27:00,204 My friend, I have read your recommendations. 419 00:27:00,245 --> 00:27:02,164 I appreciate the effort and the thought. 420 00:27:02,206 --> 00:27:06,210 I heard some of what I wrote in what you already said. 421 00:27:07,211 --> 00:27:11,215 I think not. 422 00:27:18,222 --> 00:27:22,226 I hear that Heydrich has a little Jew blood in him. 423 00:27:24,228 --> 00:27:27,189 Why don't you ask him? 424 00:27:27,231 --> 00:27:30,234 - The numbers are misleading. - Misleading? 425 00:27:30,275 --> 00:27:32,194 "Who is a Jew?" is another question. 426 00:27:32,236 --> 00:27:36,240 - They're not a heterogeneous... - Not a heterogeneous population. 427 00:27:40,244 --> 00:27:42,246 And how is it that you can speak Hebrew? 428 00:27:42,287 --> 00:27:44,206 Or is it only Yiddish you speak? 429 00:27:44,248 --> 00:27:48,252 I lived among them, I worked among them, and I picked up a few words. 430 00:27:48,293 --> 00:27:50,254 Jewish, Yiddish, what they were, not enough to speak. 431 00:27:50,295 --> 00:27:52,256 So I went in search of a rabbi. 432 00:27:52,297 --> 00:27:55,050 Rabbi means "teacher," I came to find out. 433 00:27:55,092 --> 00:27:57,803 May I tell you the Lord's honest truth? 434 00:27:57,845 --> 00:28:00,264 So many of our highest ranking officers... 435 00:28:00,305 --> 00:28:03,308 ...whose responsibility it is to deal with the Israelites... 436 00:28:03,350 --> 00:28:06,270 ...they make no attempt to get inside the Jewish head. 437 00:28:06,311 --> 00:28:10,274 I went to visit this rabbi, old man, long beard, in his one-room flat. 438 00:28:11,316 --> 00:28:15,320 And when he saw me, his eyes grew as large as hen's eggs. 439 00:28:15,362 --> 00:28:18,282 I asked him to teach me his language, and he agreed. 440 00:28:18,323 --> 00:28:22,327 And he said that he would, but that he would charge me, of course. 441 00:28:22,369 --> 00:28:24,288 I applied to my commander for funds, and I was denied. 442 00:28:24,329 --> 00:28:28,333 I've run into this opposition all my life, so I paid my own money. 443 00:28:28,375 --> 00:28:30,294 Very little, not much. 444 00:28:30,335 --> 00:28:33,338 And he taught me some vocabulary and letters of the alphabet. 445 00:28:33,380 --> 00:28:36,300 Looking back, I realize, it was poor judgment on my part... 446 00:28:36,341 --> 00:28:39,344 ...because I could've so easily had the old man put into prison... 447 00:28:39,386 --> 00:28:43,348 ...and demanded lessons from him in his cell, free of charge. 448 00:28:43,390 --> 00:28:45,309 One day, he went out. 449 00:28:45,350 --> 00:28:48,353 He was rounded up and shipped off... 450 00:28:48,395 --> 00:28:51,356 ...because he had gone out unadvisedly. 451 00:28:51,398 --> 00:28:53,317 And I thought: 452 00:28:53,358 --> 00:28:56,862 "That's so stupid. " 453 00:28:56,904 --> 00:29:00,324 Why are they so stupid? 454 00:29:00,365 --> 00:29:03,368 Didn't he know that I would've protected him? 455 00:29:03,410 --> 00:29:05,412 At least until my lessons were complete. 456 00:29:05,454 --> 00:29:07,331 I want to be through by 2:30 or earlier. 457 00:29:07,372 --> 00:29:11,376 There's no reason why we can't continue. I prefer you all at the table. 458 00:29:11,418 --> 00:29:13,337 - There will be a buffet lunch. - Excellent. 459 00:29:13,378 --> 00:29:16,381 Settle down, we're moving along. You have the overall idea... 460 00:29:16,423 --> 00:29:19,426 ...but it's clear some areas will evacuate swiftly... 461 00:29:19,468 --> 00:29:22,346 - What about our friends the Italians? - The Italians. 462 00:29:22,387 --> 00:29:25,390 We must all trust the good Lord to save us from our Italian friends. 463 00:29:25,432 --> 00:29:28,352 In the last analysis, if they don't purge their Jews... 464 00:29:28,393 --> 00:29:32,397 ...we'll go down and accomplish it and put their priorities in order. 465 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,443 In France, even where we aren't occupying, they'll ship their Jews out. 466 00:29:36,485 --> 00:29:38,403 Here is another problem. 467 00:29:38,445 --> 00:29:42,449 The Foreign Ministry sees difficulty in evacuating too fast... 468 00:29:42,491 --> 00:29:44,952 ...in Scandinavia, as you say, Lapland. 469 00:29:44,993 --> 00:29:47,412 Unless we tie up a lot more troops there... 470 00:29:47,454 --> 00:29:50,457 ...troops which we need for the Russian campaign, Moscow... 471 00:29:50,499 --> 00:29:52,459 ...the Scandinavians will not cooperate. 472 00:29:52,501 --> 00:29:54,419 What do you see for the rest of Europe? 473 00:29:54,461 --> 00:29:57,464 The Foreign Ministry sees no difficulty with the Balkans... 474 00:29:57,506 --> 00:30:00,926 ...Southeast and Western Europe. This is very good. 475 00:30:01,510 --> 00:30:02,427 - Sir. - Yes? 476 00:30:02,469 --> 00:30:05,472 The Race and Settlement main office is planning on sending an expert... 477 00:30:05,514 --> 00:30:08,433 ...to Hungary for general orientation on our policies. 478 00:30:08,475 --> 00:30:12,479 I think that should take place at the same time as you send your advisor. 479 00:30:12,521 --> 00:30:14,439 It will put some iron in the glove, so to speak. 480 00:30:14,481 --> 00:30:18,485 The glove is iron, and there should be no confusion as to where policy emanates. 481 00:30:21,488 --> 00:30:24,491 I should hope that established relationships will be maintained. 482 00:30:24,533 --> 00:30:26,493 If they are productive, but not if they are not... 483 00:30:26,535 --> 00:30:30,497 ...if I may speak for the group. 484 00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:37,462 - It is not my intention... - What is your intention? 485 00:30:37,504 --> 00:30:41,508 The work done by our department. Our particular expert is prepared... 486 00:30:41,550 --> 00:30:43,468 We both serve the Führer, he gave me the command. 487 00:30:43,510 --> 00:30:45,470 I suggest your advisor serve as an assistant to my man. 488 00:30:45,512 --> 00:30:49,516 That preserves the relative powers of our offices, does it not? 489 00:30:55,522 --> 00:30:59,484 Yes, it certainly does. That is how it should be. 490 00:30:59,526 --> 00:31:03,530 I will leave it to you, then, to be in touch with Col. Eichmann? 491 00:31:03,572 --> 00:31:07,492 Yes. 492 00:31:07,534 --> 00:31:10,537 Settled. Moving along. Now, a difficult problem. 493 00:31:10,579 --> 00:31:12,497 My instinct is to be Alexandrian... 494 00:31:12,539 --> 00:31:16,543 ...and solve a difficult tangle with a sharp, clean stroke this afternoon. 495 00:31:16,585 --> 00:31:18,504 All our actions must be predicated on law. 496 00:31:18,545 --> 00:31:20,547 Everything we've done is from the Nuremberg Laws... 497 00:31:20,589 --> 00:31:24,593 ...which Dr. Stuckart brought forth to the Reichstag in 1935. 498 00:31:24,635 --> 00:31:26,553 We now have to examine the Blood and Honor laws... 499 00:31:26,595 --> 00:31:30,557 ...in regard to the problems of mixed marriages and persons of mixed blood. 500 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:35,604 Not only who is a Jew, but how, in each defined circumstance... 501 00:31:35,646 --> 00:31:39,608 ...the Jew is expunged from society, the government, the economy... 502 00:31:39,650 --> 00:31:40,567 ...through ordinances. 503 00:31:40,609 --> 00:31:43,570 The tapestry, if you'll permit some pride. 504 00:31:43,612 --> 00:31:47,616 The exemptions written into the law allow too many Jews to remain among us. 505 00:31:48,617 --> 00:31:52,621 We address that problem by examining each category and every exemption. 506 00:31:53,622 --> 00:31:55,582 There's been communication with the Chancellery Head... 507 00:31:55,624 --> 00:31:58,627 ...Lammers, who discussed these questions with the Führer. 508 00:31:58,669 --> 00:32:01,129 You asked why you are here. You represent him. 509 00:32:01,171 --> 00:32:03,590 And your own opinion. We would like that, too. 510 00:32:03,632 --> 00:32:07,636 Lammers has indeed met with the Führer or his staff on this question... 511 00:32:07,678 --> 00:32:08,595 ...and reached an understanding. 512 00:32:08,637 --> 00:32:12,641 Dr. Kritzinger, can we come to a further understanding here? 513 00:32:13,642 --> 00:32:14,601 What can we all agree on? 514 00:32:14,643 --> 00:32:18,647 What I would like agreed here is that mixed-blood persons of the first degree... 515 00:32:19,648 --> 00:32:23,652 ...they have two Jewish grandparents, they are half-Jews... 516 00:32:23,694 --> 00:32:26,613 ...they are just Jews. They go. Their children go. 517 00:32:26,655 --> 00:32:30,659 There are, in the law, as of now, two exceptions. If you would... 518 00:32:30,701 --> 00:32:34,663 For first-degree mixed, if married to Germans with children... 519 00:32:34,705 --> 00:32:35,622 ...they're exempted. 520 00:32:35,664 --> 00:32:39,168 Their children, second-degree mixed, would be treated as Germans. 521 00:32:39,209 --> 00:32:42,671 The other exception is first-degree mixed who the Reich has chosen... 522 00:32:42,713 --> 00:32:44,631 ...to honor with privilege for whatever reason. 523 00:32:44,673 --> 00:32:47,676 We are talking here of men and women who live as Germans. 524 00:32:47,718 --> 00:32:51,638 They do not worship or behave as Jews, but... 525 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,683 ...have some quantity of blood. - The genetic Jew. 526 00:32:54,725 --> 00:32:57,686 In those cases, we'll examine each determination... 527 00:32:57,728 --> 00:32:59,646 ...and perhaps revoke their exemption. 528 00:32:59,688 --> 00:33:02,691 - The Nuremberg Laws... - Whoever receives exemption... 529 00:33:02,733 --> 00:33:06,695 ...better have extraordinary merits, not just a German parent, husband or wife. 530 00:33:07,738 --> 00:33:11,742 Those who are exempt from evacuation, they too will fall in certain categories... 531 00:33:11,783 --> 00:33:12,701 Could you, General... Sorry. 532 00:33:12,743 --> 00:33:16,705 I have the real feeling I evacuated 30,000 Jews already, by shooting them at Riga. 533 00:33:19,750 --> 00:33:22,711 Is what I did evacuation? 534 00:33:22,753 --> 00:33:26,715 When they fell, were they evacuated? 535 00:33:26,757 --> 00:33:30,761 There are another 20,000, at least, waiting for similar evacuation. 536 00:33:32,763 --> 00:33:36,767 I just think it is helpful to know what words mean. 537 00:33:37,768 --> 00:33:41,772 With all respect. 538 00:33:43,774 --> 00:33:46,777 If I might, I think it's unnecessary to burden the record... 539 00:33:46,818 --> 00:33:50,781 Yes. In my personal opinion, they are evacuated. 540 00:33:50,822 --> 00:33:52,741 - Explain. - I have just done so. 541 00:33:52,783 --> 00:33:55,786 That is contrary to what the Chancellery has been told. 542 00:33:55,827 --> 00:33:59,790 I have directly been assured! 543 00:34:01,792 --> 00:34:05,796 Purge the Jews, yes. But to annihilate them... 544 00:34:08,799 --> 00:34:12,803 That we have undertaken to systematically... 545 00:34:12,845 --> 00:34:14,805 ...annihilate all the Jews of Europe? 546 00:34:14,847 --> 00:34:17,766 No. That possibility... 547 00:34:17,808 --> 00:34:21,812 ...has personally been denied to me by the Führer. 548 00:34:24,815 --> 00:34:28,819 And it will continue to be. 549 00:35:01,894 --> 00:35:05,856 Yes, I understand. 550 00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:10,861 Yes. 551 00:35:10,903 --> 00:35:14,907 He will continue to deny it. 552 00:35:15,908 --> 00:35:18,869 My apologies. 553 00:35:18,911 --> 00:35:22,915 Do you accept my apologies? 554 00:35:24,917 --> 00:35:26,418 Of course. 555 00:35:26,460 --> 00:35:27,961 So very kind. 556 00:35:28,921 --> 00:35:32,424 - Close the doors, please. - Those mixed in the first degree. 557 00:35:32,466 --> 00:35:35,928 Yes, those mixed in the first degree, who are exempted... 558 00:35:35,969 --> 00:35:37,888 ...will be sterilized. 559 00:35:37,930 --> 00:35:41,892 May I just point out, in regard to special exemptions... 560 00:35:41,934 --> 00:35:44,937 ...it's widely known, I've heard the opinion expressed myself... 561 00:35:44,978 --> 00:35:47,898 ...that there are 80 million good Germans... 562 00:35:47,940 --> 00:35:51,944 ...and each one knows his "decent Jew," even if he regards all the rest as vermin. 563 00:35:52,945 --> 00:35:56,949 If there are decent Jews, then before they are decent and indeed after, they are Jews. 564 00:35:57,950 --> 00:35:59,910 No. First-degree exempted will be sterilized. 565 00:35:59,952 --> 00:36:03,956 No more children, and eventually, no more mixed blood, once and for all. 566 00:36:03,997 --> 00:36:05,916 It is important to know what words mean. 567 00:36:05,958 --> 00:36:07,918 But it's important to remember in 1,000 years... 568 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:11,964 ...no matter who holds the power, history will be written in those words. 569 00:36:12,965 --> 00:36:16,969 Do you expect the men serenely to submit to being sterilized? 570 00:36:17,010 --> 00:36:20,931 Why not? They've already had their cocks clipped. 571 00:36:20,973 --> 00:36:23,976 It's voluntary. One can lose one's possibility to reproduce... 572 00:36:24,017 --> 00:36:25,936 ...or one can be evacuated. 573 00:36:25,978 --> 00:36:30,023 If a first-mixed is sterilized, of course, the Nuremberg restrictions don't apply. 574 00:36:30,065 --> 00:36:34,027 - The Nuremberg Laws are very specific... - When I am done. 575 00:36:34,069 --> 00:36:35,988 Thank you. Please. 576 00:36:36,029 --> 00:36:39,032 As to second-degree mixed, those born to a half-Jew and German... 577 00:36:39,074 --> 00:36:41,994 ...or one-quarter Jew, three-quarters German, equals German. 578 00:36:42,035 --> 00:36:46,039 With exceptions: If both parents are mixed-blood, the child's a Jew. 579 00:36:46,081 --> 00:36:50,043 If the child looks or sounds Jewish, even with only one-quarter mixed... 580 00:36:50,085 --> 00:36:51,044 When that blood is dominant. 581 00:36:51,086 --> 00:36:53,005 Then he is a Jew. 582 00:36:53,046 --> 00:36:56,049 Third: A mixed-second with a criminal or political record... 583 00:36:56,091 --> 00:36:59,052 Excuse me, sir, is this a second or a third? 584 00:36:59,094 --> 00:37:01,013 A mixed-second. 585 00:37:01,054 --> 00:37:03,015 - Third exception. - Third exception. 586 00:37:03,056 --> 00:37:06,059 In other words, he that behaves like a Jew will be considered as such. 587 00:37:06,101 --> 00:37:09,563 If any of these second-mixed exceptions marry a German... 588 00:37:09,605 --> 00:37:13,025 ...then they will be evacuated, no special dispensations. 589 00:37:13,066 --> 00:37:17,070 - The marriage laws are very complex... - Mixed marriages include German relatives. 590 00:37:17,112 --> 00:37:21,074 They have a vested interest in the couple, also in children born to the marriage. 591 00:37:21,116 --> 00:37:23,035 So here it is. 592 00:37:23,076 --> 00:37:26,079 Marriages between mixed-firsts and Germans, if they have had no children... 593 00:37:26,121 --> 00:37:29,041 ...depending on repercussions on the German side... 594 00:37:29,082 --> 00:37:32,085 ...either the half-Jew is evacuated, or to the old-age ghetto. 595 00:37:32,127 --> 00:37:36,048 - Theresienstadt. - Possibly. Somewhere. 596 00:37:36,089 --> 00:37:40,093 The same holds true for the full-blood Jew with a German wife or husband. 597 00:37:40,135 --> 00:37:43,055 If there are children, if the rules classify them as Jews... 598 00:37:43,096 --> 00:37:47,059 ...they go with the Jew parent, evacuation or ghetto, depending on the case. 599 00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:51,104 If they're classified as German, that spares both the child and the Jew parent. 600 00:37:51,146 --> 00:37:53,106 Jews of first-mixed married to first-mixed are Jews. 601 00:37:53,148 --> 00:37:55,067 Children as well, treated as such. 602 00:37:55,108 --> 00:37:58,070 First-mixed married to second-mixed and children, the same. 603 00:37:58,111 --> 00:38:02,115 Unless they're exempted by special considerations, they are gone. 604 00:38:02,157 --> 00:38:06,119 Otherwise to the ghetto, possibly Theresienstadt. 605 00:38:08,121 --> 00:38:12,125 In all cases, the SS will be the determining agency. 606 00:38:18,173 --> 00:38:22,135 No question lingers in your mind about that, does it? 607 00:38:29,184 --> 00:38:31,144 Sterilization will be a growth industry. 608 00:38:31,186 --> 00:38:34,189 Who would not choose infertility to avoid evacuation? 609 00:38:34,231 --> 00:38:37,192 - They would never know. - Would never know what? 610 00:38:37,234 --> 00:38:40,195 If you use a word other than "sterilize"... 611 00:38:40,237 --> 00:38:42,197 You think they would never know? 612 00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:43,699 It is simply a matter of secrecy. 613 00:38:43,740 --> 00:38:45,158 The smell of blood carries very far. 614 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:49,204 I find the plan unworkable. I find the plan personally insulting. 615 00:38:50,205 --> 00:38:53,709 I have given years to codifying the laws regarding interracial marriage. 616 00:38:53,750 --> 00:38:57,212 Now I'm presented with this clumsy, forgive me, unworkable structure. 617 00:39:00,215 --> 00:39:03,218 My work, these laws, any legal code worthy of the name... 618 00:39:03,260 --> 00:39:06,221 ...restricts the enforcers of law as well as its subjects. 619 00:39:06,263 --> 00:39:10,225 There are some things you cannot do. 620 00:39:12,227 --> 00:39:14,188 As you see it. 621 00:39:14,229 --> 00:39:18,233 What I see is all I have to contribute here. 622 00:39:19,234 --> 00:39:23,238 Let me offer a modification, a simple change we can all accept. 623 00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:26,200 Maybe this helps the outline. 624 00:39:26,241 --> 00:39:30,245 Sir, what you have suggested, and not to put too fine a point on it... 625 00:39:31,246 --> 00:39:34,249 ...you have said the half-mixed will be eliminated. 626 00:39:34,291 --> 00:39:38,212 - Evacuated. - "Evacuated. " My mistake. 627 00:39:38,253 --> 00:39:42,257 That is a wholesale departure from the law. But my suggestion... 628 00:39:42,299 --> 00:39:44,218 Yes, which is? 629 00:39:44,259 --> 00:39:48,263 I say the half-mixed should get the choice we talked about... 630 00:39:48,305 --> 00:39:51,225 ...to be either sterilized or taken away. 631 00:39:51,266 --> 00:39:55,312 Does that not come closer to the spirit, at least, of the Nuremberg Law? 632 00:39:55,354 --> 00:39:58,273 - Dr. Stuckart, does it? - No. 633 00:39:58,315 --> 00:40:02,277 Sorry, no. Sterilization is promising... 634 00:40:02,319 --> 00:40:05,781 ...but attempting a supersession of what are clearly defined laws... 635 00:40:05,822 --> 00:40:09,284 ...in order to impose all these subjective evaluations, it's like... 636 00:40:10,327 --> 00:40:13,288 Forgive me, it is like the imposing of ad hoc law. 637 00:40:13,330 --> 00:40:16,333 Depending on subjective evaluations, as to if he looks Jewish... 638 00:40:16,375 --> 00:40:19,336 ...or has a Jewish personality, or whatever else... 639 00:40:19,378 --> 00:40:22,297 ...is subject to interpretation and variation... 640 00:40:22,339 --> 00:40:25,342 ...including the assertions of the damned Jew himself. 641 00:40:25,384 --> 00:40:28,345 What does this do? It subverts the Nuremberg Laws... 642 00:40:28,387 --> 00:40:30,305 ...and perpetuates disrespect for the law. 643 00:40:30,347 --> 00:40:32,307 I think we are basing our proposals carefully... 644 00:40:32,349 --> 00:40:35,352 No, with all due respect and all frankness, it's a tangle. 645 00:40:35,394 --> 00:40:37,312 And this is not pride of authorship. 646 00:40:37,354 --> 00:40:41,358 I'm simply reacting to the bureaucratic train wreck that's to follow. 647 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:47,364 Please, it is simply solved. Sterilize them all. 648 00:40:51,368 --> 00:40:55,372 We could call it "medical re-socialization" or something. 649 00:40:55,414 --> 00:40:56,331 We can find ways. 650 00:40:56,373 --> 00:41:00,335 The biological necessities are all met. My... 651 00:41:00,377 --> 00:41:04,381 The Nuremberg Laws are respected, a simple procedure... 652 00:41:04,423 --> 00:41:05,382 A snip here, a snip there... 653 00:41:05,424 --> 00:41:07,342 This is not a joke! 654 00:41:07,384 --> 00:41:09,344 - It is not... - X-rays. 655 00:41:09,386 --> 00:41:13,348 - That is how you do it. - Exactly how? 656 00:41:13,390 --> 00:41:17,352 You have this X-ray machine built into a counter or a desk. 657 00:41:17,394 --> 00:41:21,398 Some unfortunate Jew stands at attention in front of the desk, and... 658 00:41:22,399 --> 00:41:23,358 I am not coming to your office. 659 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:27,404 So you either raise the desk or lower the desk, depending on... 660 00:41:29,406 --> 00:41:30,365 A certain subterfuge... 661 00:41:30,407 --> 00:41:33,410 - I do not know if it sterilizes the female. - A technical question. 662 00:41:33,452 --> 00:41:35,370 Not voluntary, you're saying? 663 00:41:35,412 --> 00:41:38,415 Every Jew, of whatever degree, whoever betrothed to... 664 00:41:38,457 --> 00:41:41,960 ...however mixed, whatever service to the state. 665 00:41:42,002 --> 00:41:45,422 You're saying we don't need to evacuate them... 666 00:41:45,464 --> 00:41:48,467 - We pinch off the race at this generation. - The Reich's law... 667 00:41:48,509 --> 00:41:51,470 We make the law we need. Why am I telling you this? 668 00:41:51,512 --> 00:41:54,431 How many lawyers are in this room? Raise your hand. 669 00:42:00,479 --> 00:42:04,483 Jesus Christ. It's worse than I thought. 670 00:42:04,525 --> 00:42:08,445 The children, what then for them? 671 00:42:08,487 --> 00:42:10,489 You just line them up in front of their desks... 672 00:42:10,531 --> 00:42:13,492 ...and X-rays toast their little gonads. 673 00:42:14,660 --> 00:42:17,454 If I might, for perspective: 674 00:42:17,496 --> 00:42:21,500 We have already been using sterilization for the mentally defective... 675 00:42:21,542 --> 00:42:23,460 ...since 1939 in our T4 program. 676 00:42:23,502 --> 00:42:27,464 - T4? - "Euthanasia" is the correct term, yes? 677 00:42:27,506 --> 00:42:30,467 Yes. Reichsführer Himmler discussed it with the General. 678 00:42:30,509 --> 00:42:34,513 Apparently, a doctor at the biological institute in Dresden has a simple injection. 679 00:42:35,514 --> 00:42:37,474 You can father no children. 680 00:42:37,516 --> 00:42:40,519 - Where can I get it? - It would be useful with the ladies. 681 00:42:40,561 --> 00:42:41,478 "I am fixed, my dear. " 682 00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:44,481 Of course, it is as yet only tested with mice and rats. 683 00:42:44,523 --> 00:42:48,527 Actually, you would not need the injection, just the papers to say that you had had it. 684 00:42:52,531 --> 00:42:56,034 I have figures, but they're not exact. 685 00:42:56,076 --> 00:42:58,829 Between 1933 and 1936, roughly 169,000... 686 00:42:58,871 --> 00:43:01,498 ...and by now, to date, possibly 300,000... 687 00:43:01,540 --> 00:43:04,543 ...under the Law for the Protection of German Blood... 688 00:43:04,585 --> 00:43:07,504 ...have been sterilized by various methods. 689 00:43:07,546 --> 00:43:11,550 X- rays, injecting some corrosive chemical directly into the womb... 690 00:43:12,551 --> 00:43:16,555 Yes, this was only for the Reich itself, not occupied territories. 691 00:43:16,597 --> 00:43:20,517 - Yes. - Yes. 692 00:43:20,559 --> 00:43:22,561 Are they fit for labor after these methods? 693 00:43:22,603 --> 00:43:26,565 With the X-rays, it's a problem of dosage. Less a problem, I think, with the women. 694 00:43:29,610 --> 00:43:31,570 Less a problem with the women. 695 00:43:31,612 --> 00:43:34,615 Secretary Bühler makes an important point. 696 00:43:34,656 --> 00:43:37,576 - Labor. - Yes, exactly. Labor. 697 00:43:37,618 --> 00:43:39,578 I'm not implying that our problems are the same... 698 00:43:39,620 --> 00:43:43,582 ...as in the Eastern Territories, but the need for workers... 699 00:43:43,624 --> 00:43:47,586 ...as the military need men, the need for production is only growing. 700 00:43:48,629 --> 00:43:52,633 That is why sterilization is the preferred option. 701 00:43:54,635 --> 00:43:56,595 It leaves our captive workforce, what remains of it... 702 00:43:56,637 --> 00:44:00,641 I do not think our people want to wait a generation to end this problem. 703 00:44:00,682 --> 00:44:04,645 We have deferred Jews by the thousands in armaments, construction. 704 00:44:06,647 --> 00:44:09,608 Wait, I can give you an exemplar. 705 00:44:09,650 --> 00:44:13,654 It's just a quote from a letter from the Debruder Public Company... 706 00:44:13,695 --> 00:44:16,615 ...but there are many companies... 707 00:44:16,657 --> 00:44:19,618 The sound of his voice, and the sun goes down. 708 00:44:19,660 --> 00:44:23,664 - The specialist for I. G. Farben... - I do not think you understand... 709 00:44:23,705 --> 00:44:26,625 Over 10,000 Jews in the metal industry alone... 710 00:44:26,667 --> 00:44:30,671 ...about 19,000 altogether in Berlin, and that's just Berlin... 711 00:44:30,712 --> 00:44:34,675 ...failing our production goals, even now, for the war! 712 00:44:35,676 --> 00:44:38,679 He makes a point. We are moving too fast here. 713 00:44:38,720 --> 00:44:40,639 Nothing has been thought through. 714 00:44:40,681 --> 00:44:43,684 The questions of sterilization and deportation are separate. 715 00:44:43,725 --> 00:44:46,645 - Yes, but linked. - Deportation, evacuation, elimination. 716 00:44:46,687 --> 00:44:49,690 Where I am, we have to move them out now, quickly, wipe them away. 717 00:44:49,731 --> 00:44:51,650 - Yeah, not to return. - Never to return. 718 00:44:51,692 --> 00:44:54,653 There are labor shortages in the Reich and elsewhere we control. 719 00:44:54,695 --> 00:44:58,699 - There is no argument about that. - Everywhere, and in our four-year plan... 720 00:44:58,740 --> 00:45:01,660 Not that fucking four-year plan again. 721 00:45:01,702 --> 00:45:04,663 But our war is against the Jews. I do not see the logic... 722 00:45:04,705 --> 00:45:08,750 We won't sterilize them and wait until they die, or sterilize and exterminate the race. 723 00:45:08,792 --> 00:45:11,712 That's farcical. Dead people don't hump or get pregnant. 724 00:45:11,753 --> 00:45:15,716 Death is the most reliable form of sterilization. Put it that way. 725 00:45:19,761 --> 00:45:23,724 So who is deferred? 726 00:45:23,765 --> 00:45:27,769 First-degree mixed married to Germans with second-degree children are exempt. 727 00:45:27,811 --> 00:45:30,731 Individually, first-degree mixed who have special privilege. 728 00:45:30,772 --> 00:45:33,775 - For labor, if needed... - I can't give a rule for everything. 729 00:45:33,817 --> 00:45:36,737 Can I just say one word more? 730 00:45:36,778 --> 00:45:40,782 In the obligation to maintain a lawful society... 731 00:45:40,824 --> 00:45:42,743 Another lecture. 732 00:45:42,784 --> 00:45:44,745 ...what we would be saying to those... 733 00:45:44,786 --> 00:45:47,789 Where we depart from the law in deporting a Jew married... 734 00:45:47,831 --> 00:45:49,750 Good! Deport them! 735 00:45:49,791 --> 00:45:52,794 - A new law will be required... - Write it! Why don't you write it? 736 00:45:52,836 --> 00:45:56,757 Consider: The Jews are taken away. 737 00:45:56,798 --> 00:45:59,801 The German spouses will inherit the property of the Jewish spouses... 738 00:45:59,843 --> 00:46:02,804 ...go to court, and apply for a death certificate. 739 00:46:02,846 --> 00:46:04,765 What happens to your secret killings then? 740 00:46:04,806 --> 00:46:08,810 No matter what you call them, the secret is out, dear friends. 741 00:46:09,811 --> 00:46:13,815 Perhaps not inheritance. Perhaps divorce, freedom to remarry. 742 00:46:13,857 --> 00:46:15,776 So a requisite divorce mechanism... 743 00:46:15,817 --> 00:46:17,778 ...dealing with these marriages to be terminated... 744 00:46:17,819 --> 00:46:21,823 ...becomes the Reich's responsibility to its German citizens. 745 00:46:21,865 --> 00:46:25,827 - Fuck. - I am speaking. 746 00:46:26,828 --> 00:46:28,789 Except for those initiated before the spouse is deported... 747 00:46:28,830 --> 00:46:32,835 ...the courts will be so busy with divorces, they'll be on 24-hour shifts. 748 00:46:32,876 --> 00:46:36,797 - The litigation wait will be decades. - Or longer. 749 00:46:36,839 --> 00:46:40,843 I have no sympathy with Germans who climbed in bed with members of the tribe. 750 00:46:40,884 --> 00:46:44,805 Nor do I. I ask myself, "What is his concern?" 751 00:46:44,847 --> 00:46:47,808 When the ruling principle of our government and our party... 752 00:46:47,850 --> 00:46:51,854 ...is to make Germany Jew-free, you are arguing to let these Yids stay? 753 00:46:52,896 --> 00:46:56,859 To influence, to operate freely, with the exception that you neuter them? 754 00:46:57,901 --> 00:46:59,862 They are not free. 755 00:46:59,903 --> 00:47:02,906 The law restricts them, it isolates them. I am merely speaking of... 756 00:47:02,948 --> 00:47:06,910 - Perhaps the judge has love for them. - Yes, special love. 757 00:47:06,952 --> 00:47:10,873 For whom? For Jews? 758 00:47:10,914 --> 00:47:13,876 Wonderful. You don't have my credentials. 759 00:47:13,917 --> 00:47:17,921 Forgive me. From your uniform, I can see that you're shallow... 760 00:47:17,963 --> 00:47:18,881 ...ignorant, and naive about the Jews. 761 00:47:18,922 --> 00:47:22,885 Your line, what the Party rants on about... 762 00:47:22,926 --> 00:47:25,929 ...is how inferior they are, some subspecies... 763 00:47:25,971 --> 00:47:28,891 ...and I keep saying how wrong that is! 764 00:47:28,932 --> 00:47:32,936 They are sublimely clever! And they are intelligent as well. 765 00:47:34,938 --> 00:47:37,941 My indictments to them are stronger because they are real... 766 00:47:37,983 --> 00:47:38,901 ...not your uneducated ideology. 767 00:47:38,942 --> 00:47:42,946 They are arrogant, self-obsessed, calculating and reject the Christ. 768 00:47:42,988 --> 00:47:44,907 I won't have them pollute German blood. 769 00:47:44,948 --> 00:47:46,950 - Please, Doctor. - He doesn't understand. 770 00:47:46,992 --> 00:47:48,911 And neither do his people. 771 00:47:48,952 --> 00:47:52,956 Deal with the reality of the Jew, and the world will applaud us. 772 00:47:53,957 --> 00:47:57,961 Treat them as imaginary phantoms, evil, inhuman fantasies... 773 00:47:58,003 --> 00:48:01,006 ...and the world will have justified contempt for us. 774 00:48:01,048 --> 00:48:03,967 To kill them without regard for the law martyrs them... 775 00:48:04,009 --> 00:48:05,928 ...which will be their victory. 776 00:48:05,969 --> 00:48:09,973 Sterilization recognizes them as a part of our species... 777 00:48:10,015 --> 00:48:13,977 ...but prevents them from being a part of our race. 778 00:48:14,978 --> 00:48:15,938 They'll disappear soon enough. 779 00:48:15,979 --> 00:48:18,982 And we will have acted in defense of our race and of our species... 780 00:48:19,024 --> 00:48:20,943 ...and by the law. 781 00:48:20,984 --> 00:48:23,987 He spoke of the Law for the Protection of German Blood. 782 00:48:24,029 --> 00:48:25,948 I wrote that law. 783 00:48:25,989 --> 00:48:28,992 When you have my credentials, then we'll discuss... 784 00:48:29,034 --> 00:48:32,996 ...who loves the Jews and who hates them. 785 00:48:33,038 --> 00:48:37,000 Pigs don't know how to hate. 786 00:48:37,042 --> 00:48:40,003 I know, too, when it comes to the half-mixed... 787 00:48:40,045 --> 00:48:44,007 ...that to kill them abandons that half of their blood which is German. 788 00:48:45,050 --> 00:48:47,010 I'll remember you. 789 00:48:47,052 --> 00:48:51,014 You should. I'm very well known. 790 00:48:53,058 --> 00:48:56,061 - We should take a moment just to... - Absolutely. 791 00:48:56,103 --> 00:48:58,021 If I may, for a moment. 792 00:48:58,063 --> 00:49:02,067 Dr. Stuckart has raised the question of administrative consequences of evacuation. 793 00:49:03,068 --> 00:49:06,029 He is a very brilliant scholar of the law... 794 00:49:06,071 --> 00:49:10,075 ...and, I'm sure, just as totally committed to a Jew-free Europe as any of us. 795 00:49:12,077 --> 00:49:15,581 Let us take a moment. 796 00:49:15,622 --> 00:49:19,084 Go on with the food. 797 00:49:33,098 --> 00:49:35,058 More lemon. 798 00:49:35,100 --> 00:49:39,104 If you are suggesting that you have dominion over me, just remember this: 799 00:49:40,105 --> 00:49:44,109 Even the Party, which I have served loyally since 1922... 800 00:49:44,151 --> 00:49:46,069 ...answers to the government. 801 00:49:46,111 --> 00:49:50,115 They both answer to the Führer. You may be a friend of Göring... 802 00:49:50,157 --> 00:49:53,660 ...but if you're a betting man, put your money on Bormann. 803 00:49:53,702 --> 00:49:57,122 Hear you've been flying that little plane of yours. 804 00:49:57,164 --> 00:49:59,082 This morning, yes. 805 00:49:59,124 --> 00:50:02,085 I'm never comfortable off the ground. Not me, I admit. 806 00:50:02,127 --> 00:50:05,130 Nietzsche advises the secret to enjoying life is to live dangerously. 807 00:50:05,172 --> 00:50:08,091 He enjoyed it so much he went mad. 808 00:50:08,133 --> 00:50:11,136 Look at the world, and tell me the pleasures of sanity. 809 00:50:11,178 --> 00:50:12,095 Excuse me, Doctor. 810 00:50:12,137 --> 00:50:16,141 Would you join me for a moment? Thank you. 811 00:50:34,201 --> 00:50:36,161 We will accomplish this. 812 00:50:36,203 --> 00:50:40,207 I will not allow administrative technicalities to slow it down. 813 00:50:40,249 --> 00:50:44,169 Every agency will jump to follow my order, or arses will sting. 814 00:50:44,211 --> 00:50:48,215 And there are no shortages of meat hooks on which to hang enemies of the state. 815 00:50:51,218 --> 00:50:54,179 This will be an SS operation. 816 00:50:54,221 --> 00:50:58,225 And as the war goes on, the SS will more and more command the agenda... 817 00:50:58,267 --> 00:51:02,229 ...and put marks against the names of the less than cooperative. 818 00:51:02,271 --> 00:51:03,188 You have a choice to make. 819 00:51:03,230 --> 00:51:06,233 You understand that I respect the... 820 00:51:06,275 --> 00:51:08,193 Please. 821 00:51:08,235 --> 00:51:10,237 You will still have to make your choice. 822 00:51:10,279 --> 00:51:12,197 Do not let a strutting... 823 00:51:12,239 --> 00:51:16,243 ...imbecilic, porcine prick like Klopfer make it for you. 824 00:51:17,244 --> 00:51:19,204 I'd rather not see the bullies... 825 00:51:19,246 --> 00:51:22,249 ...I admit we have more than our share of them in the SS... 826 00:51:22,291 --> 00:51:26,253 ...take too much of an interest in you. 827 00:51:27,254 --> 00:51:31,216 - Interest in me? - Do you not think? 828 00:51:31,258 --> 00:51:34,761 And all I want from this meeting is unanimity... 829 00:51:34,803 --> 00:51:38,265 ...and no trouble getting what has to be done, done. 830 00:51:39,266 --> 00:51:43,270 With you at my side, so much is possible. 831 00:51:55,282 --> 00:51:56,241 I've done this arithmetic. 832 00:51:56,283 --> 00:52:00,287 The real size of the labor force is already a million less than the figures show. 833 00:52:00,329 --> 00:52:03,332 The economic considerations are not the only considerations. 834 00:52:03,373 --> 00:52:06,293 I'll say they're not. Have you done the extrapolations? 835 00:52:06,335 --> 00:52:10,297 My friend, with due respect, may I say, "Fuck the extrapolations"? 836 00:52:14,343 --> 00:52:18,305 I hope you understand, I want to be as useful as I can. 837 00:52:19,348 --> 00:52:23,310 - We must be in contact. - Exactly. 838 00:52:27,356 --> 00:52:31,318 No one listens. 839 00:52:31,360 --> 00:52:35,322 From where he sits, he does not have the ghettoes or the stink. 840 00:52:35,364 --> 00:52:39,368 And he's burglarizing administrative control from the Governor-General. 841 00:52:39,409 --> 00:52:42,329 - Privileges of rank. - I don't hear any urgency. 842 00:52:42,371 --> 00:52:46,375 Privileges of rank. The higher you go, the more infallibility is bestowed. 843 00:52:46,416 --> 00:52:49,378 But I don't hear any cut-the-bureaucracy solutions. 844 00:52:49,419 --> 00:52:51,338 Our problems. 845 00:52:51,380 --> 00:52:54,383 You're right. He does not have our problems. 846 00:52:54,424 --> 00:52:56,343 Crap. "The privileges of rank. " 847 00:52:56,385 --> 00:53:00,389 All that matters is the SS blood group tattooed under your arm. 848 00:53:00,430 --> 00:53:02,391 That's a secret password for you people. 849 00:53:02,432 --> 00:53:04,351 What are these suspicions? 850 00:53:04,393 --> 00:53:08,397 I will tell you this: When cholera hits the ghettoes, and typhoid... 851 00:53:08,438 --> 00:53:12,401 ...your tattoos won't protect you from shitting your guts out... 852 00:53:12,442 --> 00:53:14,361 ...until you dry up and die. 853 00:53:14,403 --> 00:53:18,365 Then tell me about infallibility. 854 00:53:18,407 --> 00:53:21,910 Those little Nuremberg country sausages, the gritty little ones. 855 00:53:21,952 --> 00:53:25,414 - You can keep your oysters. What is that? - Can you get them here? 856 00:53:26,415 --> 00:53:28,375 - Lange? - Yes, sir? 857 00:53:28,417 --> 00:53:32,421 Who were those 30,000 you say you shot, when you say you shot? 858 00:53:33,422 --> 00:53:35,382 In Riga, Latvia. 859 00:53:35,424 --> 00:53:39,428 27,800 I have some responsibility for. 860 00:53:40,429 --> 00:53:44,433 And stood by with my men and allowed Latvian civilians to kill in mobs. 861 00:53:46,476 --> 00:53:50,439 I received memos directing the, one would say, "evacuation" of Jews... 862 00:53:51,481 --> 00:53:55,444 ...who, shot and buried in soil and corpses, managed to crawl out, still alive. 863 00:53:58,488 --> 00:54:01,450 Not exactly war, is it? 864 00:54:01,491 --> 00:54:05,495 - And gas chambers about to come? - What gas chambers? 865 00:54:05,537 --> 00:54:07,456 Gas chambers? 866 00:54:07,497 --> 00:54:11,502 I hear rumors, yes. 867 00:54:13,504 --> 00:54:17,466 This is more than war. 868 00:54:17,508 --> 00:54:21,512 - Must be a different word for this. - Try "chaos. " 869 00:54:21,553 --> 00:54:25,516 Yes. The rest is argument, the curse of my profession. 870 00:54:26,183 --> 00:54:28,477 I studied law as well. 871 00:54:28,519 --> 00:54:31,522 How do you apply that education to what you do? 872 00:54:31,563 --> 00:54:35,526 It has made me distrustful of language. 873 00:54:36,527 --> 00:54:40,531 A gun means what it says. 874 00:54:41,532 --> 00:54:43,492 Do we need all this discussion? 875 00:54:43,534 --> 00:54:47,538 - He has his style. - Yes. Very persuasive. 876 00:54:49,540 --> 00:54:52,543 Is there a problem, Doctor? 877 00:54:52,584 --> 00:54:55,546 He is non compos mentis. 878 00:55:09,560 --> 00:55:13,564 - It's your boss. - On your feet. 879 00:55:17,568 --> 00:55:21,530 Beautiful lake. Is it not? I'm sorry. 880 00:55:21,572 --> 00:55:25,576 After the war, I shall live in this house and rise to see that lake every day... 881 00:55:26,577 --> 00:55:30,581 ...and dream comforting things. 882 00:55:30,622 --> 00:55:34,585 I am a dreamer, as I think you are. 883 00:55:35,627 --> 00:55:37,588 Yes, it is a dream world. 884 00:55:37,629 --> 00:55:40,632 Maj. Lange, how can I help you? 885 00:55:40,674 --> 00:55:42,593 Politics is a nasty game. 886 00:55:42,634 --> 00:55:46,597 I think soldiering requires the discipline to do the unthinkable... 887 00:55:47,639 --> 00:55:50,601 ...and politics requires the skill... 888 00:55:50,642 --> 00:55:54,146 ...to get someone else to do the unthinkable for you. 889 00:55:54,188 --> 00:55:57,649 But we need the politics, so we put up with them. 890 00:55:58,650 --> 00:56:00,611 - At least for now. - Yes. 891 00:56:00,652 --> 00:56:04,656 We look forward to a better day. 892 00:56:04,698 --> 00:56:06,617 A peaceful world. 893 00:56:06,658 --> 00:56:10,162 A German culture triumphant. 894 00:56:10,204 --> 00:56:13,415 That is what we work for. 895 00:56:13,457 --> 00:56:16,627 I appreciate the words, sir. 896 00:56:16,668 --> 00:56:20,172 We are servant-soldiers, are we not? 897 00:56:20,214 --> 00:56:23,675 - Yes, that is what we are. - Indeed. 898 00:56:26,678 --> 00:56:28,680 Did you ask him? 899 00:56:28,722 --> 00:56:30,641 Ask him what? 900 00:56:30,682 --> 00:56:34,686 - Does he have a little Jewish blood? - No, not yet. 901 00:56:35,687 --> 00:56:39,691 Inform me when he answers. 902 00:56:44,696 --> 00:56:46,657 That's what I heard. 903 00:56:46,698 --> 00:56:49,701 A grandmother or a grandfather. 904 00:56:49,743 --> 00:56:52,663 His father. 905 00:56:52,704 --> 00:56:56,708 That's the rumor, and if it is true, how happy would he be to tell you? 906 00:56:58,710 --> 00:57:01,672 - I want a work document in two days. - Yes. 907 00:57:01,713 --> 00:57:04,675 - No more than 30 copies. - Yes, sir. 30 numbered. 908 00:57:04,716 --> 00:57:08,720 And those spools, the stenotype record, have it destroyed. 909 00:57:09,721 --> 00:57:10,722 Yes, sir. 910 00:57:10,764 --> 00:57:14,726 - Let's get them back in here. - All right. 911 00:57:16,770 --> 00:57:19,773 - Who's up there, sir? - Dr. Klopfer. 912 00:57:19,815 --> 00:57:21,733 Kritzinger is... 913 00:57:21,775 --> 00:57:25,737 The gentleman outside walking: Find him. 914 00:57:33,787 --> 00:57:37,791 Sir? 915 00:57:38,792 --> 00:57:42,796 It has got colder. 916 00:57:47,801 --> 00:57:51,763 What a pretty little maid. 917 00:57:51,805 --> 00:57:55,809 I would like to remind all of you that our Führer enunciates the goals. 918 00:57:55,851 --> 00:57:58,770 It is our task to turn his vision into reality. 919 00:57:58,812 --> 00:58:01,815 We can debate the "how" and the "when" up to a point. 920 00:58:01,857 --> 00:58:04,776 We can not debate the "if," Dr. Stuckart. 921 00:58:04,818 --> 00:58:08,822 - I am not purposely contentious. - Nor was I trying to be insulting. 922 00:58:11,825 --> 00:58:15,829 I would like to try... 923 00:58:20,834 --> 00:58:24,838 We will now discuss method. Who would like to speak on this? 924 00:58:25,839 --> 00:58:27,799 What is being advocated here? 925 00:58:27,841 --> 00:58:31,845 A law dissolving all marriages between mixed and German? 926 00:58:31,887 --> 00:58:33,805 - Why not? - Courts adjust. 927 00:58:33,847 --> 00:58:35,849 As we all do. That is not the point. 928 00:58:35,891 --> 00:58:37,809 You're too inflexible, my friend. 929 00:58:37,851 --> 00:58:41,813 You know damn well the courts will be happy to be rid of the problem. 930 00:58:41,855 --> 00:58:45,859 I'm pointing out a problem of casting every Jew and non-Jew into a sausage machine. 931 00:58:45,901 --> 00:58:49,863 If that's the plan, I'm asking that some legal framework be built. 932 00:58:49,905 --> 00:58:51,865 Let's do it. If we skip a few steps, so be it. 933 00:58:51,907 --> 00:58:53,825 "Skip a few steps!" 934 00:58:53,867 --> 00:58:56,912 When you plane down a piece of wood, a few chips go flying. 935 00:58:56,954 --> 00:58:58,914 Jews or judges, who are the chips? 936 00:58:58,956 --> 00:59:01,875 I would like to say... 937 00:59:01,917 --> 00:59:05,879 ...in this discussion, regarding the tone, first... 938 00:59:06,922 --> 00:59:10,884 ...abandon your misperception that Dr. Stuckart has affection for the Jews. 939 00:59:10,926 --> 00:59:14,888 I'm sure he does not, and his heart is pure. He believes in supremacy of law. 940 00:59:16,932 --> 00:59:18,892 Jews... 941 00:59:18,934 --> 00:59:22,896 ...in any event, will vanish soon enough from Germany. 942 00:59:23,939 --> 00:59:27,442 But the method, yes. 943 00:59:27,484 --> 00:59:30,904 You accept, casually... 944 00:59:30,946 --> 00:59:33,907 ...the obliteration of legal distinctions... 945 00:59:33,949 --> 00:59:36,910 ...and the use of extreme, inconceivable measures... 946 00:59:36,952 --> 00:59:40,956 ...that, I say again, that our Chancellery was assured would not be used. 947 00:59:41,957 --> 00:59:44,918 That is where we have come. 948 00:59:44,960 --> 00:59:48,964 A soldier cannot decide where he chooses to fight. 949 00:59:49,006 --> 00:59:49,923 Where are we here? 950 00:59:49,965 --> 00:59:52,968 Gen. Heydrich invited your opinions on the methodology. 951 00:59:53,010 --> 00:59:53,927 Indeed. 952 00:59:53,969 --> 00:59:55,929 I can say this. 953 00:59:55,971 --> 00:59:59,975 You're going to have your work cut out with the Catholic church... 954 01:00:00,017 --> 01:00:01,935 ...with the Reich divorcing all those Catholics. 955 01:00:01,977 --> 01:00:04,980 That's not going to make our priests very comfortable... 956 01:00:05,022 --> 01:00:05,939 ...or the Vatican. 957 01:00:05,981 --> 01:00:09,985 The Vatican has no love for the Jew. Why should they interfere? 958 01:00:10,027 --> 01:00:11,987 The Lutherans would not object either. 959 01:00:12,029 --> 01:00:13,947 I agree with Dr. Stuckart. 960 01:00:13,989 --> 01:00:17,993 The problems outweigh the short-term ideological satisfactions. 961 01:00:18,035 --> 01:00:20,996 Military necessity comes first. Am I wrong? 962 01:00:21,038 --> 01:00:22,956 Why can this not be simpler? 963 01:00:22,998 --> 01:00:27,002 The Ministry of Justice, which I represent, can live with it gladly. 964 01:00:28,003 --> 01:00:32,007 Maj. Lange, an opinion? 965 01:00:32,049 --> 01:00:33,967 General... 966 01:00:34,009 --> 01:00:38,055 ...I accept the chain of command. I have no other gods before it. 967 01:00:38,096 --> 01:00:42,059 The politics of it all... 968 01:00:42,100 --> 01:00:43,018 No, nothing. 969 01:00:43,060 --> 01:00:46,063 - We are more than a nation of armies. - I hope. 970 01:00:46,104 --> 01:00:48,023 General? 971 01:00:48,065 --> 01:00:52,069 If Dr. Stuckart is saying we should turn a few Jew-loving Germans against us... 972 01:00:52,110 --> 01:00:55,030 ...I would happily throw them all on the same transport. 973 01:00:55,072 --> 01:00:58,075 It is, however, a political decision, not mine particularly to make. 974 01:00:58,116 --> 01:01:01,078 Can you step back from trying to settle these details today? 975 01:01:01,119 --> 01:01:03,580 Other agencies will want to be heard. 976 01:01:03,622 --> 01:01:06,041 Now, that is wisdom from my neighbor. 977 01:01:06,083 --> 01:01:10,087 I favor sterilization, I think, but not wholesale... 978 01:01:11,088 --> 01:01:15,050 ...what Gen. Heydrich outlined earlier. Why not? 979 01:01:15,092 --> 01:01:19,096 X- rays, injections: Why are we discussing theoretical solutions? 980 01:01:19,137 --> 01:01:23,100 Goethe said that theories are gray, but that real life is green. 981 01:01:23,141 --> 01:01:26,061 Stop chattering, and be realists here. 982 01:01:26,103 --> 01:01:29,106 I insist, as I have before, that the best way is the quickest way. 983 01:01:29,147 --> 01:01:33,110 Purge them totally off our land, ideally, off our planet. 984 01:01:36,113 --> 01:01:39,616 And for the Eastern Territories, leave us able-bodied workers. 985 01:01:39,658 --> 01:01:43,120 If they are separated, the men from the women, QED, no babies. 986 01:01:43,161 --> 01:01:46,123 And evacuate the others, as you outlined. 987 01:01:46,164 --> 01:01:48,083 Get it done. 988 01:01:48,125 --> 01:01:51,128 All right, we've gone around. 989 01:01:51,170 --> 01:01:53,088 I have your opinions. 990 01:01:53,130 --> 01:01:56,633 I want to move on. Let's have the food in here. 991 01:01:56,675 --> 01:01:59,928 I wish to keep going. We can eat while we work. 992 01:01:59,970 --> 01:02:03,098 To clarify what I agree with and what I do not... 993 01:02:03,140 --> 01:02:06,143 ...I agree with the doctor about the complications of all the variations. 994 01:02:06,185 --> 01:02:10,147 But I favor deportation or sausage-making, right? 995 01:02:12,149 --> 01:02:16,153 I hear talk from some of you who live here in Germany about labor force. 996 01:02:16,195 --> 01:02:18,697 What is the reality, at least for the Polish Jews? 997 01:02:18,739 --> 01:02:21,116 Damn few of them are fit for labor of any kind. 998 01:02:21,158 --> 01:02:23,869 You do not find Jews with dirt under their fingernails, 999 01:02:23,911 --> 01:02:25,162 so who is this labor force? 1000 01:02:26,205 --> 01:02:29,166 What we have are ghettoes filled and overfilled... 1001 01:02:29,208 --> 01:02:33,212 ...with the scabrous, the rotting. We do not have the food for them. 1002 01:02:33,253 --> 01:02:36,215 The stink of their diseases does not stop at the walls. 1003 01:02:36,256 --> 01:02:39,218 And you ship them up to us by the thousands to deal with. 1004 01:02:39,259 --> 01:02:41,178 What are we to do? 1005 01:02:41,220 --> 01:02:44,181 We have no place to put them. 1006 01:02:44,223 --> 01:02:47,226 We have no more place to put our own. We cannot shoot 3.5 million Jews. 1007 01:02:47,267 --> 01:02:50,187 We cannot poison them, and we cannot use them. 1008 01:02:50,229 --> 01:02:53,232 You'll have Maj. Lange and his men come in with their special methods. 1009 01:02:53,273 --> 01:02:57,236 - How many Rigas do we have to have? - Build the wall higher. 1010 01:02:58,237 --> 01:03:02,199 What we are asking, before you flood us with all of these Jews... 1011 01:03:02,241 --> 01:03:06,245 ...let us first clean out ours, empty our ghettoes into whatever you have for them. 1012 01:03:06,286 --> 01:03:09,206 Military, too. 1013 01:03:09,248 --> 01:03:12,251 Mass shootings by our groups create morale problems... 1014 01:03:12,292 --> 01:03:14,211 ...especially when the Jew is a German Jew... 1015 01:03:14,253 --> 01:03:17,214 ...who is intellectually superior to the Russian Jew. 1016 01:03:17,256 --> 01:03:21,260 Even with local civilians cooperating, mass slaughter leaves a bad taste. 1017 01:03:21,301 --> 01:03:23,220 I can so testify. 1018 01:03:23,262 --> 01:03:26,265 We've had to deal with the backlash when it comes to German ones. 1019 01:03:26,306 --> 01:03:29,226 If your method of disposing all the Jews diverts military units... 1020 01:03:29,268 --> 01:03:33,272 ...and rolling stock from the Eastern Front, then it is a stupid choice. 1021 01:03:33,313 --> 01:03:36,275 Recognizing the priority for ridding ourselves of the Jews... 1022 01:03:36,316 --> 01:03:39,278 I'm not arguing priority, but method and expediency. 1023 01:03:39,319 --> 01:03:42,239 I'm sorry, why can't you shoot them? 1024 01:03:42,281 --> 01:03:46,285 Didn't you hear him? It is the worst thing for our soldiers to be doing. 1025 01:03:46,326 --> 01:03:49,288 They are women and children, and soldiers have a sense of honor. 1026 01:03:49,329 --> 01:03:51,248 Plenty of honor in following orders. 1027 01:03:51,290 --> 01:03:54,293 - Would you like to volunteer? - Enthusiastically. 1028 01:03:54,334 --> 01:03:56,253 - I will. - You will not. 1029 01:03:56,295 --> 01:03:58,797 Eleven million, even half that, executed in small batches... 1030 01:03:58,839 --> 01:04:02,092 ...would be asinine, for the reasons Dr. Meyer mentioned. 1031 01:04:02,134 --> 01:04:05,304 Inefficient use of time, troops, equipment, bullets. No. 1032 01:04:05,345 --> 01:04:09,308 As Maj. Lange will learn, using gas is much cheaper and less public. 1033 01:04:10,350 --> 01:04:13,312 Please. 1034 01:04:13,353 --> 01:04:16,356 The T4 euthanasia program has used injections... 1035 01:04:16,398 --> 01:04:19,359 ...but most effectively... 1036 01:04:19,401 --> 01:04:22,321 ...a carbon-monoxide gas. 1037 01:04:22,362 --> 01:04:26,325 We began using it on Polish mental patients in Brandenburg in January, 1940. 1038 01:04:27,367 --> 01:04:31,330 An area is constructed that resembles a shower room or a bath. 1039 01:04:32,372 --> 01:04:36,335 The subjects are brought in naked, as though for a shower... 1040 01:04:36,376 --> 01:04:40,380 ...and outside, stainless-steel tanks pump in pure carbon monoxide... 1041 01:04:40,422 --> 01:04:44,384 ...which, what it does is... 1042 01:04:46,386 --> 01:04:50,390 I have figures. 1043 01:04:52,392 --> 01:04:56,396 In May, this program was extended to Hartheim and in June at Sonnenstein. 1044 01:04:56,438 --> 01:05:00,400 In the first six months of 1940, 8,765 persons were gassed. 1045 01:05:01,401 --> 01:05:05,364 By the end of 1940, a total of 26,459. 1046 01:05:05,405 --> 01:05:08,367 By the end of August last year, another 35,049. 1047 01:05:08,408 --> 01:05:12,412 We terminated this particular program, however, on September 1. 1048 01:05:12,454 --> 01:05:16,416 In the end, 70,273 have been gassed by this method. 1049 01:05:16,458 --> 01:05:20,379 At this time, we began the advanced program. 1050 01:05:20,420 --> 01:05:24,383 - The General Government knew nothing... - Keep going. 1051 01:05:24,424 --> 01:05:28,428 Last summer, we ordered the construction of 20 mobile gassing trucks... 1052 01:05:28,470 --> 01:05:31,473 ...using their redirected exhaust back into the chamber. 1053 01:05:31,515 --> 01:05:34,393 Three such trucks have been in use since last month. 1054 01:05:34,434 --> 01:05:38,438 - But the Chelmno camp, now Kulmhof... - Already constructed, under our noses. 1055 01:05:39,439 --> 01:05:42,442 In each truck, you can get in 40 to 60 Jews at a time. 1056 01:05:42,484 --> 01:05:45,445 In fact, the more you have in, the faster it works. 1057 01:05:45,487 --> 01:05:47,406 And the... 1058 01:05:47,447 --> 01:05:51,493 ...carbon monoxide, what it does is... 1059 01:05:51,535 --> 01:05:54,454 The bodies come out pink. 1060 01:05:54,496 --> 01:05:57,499 - The gas turns them pink. - That's a nice touch. 1061 01:05:57,541 --> 01:06:00,502 If it is already built, what is this meeting? 1062 01:06:00,544 --> 01:06:04,464 Why bother? 1063 01:06:04,506 --> 01:06:07,467 The system has shown that it works. 1064 01:06:07,509 --> 01:06:11,471 It will work for you. It is settling in. 1065 01:06:12,514 --> 01:06:15,475 The method is now defined. 1066 01:06:15,517 --> 01:06:19,521 The Jews go in red and come out pink. That is progress. 1067 01:06:23,525 --> 01:06:25,527 I should never mix wine with whiskey. 1068 01:06:25,569 --> 01:06:29,489 What's the matter? 1069 01:06:29,531 --> 01:06:31,491 I think I will be all right. 1070 01:06:31,533 --> 01:06:34,536 Don't make excuses if you have to leave for a minute. 1071 01:06:34,578 --> 01:06:36,538 Sort of a headache. 1072 01:06:36,580 --> 01:06:40,542 Hurry. 1073 01:06:45,547 --> 01:06:49,551 Eat. 1074 01:06:50,552 --> 01:06:54,556 - Fucking ridiculous! - Not at all, sir. 1075 01:06:54,598 --> 01:06:58,560 - It could not be the mixing. - The cigar? 1076 01:06:58,602 --> 01:07:02,564 Everything all right, sir? 1077 01:07:03,565 --> 01:07:05,526 Could be the cigar. 1078 01:07:05,567 --> 01:07:09,571 I could never abide them. And my father would chew them. 1079 01:07:09,613 --> 01:07:12,574 His mouth was always full of evil juice and pulp! 1080 01:07:12,616 --> 01:07:16,578 It would fill up, and he would have to spit! 1081 01:07:16,620 --> 01:07:17,579 I would leave it there, sir. 1082 01:07:17,621 --> 01:07:20,541 Cigarettes... 1083 01:07:20,582 --> 01:07:23,085 ...they calm me down. 1084 01:07:23,126 --> 01:07:26,380 Settle my stomach. 1085 01:07:26,421 --> 01:07:29,591 They calm me down. 1086 01:07:30,592 --> 01:07:34,596 The problem is, there are not enough of them in the world. 1087 01:07:40,644 --> 01:07:44,606 - We should be in there, should we not? - Yes. 1088 01:07:46,650 --> 01:07:50,612 Sir? 1089 01:07:56,660 --> 01:07:58,620 - Is this clean? - Yes, sir. 1090 01:07:58,662 --> 01:08:01,665 - Let me have a glass of water. - I brought some out, sir. 1091 01:08:01,707 --> 01:08:03,625 I'm not addressing you. 1092 01:08:03,667 --> 01:08:07,671 - And a bromide tablet of some kind. - You did not like the food? 1093 01:08:09,673 --> 01:08:11,633 I did not eat. 1094 01:08:11,675 --> 01:08:15,679 - I know of no philosophy... - Philosophy clutters your argument. 1095 01:08:17,681 --> 01:08:20,642 We have to countenance the suffocating glut of this parasitic people... 1096 01:08:20,684 --> 01:08:24,688 ...consuming our food, contaminating our professions, controlling our currency. 1097 01:08:24,730 --> 01:08:26,648 - None of that is true. - In your philosophy. 1098 01:08:26,690 --> 01:08:29,651 Perhaps that's what the chosen people were chosen for. 1099 01:08:29,693 --> 01:08:33,697 No, I apologize. You take a position, you deserve a response. 1100 01:08:34,698 --> 01:08:36,658 It is a cold winter. 1101 01:08:36,700 --> 01:08:40,204 The war, in spite of the rallies, posters and the radio... 1102 01:08:40,245 --> 01:08:43,707 ...looks like a longer, harder war. The Jews are in the way. 1103 01:08:45,709 --> 01:08:49,713 And how can I, one rather peripheral figure in your grand plan, be in your way? 1104 01:08:51,715 --> 01:08:55,719 You underestimate your influence. I do not. 1105 01:08:55,761 --> 01:08:59,723 You would be a hard man to bring down. 1106 01:08:59,765 --> 01:09:03,727 But certainly not impossible. 1107 01:09:04,728 --> 01:09:07,731 Did I hear you say earlier, "Be practical"? 1108 01:09:07,773 --> 01:09:08,690 Yes. 1109 01:09:08,732 --> 01:09:11,693 Then this is the moment to be practical... 1110 01:09:11,735 --> 01:09:15,739 ...until a time when Germany can afford your philosophy, which is what? 1111 01:09:15,781 --> 01:09:19,785 "Hound them, impoverish them, exploit them, imprison them... 1112 01:09:19,826 --> 01:09:23,789 "... just do not kill them. " And you are God's noblest of men. 1113 01:09:23,830 --> 01:09:27,751 I find that truly remarkable. 1114 01:09:28,794 --> 01:09:32,756 Sitting at that table, I will ask for your agreement to what has been proposed. 1115 01:09:33,799 --> 01:09:35,759 And I must answer now? 1116 01:09:35,801 --> 01:09:39,763 You will answer now, or you will answer later. 1117 01:09:41,807 --> 01:09:42,766 I will not oppose you. 1118 01:09:42,808 --> 01:09:46,812 - I want more than that. - Of course. 1119 01:09:46,854 --> 01:09:47,771 Good. 1120 01:09:47,813 --> 01:09:50,315 We understand each other. 1121 01:09:50,357 --> 01:09:52,776 May I tell you a story? 1122 01:09:52,818 --> 01:09:56,822 - A good one? - A true one. 1123 01:09:56,864 --> 01:09:59,783 Tell me the story. 1124 01:09:59,825 --> 01:10:03,829 - It was told to me by a friend of mine. - Yes? 1125 01:10:03,871 --> 01:10:04,788 He knew a man... 1126 01:10:04,830 --> 01:10:08,834 Do you realize how much thought and effort has gone into the Four-Year Plan? 1127 01:10:08,876 --> 01:10:10,794 Plenty, I'm sure. 1128 01:10:10,836 --> 01:10:12,796 Reichsmarshal Göring is very clear. 1129 01:10:12,838 --> 01:10:15,841 The necessities of the war mean that the Jew question has to wait. 1130 01:10:15,883 --> 01:10:17,801 There's been a new directive. 1131 01:10:17,843 --> 01:10:19,845 That says nothing about a change in priorities. 1132 01:10:19,887 --> 01:10:20,804 - It is implied. - Not by me. 1133 01:10:20,846 --> 01:10:22,848 Why is it your way or nothing? I mean the SS. 1134 01:10:22,890 --> 01:10:25,851 - Now you understand. - I do not. 1135 01:10:25,893 --> 01:10:26,810 You have stated it. 1136 01:10:26,852 --> 01:10:30,856 - When I report to the Reichsmarshal... - There has been a new directive. 1137 01:10:31,857 --> 01:10:35,861 It has to be as the SS directs. You can't sail a ship with two captains. 1138 01:10:35,903 --> 01:10:37,821 The Führer is the captain. 1139 01:10:37,863 --> 01:10:40,866 And for this, he has given Heydrich the command. 1140 01:10:40,908 --> 01:10:43,911 Even Göring has given it. 1141 01:10:43,952 --> 01:10:46,830 - Resign yourself. - Resign? 1142 01:10:46,872 --> 01:10:49,833 Yourself to how it's going to be done. 1143 01:10:49,875 --> 01:10:53,837 - A soldier cannot decide... - Yeah, spare me. 1144 01:10:53,879 --> 01:10:56,882 A Communist, by definition, has a defect of reason. 1145 01:10:56,924 --> 01:10:58,884 The Russian is not a Communist, my friend. 1146 01:10:58,926 --> 01:11:01,929 The Russian does not give a damn who runs things. 1147 01:11:01,970 --> 01:11:03,889 I have lived amongst them. 1148 01:11:03,931 --> 01:11:06,934 The Russian only cares he has a bottle of vodka to suck... 1149 01:11:06,975 --> 01:11:08,894 ...and some form of domestic animal life to fuck. 1150 01:11:08,936 --> 01:11:12,898 Then he will happily sit in shit his whole life. That is his politics. 1151 01:11:14,942 --> 01:11:16,944 I know those people. 1152 01:11:16,985 --> 01:11:19,446 That is the distinction. 1153 01:11:19,488 --> 01:11:21,907 I absolve the Jews of that. 1154 01:11:21,949 --> 01:11:23,909 - What did Kritzinger say? - Told me a story. 1155 01:11:23,951 --> 01:11:26,954 - Which was? - Later. He made his point, he feels better. 1156 01:11:26,995 --> 01:11:29,915 - Nothing to eat? - Lf there's time later. 1157 01:11:29,957 --> 01:11:31,917 We should've had music. There must be a piano here. 1158 01:11:31,959 --> 01:11:35,963 - A string trio would add to the experience. - Yes, I should have. I'm sorry. 1159 01:11:36,004 --> 01:11:39,967 Food, wine, brandy, no music? A little lovely, late Beethoven? 1160 01:11:40,008 --> 01:11:41,969 - I'm sorry. - It would not have been practical. 1161 01:11:42,010 --> 01:11:45,931 - Yes. - I'm teasing. 1162 01:11:45,973 --> 01:11:49,476 I take it that you do not get good food up in Cracow. 1163 01:11:49,518 --> 01:11:52,938 If all Berlin eats like you, no wonder we have shortages. 1164 01:11:52,980 --> 01:11:56,984 Was it Mussolini who said, "War reveals man's nobler character"? 1165 01:11:57,025 --> 01:11:57,943 Are we ready? 1166 01:11:57,985 --> 01:12:00,487 - Feeling better? - Thank you, yes. 1167 01:12:00,529 --> 01:12:02,990 - Something you ate? - I'm fine. 1168 01:12:03,031 --> 01:12:04,950 The cigar. 1169 01:12:04,992 --> 01:12:06,994 - The cigar? - Unexpected. 1170 01:12:07,035 --> 01:12:09,955 We will forego cigars. 1171 01:12:09,997 --> 01:12:12,958 That should be no great trial. Where did we stop? 1172 01:12:13,000 --> 01:12:17,004 The last remark was by Gen. Freisler. "The Jews go in red and come out pink. 1173 01:12:18,005 --> 01:12:19,965 - "That is progress. " - The side-effect of CO gas. 1174 01:12:20,007 --> 01:12:23,969 There's more to say on that. We're studying something faster... 1175 01:12:24,011 --> 01:12:28,015 ...other faster and cheaper gases that could be used. Cyanide is being tested... 1176 01:12:28,056 --> 01:12:30,058 ...various forms. - Electrocution, too? 1177 01:12:30,100 --> 01:12:31,977 There is research being done to see... 1178 01:12:32,019 --> 01:12:36,023 ...whether electrocution can even more effectively... 1179 01:12:37,024 --> 01:12:40,527 ...quietly put an end, a period to the end of the sentence. 1180 01:12:40,569 --> 01:12:43,989 Say one truckload an hour, including putting the contents in... 1181 01:12:44,031 --> 01:12:48,035 ...running the engines, removing the contents, cleaning the inevitable soiling... 1182 01:12:49,077 --> 01:12:53,081 ...on a 24-hour schedule, 1,440 a day times 20 trucks. 1183 01:12:53,123 --> 01:12:57,085 That's 28,800 a day... 1184 01:12:57,127 --> 01:13:01,048 ...10,512,000 in one year. 1185 01:13:01,089 --> 01:13:04,092 But I cannot imagine you could operate consistently at that rate. 1186 01:13:04,134 --> 01:13:06,053 Not to mention disposal. 1187 01:13:06,094 --> 01:13:08,055 Gas vans are a short-term field solution. 1188 01:13:08,096 --> 01:13:12,100 We have three camps where permanent gas chambers will be operational. 1189 01:13:12,142 --> 01:13:13,060 I'm sorry? 1190 01:13:13,101 --> 01:13:16,605 Yes, I was about to mention Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka... 1191 01:13:16,647 --> 01:13:20,108 ...before Gen. Hofmann was taken ill. - It was a fine cigar. 1192 01:13:20,150 --> 01:13:22,069 Ultimately, the camps will be the primary locations. 1193 01:13:22,402 --> 01:13:26,114 Last summer, Reichsführer Himmler asked me to visit a camp... 1194 01:13:26,156 --> 01:13:29,076 ...up in Upper Silesia called Auschwitz... 1195 01:13:29,117 --> 01:13:32,120 ...which is very well isolated and close to significant rail access. 1196 01:13:32,162 --> 01:13:35,123 We are turning that camp into a major center, solid structures. 1197 01:13:35,165 --> 01:13:38,669 Here's where your Jewish labor comes into play, Herr Neumann. 1198 01:13:38,710 --> 01:13:42,089 The Jews hold the bricks, and build the buildings themselves. 1199 01:13:42,130 --> 01:13:46,134 When the structures are complete, we expect to be able to process 2,500... 1200 01:13:46,176 --> 01:13:49,137 ...an hour, not a day. 1201 01:13:49,179 --> 01:13:53,141 An hour. 1202 01:13:56,144 --> 01:13:59,147 And those numbers look a lot better. 1203 01:13:59,189 --> 01:14:01,149 2,500 an hour? 1204 01:14:01,191 --> 01:14:02,109 2,500? 1205 01:14:02,150 --> 01:14:06,154 At 24 hours a day, that is 60,000. 1206 01:14:07,155 --> 01:14:11,118 60,000 each day. 1207 01:14:11,159 --> 01:14:14,162 That's 21.9 million Jews a year... 1208 01:14:14,204 --> 01:14:17,124 ...if ever there were that many. 1209 01:14:17,165 --> 01:14:20,127 We are also constructing the means of disposal... 1210 01:14:20,169 --> 01:14:23,172 ...which will obviously depend upon the process of combustion. 1211 01:14:23,213 --> 01:14:26,216 Yes, industrial in nature, large, commercial gas-fed ovens... 1212 01:14:26,258 --> 01:14:30,179 ...no residue to speak of. 1213 01:14:34,224 --> 01:14:38,228 60,000 Jews every day... 1214 01:14:38,270 --> 01:14:40,731 ...go up in smoke. 1215 01:14:40,772 --> 01:14:43,233 We can achieve that. 1216 01:14:43,275 --> 01:14:47,196 Imagine. 1217 01:14:58,248 --> 01:15:00,209 Assembly line! 1218 01:15:00,250 --> 01:15:02,211 Yes, the clever Americans have shown us that... 1219 01:15:02,252 --> 01:15:05,255 ...but we put it to the purpose of a triumphant German vision. 1220 01:15:05,297 --> 01:15:08,217 Triumphant German vision. 1221 01:15:08,258 --> 01:15:10,219 So this is my command to you here. 1222 01:15:10,260 --> 01:15:13,222 Link arms, your units, your ministries... 1223 01:15:13,263 --> 01:15:16,266 ...apply your intelligence, apply your energies. 1224 01:15:16,308 --> 01:15:19,228 The machinery is waiting, feed it. 1225 01:15:19,269 --> 01:15:23,232 Get them on the trains. Keep the trains rolling. 1226 01:15:23,273 --> 01:15:26,276 And history will honor us for having the will and the vision to advance... 1227 01:15:26,318 --> 01:15:30,280 ...the human race to greater purity in a space of time so short... 1228 01:15:30,322 --> 01:15:32,783 ...Charles Darwin would be astonished. 1229 01:15:32,824 --> 01:15:35,244 I want to bring this meeting to a close. 1230 01:15:35,285 --> 01:15:38,789 One matter we postponed is the point at which mixed becomes... 1231 01:15:38,830 --> 01:15:42,251 ...wholly German or wholly Jew. That line will be drawn quickly. 1232 01:15:42,292 --> 01:15:46,296 I am not trying to rewrite your law, but I am invoking Führer's princip. 1233 01:15:46,338 --> 01:15:50,259 His word is above all written law. 1234 01:15:50,300 --> 01:15:52,261 Do we have any disputes left to face here... 1235 01:15:52,302 --> 01:15:56,306 ...either with my authority or with what we have agreed? 1236 01:15:58,308 --> 01:15:59,268 General? 1237 01:15:59,309 --> 01:16:01,270 Let us astonish Charles Darwin. 1238 01:16:01,311 --> 01:16:04,314 I second the motion. It is our most important war. 1239 01:16:04,356 --> 01:16:07,276 Sir? 1240 01:16:07,317 --> 01:16:10,362 We are discussing the inevitable and bringing it about... 1241 01:16:10,404 --> 01:16:12,322 ...in the most practical way under one command. 1242 01:16:12,364 --> 01:16:16,326 I have no dispute with that. I understand the realities... 1243 01:16:17,369 --> 01:16:21,373 - With the understanding that... - And indeed... 1244 01:16:21,415 --> 01:16:24,334 ...count on my support. 1245 01:16:24,376 --> 01:16:28,338 With the understanding that consideration will be given to my proposal, yes, proceed. 1246 01:16:30,382 --> 01:16:33,343 I defer to the SS. 1247 01:16:33,385 --> 01:16:35,345 If you are to do it, then force feed it. Speed it along. 1248 01:16:35,387 --> 01:16:39,391 Our situation, such as in Warsaw, is difficult, edging towards disastrous. 1249 01:16:40,392 --> 01:16:42,352 Thank you. 1250 01:16:42,394 --> 01:16:46,398 Yes, what can I say? My enthusiasm is boundless. 1251 01:16:46,440 --> 01:16:49,359 - Obviously. - Sorry? 1252 01:16:49,401 --> 01:16:52,404 I trust my enthusiasm is clear, is apparent. Yes! 1253 01:16:52,446 --> 01:16:53,363 Neumann? 1254 01:16:53,405 --> 01:16:55,199 I'd like to know that adequate labor 1255 01:16:55,240 --> 01:16:57,409 will still be available, especially skilled... 1256 01:16:58,410 --> 01:17:01,413 - On a case-by-case basis. Maj. Lange? - Yes. 1257 01:17:01,455 --> 01:17:04,374 I urge that speed that Dr. Meyer asked of you. 1258 01:17:04,416 --> 01:17:07,419 The Poles are not as disciplined a population as we Germans. 1259 01:17:07,461 --> 01:17:09,379 I will report our will to the Governor-General. 1260 01:17:09,421 --> 01:17:12,424 He'll understand I'm relieving him of a burden. Colonel? 1261 01:17:12,466 --> 01:17:14,384 I thoroughly approve and am anxious to start. 1262 01:17:14,426 --> 01:17:18,430 I look forward to working with your office, and yours, Colonel. 1263 01:17:18,472 --> 01:17:22,434 The sooner, the better. 1264 01:17:25,437 --> 01:17:29,441 - The note-taking, General? - I think we can now dispense with him. 1265 01:17:29,483 --> 01:17:33,445 Many of you took notes, I'll give you the day to memorize them. 1266 01:17:33,487 --> 01:17:34,404 They are to be burned. 1267 01:17:34,446 --> 01:17:38,450 Col. Eichmann will prepare a discrete transcript of this meeting. 1268 01:17:38,492 --> 01:17:39,409 You will each receive a copy. 1269 01:17:39,451 --> 01:17:42,454 It may be shown to superiors, but to no one at a lower level. 1270 01:17:42,496 --> 01:17:45,457 All comments are to be sent, in the most privileged way, to me... 1271 01:17:45,499 --> 01:17:49,461 ...through Col. Eichmann. 1272 01:17:52,464 --> 01:17:54,466 Good. 1273 01:17:54,508 --> 01:17:57,010 We have accomplished something. 1274 01:17:57,052 --> 01:17:59,513 I thank all of you gentlemen. 1275 01:17:59,555 --> 01:18:01,473 Heil Hitler! 1276 01:18:01,515 --> 01:18:05,477 There is plenty of food left for those of you, and please... 1277 01:18:06,520 --> 01:18:10,482 - Are you off, General? - I have a few minutes. Come. 1278 01:18:23,537 --> 01:18:26,540 Leave him. His Führer lied to him. I think he got the message. 1279 01:18:26,582 --> 01:18:30,544 General, just a word. 1280 01:18:31,545 --> 01:18:35,549 In here. 1281 01:18:42,556 --> 01:18:45,517 Stop it! 1282 01:18:45,559 --> 01:18:48,562 You. What are you doing? You're in uniform. 1283 01:18:48,604 --> 01:18:51,565 I'm sorry, sir, it just seemed to happen. 1284 01:18:51,607 --> 01:18:52,524 Not in uniform. 1285 01:18:52,566 --> 01:18:55,527 Nothing ever just happens. 1286 01:18:55,569 --> 01:18:58,572 If you prefer, we can send you to the Russian front. 1287 01:18:58,614 --> 01:19:02,576 Clean off these cars! 1288 01:19:08,582 --> 01:19:10,584 - Are you leaving tonight? - Yes. 1289 01:19:10,626 --> 01:19:12,544 Not another night in Berlin? 1290 01:19:12,586 --> 01:19:14,546 You have nothing to do, sir. I have. 1291 01:19:14,588 --> 01:19:18,592 - You surprised me at the end, Dr. Stuckart. - Not my intention. 1292 01:19:21,595 --> 01:19:23,555 Leave the paper tapes with me. 1293 01:19:23,597 --> 01:19:26,600 We'll begin transcribing tomorrow, but leave the tapes with me now. 1294 01:19:26,642 --> 01:19:30,604 - You want all the tapes, sir? - Yes, all of them. 1295 01:19:31,605 --> 01:19:35,108 Dr. Stuckart's car! 1296 01:19:35,150 --> 01:19:38,570 Are you unwell? 1297 01:19:38,612 --> 01:19:42,616 Good night, Dr. Stuckart. 1298 01:19:43,659 --> 01:19:47,621 My car. 1299 01:19:49,665 --> 01:19:53,627 Gen. Hofmann's car! 1300 01:19:58,674 --> 01:20:02,678 It is night in Moscow already. 1301 01:20:02,719 --> 01:20:06,640 Soon, it will be dark here. 1302 01:20:06,682 --> 01:20:10,686 Do you think we'll ever see the dawn in our lifetime? 1303 01:20:11,687 --> 01:20:15,691 Come spring, we'll be on the move again. Keep you spirits up, Doctor. 1304 01:20:15,732 --> 01:20:16,650 The Governor-General has... 1305 01:20:16,692 --> 01:20:20,654 ...specifically been told that we would be the first area... 1306 01:20:20,696 --> 01:20:23,699 ...to have our ghettos emptied, the Jews evacuated. The possible... 1307 01:20:23,740 --> 01:20:25,701 I know the conditions, but you are wrong. 1308 01:20:25,742 --> 01:20:28,704 The first to be cleansed is Germany. 1309 01:20:28,745 --> 01:20:30,664 Then you. Germany first. 1310 01:20:30,706 --> 01:20:34,668 - The bureaucratic... - This is my operation, no bureaucrat... 1311 01:20:34,710 --> 01:20:37,713 ...with his nose in the rule book and hand on his cock will slow it down. 1312 01:20:37,754 --> 01:20:40,674 We'll be moving Jews in days, not weeks. 1313 01:20:40,716 --> 01:20:44,720 You can start writing up your train schedules. 1314 01:20:45,721 --> 01:20:49,725 Schubert Quintet in C Major. 1315 01:20:50,726 --> 01:20:54,730 The adagio will tear your heart out. 1316 01:20:56,732 --> 01:20:59,234 Tell the Governor-General to expect my call. 1317 01:20:59,276 --> 01:21:01,737 - Have we helped your problem? - Yes, I hope so. 1318 01:21:01,778 --> 01:21:03,697 Good. You, sir? 1319 01:21:03,739 --> 01:21:06,742 - I'm sure trains will be available. - Anything else? 1320 01:21:06,783 --> 01:21:08,702 You have been very patient. 1321 01:21:08,744 --> 01:21:12,748 Don't count on it. Have a good ride to Cracow. 1322 01:21:12,789 --> 01:21:14,708 Thank you. 1323 01:21:14,750 --> 01:21:18,754 Well done, Colonel. Fine meeting. 1324 01:21:18,795 --> 01:21:20,756 Thank you. 1325 01:21:20,797 --> 01:21:21,757 Thank you as well. 1326 01:21:21,798 --> 01:21:25,761 I admire your gift for organization. The meeting was very economical. 1327 01:21:28,805 --> 01:21:32,768 Now. 1328 01:21:33,810 --> 01:21:37,773 Do either of you think we would have that final solution? 1329 01:21:37,814 --> 01:21:40,817 That in a year, there wouldn't be a Jew left on the continent? 1330 01:21:40,859 --> 01:21:43,779 That we control? Why not? 1331 01:21:43,820 --> 01:21:46,823 - You drink, Eichmann? - Yes, sir. 1332 01:21:46,865 --> 01:21:48,825 Were you ever drunk? 1333 01:21:48,867 --> 01:21:50,827 From time to time. 1334 01:21:50,869 --> 01:21:53,789 Well, then... 1335 01:21:53,830 --> 01:21:55,791 ...take a fucking drink. 1336 01:21:55,832 --> 01:21:59,837 - I am on duty, sir. - Then it's an order. 1337 01:21:59,878 --> 01:22:00,796 Thank you. 1338 01:22:00,838 --> 01:22:04,842 And tell us again about the pink bodies. 1339 01:22:06,844 --> 01:22:08,804 Sir, I'd rather not. 1340 01:22:08,846 --> 01:22:12,850 - The sounds, the screams. - He will faint again. 1341 01:22:13,851 --> 01:22:17,855 I did not faint. 1342 01:22:19,857 --> 01:22:23,819 I had a physical symptom. 1343 01:22:23,861 --> 01:22:25,863 What was the story you were going to tell me? 1344 01:22:25,904 --> 01:22:27,823 - Story? - Kritzinger. 1345 01:22:27,865 --> 01:22:31,869 Yes, he told me a story about a man he'd known all his life, a boyhood friend. 1346 01:22:32,870 --> 01:22:35,873 This man hated his father. Loved his mother fiercely. 1347 01:22:35,914 --> 01:22:37,833 The mother was devoted to him... 1348 01:22:37,875 --> 01:22:40,836 ...but the father beat him, demeaned him, disinherited him. 1349 01:22:40,878 --> 01:22:44,882 Anyway, this boy grew to manhood and was still in his 30s when the mother died... 1350 01:22:44,923 --> 01:22:48,886 ...this mother who had nurtured and protected him. 1351 01:22:49,887 --> 01:22:50,846 She died. 1352 01:22:50,888 --> 01:22:54,892 The man stood as they lowered her casket and tried to cry... 1353 01:22:55,893 --> 01:22:58,854 ...but no tears came. 1354 01:22:58,896 --> 01:23:02,900 The man's father lived to old age, died when the son was in his 50s. 1355 01:23:03,901 --> 01:23:06,945 At the father's funeral, much to his son's surprise... 1356 01:23:06,987 --> 01:23:10,908 ...he could not control his tears. 1357 01:23:10,949 --> 01:23:14,912 He was wailing, sobbing. He was apparently inconsolable. 1358 01:23:15,954 --> 01:23:18,916 Lost, even. 1359 01:23:18,957 --> 01:23:22,920 That was the story Kritzinger told me. 1360 01:23:24,963 --> 01:23:26,965 I don't understand. 1361 01:23:27,007 --> 01:23:28,926 No? 1362 01:23:28,967 --> 01:23:32,971 The man had been driven his whole life by hatred of his father. 1363 01:23:33,013 --> 01:23:34,973 When the mother died, that was a loss. 1364 01:23:35,015 --> 01:23:36,934 When the father died... 1365 01:23:36,975 --> 01:23:39,978 ...when the hate had lost its object... 1366 01:23:40,020 --> 01:23:42,981 ...then the man's life was empty. 1367 01:23:43,023 --> 01:23:46,944 Over. 1368 01:23:46,985 --> 01:23:48,946 Interesting. 1369 01:23:48,987 --> 01:23:52,991 That was Kritzinger's warning. 1370 01:23:53,992 --> 01:23:56,995 What? That we should not hate the Israelites? 1371 01:23:57,037 --> 01:23:59,957 No, that it should not so fill our lives... 1372 01:23:59,998 --> 01:24:04,002 ...that when they are gone, we have nothing left to live for. 1373 01:24:05,003 --> 01:24:09,007 So says the story. 1374 01:24:10,008 --> 01:24:14,012 I will not miss them. 1375 01:24:15,013 --> 01:24:17,975 Time. 1376 01:24:18,016 --> 01:24:21,019 You have to take me up in that plane of yours sometime. 1377 01:24:21,061 --> 01:24:24,022 Yes, we should do that. Not right after you've eaten. 1378 01:24:24,064 --> 01:24:28,026 - Friday. - Everything will be prepared. 1379 01:24:30,028 --> 01:24:33,532 One working copy, edited by me, for your approval. 1380 01:24:33,574 --> 01:24:37,035 30 copies, numbered. No other records, I guarantee. 1381 01:24:47,045 --> 01:24:51,049 Good. 1382 01:25:11,111 --> 01:25:15,115 - You certainly know how to throw a party. - Thank you. 1383 01:25:15,157 --> 01:25:19,119 Shalom. 1384 01:25:53,153 --> 01:25:57,157 Does it tear your heart out? 1385 01:25:59,159 --> 01:26:03,163 Beautiful, sir. 1386 01:26:05,165 --> 01:26:09,169 I've never understood the passion for Schubert's sentimental Viennese shit. 1387 01:27:14,276 --> 01:27:18,280 Col. Eichmann carefully edited the stenographic record of the conference. 1388 01:27:18,322 --> 01:27:21,283 Copies were distributed to the participants to be read... 1389 01:27:21,325 --> 01:27:23,243 ...and then destroyed. 1390 01:27:23,285 --> 01:27:26,788 Gen. Heydrich flew back to his headquarters in Czechoslovakia... 1391 01:27:26,830 --> 01:27:30,292 ...where, in a few terrible weeks, he had earned the nickname: 1392 01:27:30,334 --> 01:27:33,253 The Butcher of Prague. 1393 01:27:33,295 --> 01:27:35,255 In the spring, two Czech patriots... 1394 01:27:35,297 --> 01:27:38,300 ...trained to assassinate him and dropped from a British bomber... 1395 01:27:38,342 --> 01:27:41,261 ...succeeded in wounding him. 1396 01:27:41,303 --> 01:27:45,265 In reprisal, thousands of Czechs were rounded up and shot. 1397 01:27:45,307 --> 01:27:49,311 Heydrich's wounds grew infected, he fell into a coma and died. 1398 01:27:50,312 --> 01:27:53,273 Eichmann, as Heydrich's deputy for Jewish affairs... 1399 01:27:53,315 --> 01:27:57,319 ...was left to finish what they had begun at Wannsee. 1400 01:27:57,361 --> 01:28:01,323 He considered it a matter of honor.