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THIS SERIES IS A WORK OF FICTION.

ALTHOUGH IT IS BASED ON HISTORICAL EVENTS,

ANY RESEMBLANCE TO ACTUAL PERSONS IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL.

1945 AUSCHWITZ EXTERMINATION CAMP

Back in line!

1970 A KIBBUTZ NEAR THE SEA OF GALILEE

Let me ask you a question.

How old was the water you drank this morning?

Did you know that it's older than the sun?

Can you believe it?

The strange thing is that water spoils very quickly in the sun.

Especially on a hot day like today.

It's 40 degrees today.

Right, here you go...

Drink up, so you don't dehydrate.

The patent we developed at this kibbutz solves the problem.

With this special filter, you can transform the slurry you've got in Africa

into pure drinking water.

See for yourselves.

Cheers.

THE GERMAN

I'll be back.

One moment, okay?

Don't fall asleep!

Who's the mattress for?

It's for Ingrid.

She's my friend from high school, she's also volunteering, like me.

Ingrid.

Yeah, I hope she'll like it here and decides to stay too.

What is this fetish you all have with the wings?

Hm... It's my first time coming back to the kibbutz with them,

so I need to do like a...

-Like a victory lap. -A victory lap?

A victory lap. You know, I walk around, and it's like...

"Eitan! Eitan!

Eitan! Eitan!"

No, no, it's a tradition, it's...

I promised my dad.

Do what you have to do.

-Tamar! -Ouch... Why?

You're supposed to say hello.

-Hello. -You're such a lovely family.

-I'm jealous. -Don't be, trust me.

The ceremony was fantastic, Eitan. I was so proud of you.

Dad won't admit it, but he cried when they gave you the wings.

Tell me, his wings, does he also go to sleep with it?

He just showers in it.

Really?

-You're supposed to say hello. -Oh, hello, hello.

Come on, come on, come on, come on.

Our next dance is the mazurka,

which came to us with people who arrived from Poland.

The dance has a 3/4 rhythm, like a waltz.

What?

The Air Force gets the best men and the best girls.

The Air Force Commander himself told me Eitan's the best in the course.

They're sending him to America to learn to fly Phantoms.

If you want him to have a place to come back to, you should go to Munich yourself.

You Mossad agents hop over to Germany like it's the easiest thing to do.

But for me

to go back to Germany...

I just can't do it, Rafi.

I know,

but it's a million-dollar deal that'll cover the kibbutz's debts.

Only you can sell it to the Germans.

Don't send Sammy. He'll ruin everything.

Let me put a different spin on it.

Thanks to an invention by a Jew who survived Auschwitz,

the Nazis, may they rot in Hell, will build our future.

How's that for poetic justice?

By the way, I may be there at the same time.

In Munich?

It's not sure yet. But maybe.

Which hotel are the Germans putting you in?

The... Aden... Adenauer or something.

I can only dream of staying there.

I packed a toiletry bag for you.

Wow.

It was a terrible mistake to let you guys talk me into it.

I don't know if I can do this.

Of course you can.

You're a fighter.

Fighter?

Look at yourself.

I look weird.

You look like a movie star. I'd fall for you straight away.

Yeah? Even though I can't dance like Sammy?

Sammy? Remind me?

Come here.

-Your shirt will get creased. -So what, I don't care.

Tamar was asked to participate in an international study.

An American psychologist is coming over to conduct important research.

On what?

Intergenerational trauma.

He's interviewing Holocaust survivors, and Tamar asked if he could interview us.

Why would we want to do that?

For Tamar.

Not knowing anything about what we went through

must have been very scary.

If Tamar knew what we went through,

she'd be much more scared.

Promise you won't talk to them, Anna.

Anna.

Don't do this to yourself.

Ladies and gentlemen, we're beginning our descent into Munich.

Please make sure your seat is upright,

your table is up, and your seat belt is fastened.

The weather in Munich: a pleasant 15 degrees Celsius.

We would like to ask you to remain seated with your seat belts fastened.

Please follow all instruc...

Uri, it's Rafi. Open the door, please.

-Rafi? -Yes, yes. Open up.

Rafi?

Rafi?

No, I'm alright. I'm fine.

What happened?

-Some stupid biker ran into me. -You need to go to hospital.

No, no, no.

Do you happen to have... some painkillers?

Yes.

Thanks.

-Here. -Thanks.

How can I go to the meeting looking like this?

What meeting?

-Is there anything I can do? -No.

Actually, you can.

I just need you to deliver an envelope.

-Can you help me with this? -No way.

Just being here is killing me.

I barely made it to the hotel.

I'm sure you can find someone else.

In half an hour? How?

Huh?

Listen, if I miss this meeting, we'll lose a very important contact.

You just have to deliver an envelope.

You'll be back at the hotel in five minutes.

I've worked on this project for two years, okay?

I'm telling you, it's very important.

For me

and for Israel.

-Zimmer? -Gustav Zimmer.

That's me.

Wait. Try to explain exactly what you need.

Uri, thank you. You're saving my life.

I'm here to meet a contact and hand this over to him.

You'll introduce yourself as Ernst Frank.

Can you get me another painkiller?

Thanks.

Excuse me? I'm here to meet a Mr. Getter.

He's over there in the corner.

-Mr. Getter? -Yes?

My name is Ernst Frank.

I'm Gustav Zimmer's business partner.

Pleased to meet you.

-Mr. Zimmer isn't coming? -No. No, unfortunately not.

May I?

Please.

A tragic accident in the family...

He sends his apologies and has asked me to stand in for him.

I'm sorry to hear that.

I wish his family strength.

Please tell him from me.

Thank you. I'm sure he'll be...

Well, I'm sure he'll appreciate it.

Of course.

Mr. Zimmer sends his regards and has prepared...

He has put together the offer as requested.

He'll attend the next meeting, so you can discuss everything then.

Here are the documents, along with Mr. Zimmer's business card.

If you need to contact him, you certainly can...

You can call him anytime.

That's an interesting watch.

Huber.

My father had exactly the same.

They are the best.

Yes, that's true.

If you'll excuse me, I'm in a hurry.

I have another meeting across town.

If you'll excuse me.

I appreciate you stepping in at short notice.

Thank you, Mr. Getter. Goodbye.

It was nice to meet you, Mr. Frank.

Taxi!

Taxi!

Clear out.

We're here. This is the address.

Excuse me.

-Hello, can I help you? -Hello.

-I'm here to see Mrs. Breitner. -Mrs. Breitner is over there.

Will you be alright?

Yes, thank you.

Getter made contact two hours ago.

He invited Ernst and not Gustav Zimmer

to the "reunion of friends".

After one meeting?

What did I tell you?

No. Something's fishy here.

I'm sure it's genuine.

We can't take that chance, Amos.

You're wrong.

You want to send him in with a group of former Nazi officers?

He's a killer with ice in his veins.

-The best soldier I ever had. -I know.

He was the best fighter in the whole battalion, the whole division.

He was a fighter against the Arabs. Not against Nazis.

Amos, it's not the same thing.

Look, you may have lost your connection with Getter.

I know.

You worked on this for a long time. I understand your disappointment.

But don't let your friendship with Uri influence your judgment.

I told you that this guy can handle anything, and I was right.

I want him on our team.

Uri?

-Anna? -Yes, I'm calling from the kibbutz office.

-My love. -How was your flight? How are you?

So so...

Trying to hold it together until the meeting.

What have you been up to today?

Just staying in my room.

You aren't going out? At all?

No.

It's safer this way.

Every time I go out, I get chills.

I understand.

I miss you, Anna.

Me too. But you'll be back with me soon.

I know.

Anna.

Uri, I have to go...

Look after yourself.

I love you.

I love you too, Anna.

I love you too.

Bye.

INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER OF REPRESSED TRAUMA

Early on we mostly interviewed men coming back from the war.

But after John...

I've interviewed many survivors in the US

and I plan on continuing my research here, too.

Thank you very much.

Sorry? Excuse me, Dr. Milk...

Sorry, excuse me, Dr. Milk.

Yes?

You didn't say if Holocaust survivors do transfer trauma between generations.

So is your interest more professional or is it personal, too?

I mean, I'm doing my Master's in psychology,

but also my parents are Holocaust survivors...

I'm sorry to hear that.

About my Master's or my parents?

So when I heard you today it all made sense.

It was like you were talking about us.

So thank you for that, Dr. Milk.

Steven, please.

-Steven. -Yeah.

-Nice to meet you, Steven. -Nice to meet you too.

You know our kibbutz was built by Holocaust survivors?

-So... -You live in a kibbutz?

Yes, so I'm sure a few of them would agree to be interviewed.

I'd be grateful if you had me over for a visit.

-Okay. -Yeah.

I'll try to convince them to speak with you, Dr. Milk.

Steven, please.

Yeah.

Tamush, it's not going to happen.

Your father and I will not to talk about what we went through.

At today's lecture he talked about the price you pay for your silence.

Maybe if you talked about it, it would make it easier.

You know what made it easier?

-What? -Bringing you and Eitan into the world.

You know when I was little I'd sneak home from the children's home at night.

I would sit by the door and hear you screaming in your sleep.

I'm sorry, I...

I didn't know that.

It's okay, you couldn't have known.

But do you know why I was sitting there?

I was worried. I felt you were afraid but I didn't know why.

Mom, his study shows that just starting to tell your story

can lead to a healing process.

Tamush, I can't.

He was wearing a white robe, of doctors.

This was Dr. Josef Mengele.

So he was standing there,

and he was looking at the people,

and with his hand,

he would say: You go to the right,

and you go to the left.

And the people that were said to go to the left,

they told them that they would get a warm shower.

We were very...

dirty.

To get a warm shower, it was...

And they took them to the...

gas chambers.

The gas cells.

My mother went there, too.

They were suffocated from the gas, and then...

they burned their bodies in the ovens.

The smell...

The smell of the burning bodies is something that you don't forget.

You don't forget.

When you were standing there in front of Dr. Mengele

you didn't know any of that?

No. Only later.

When I went to...

in front of Dr. Mengele,

I was with my little sister, and...

he looked at me and he...

and he said:

"You go to the right."

And then a Nazi soldier came and he...

he took Mirha'le, my little sister,

he took her from my hands, you know...

She was little,

she was screaming and she was crying, with tears and everything.

She was calling my name, and...

the soldier, he threw her...

on the ground and he put his big boot...

on her chest so she would not move,

and then he shot her in the head.

And I froze.

I couldn't even scream.

And when my...

my first son, Nir, was born,

I remember I was so...

afraid... I don't...

"Afraid" is a little word.

-Terrified? -Yes.

I was... terrified that somebody...

will kill him.

So how do you move forward?

I don't know. Tamari.

I think that life maybe is stronger than death.

I like that.

Thank you for sharing your story today.

Thank you.

-Don't cry. -I'm not.

Did you hear me?

What?

I'm going to Yad Vashem tomorrow.

What for?

To fill in Pages of Testimony for my parents, my brother, my sister.

What are Pages of Testimony?

They're these pages

where you write all the details, name, age,

what they did, what they liked, how they were killed.

Why don't you come with me?

-What would I do there? -Find out about your parents.

About Vera.

Oh, what are you doing here?

-Everything alright? -Yes.

Sorry I didn't tell you in the kitchen.

I heard you today,

giving your testimony to Tamar and Steven.

You were at the library?

I was passing by.

Oh, honey.

That was hard.

Not talking about it, talking about it is fine, it's...

Something suddenly opened up inside me.

And suddenly I couldn't stop crying.

Over Mirha'le and my parents and myself.

But what a relief it is.

You wouldn't believe it.

It's as if 20 kilos had been lifted off me.

It's a shame they didn't really come off.

You should talk to him too, it'll do you good.

No, I'm scared.

I'm scared it'll bring back...

Uri doesn't want me to do it either.

That's a shame.

It's hard to carry all that inside all the time.

And believe me, it would also do Uri good to talk to him.

It's not going to happen.

Who knows, maybe it will?

I've seen stranger things happen.

-Food. Are you hungry? -Yes.

See? It's better to say yes.

Sandwich?

I'm so glad you came.

I hardly slept last night.

We'll sleep on the way.

How did you get Uri to let you go?

He didn't.

What did he say?

He didn't say anything.

Disaster! Disaster! Disaster!

Looks like somebody is lost.

Give us the briefcase.

Give it here.

Stay calm, okay?

And your wallet too.

Or I'll slice you open like a pig.

I'll slice you open, I'm not joking.

Stay calm, okay?

Put down the knife.

I'll give you the briefcase.

Mr. Zehavi, good to see you again.

-Hello. -Hello.

Hello.

Zehavi, hello.

Uri Zehavi.

-This is Hans, our boss. -Hello.

-Hello, Hans. Uri. -Good to see you again.

-Yes, I'm glad to be here. -Please.

What happened to you?

Here? Nothing.

I was held up a little. I briefly got lost.

-Haven't been here for a while. -Welcome back.

Well then... cheers?

To our project.

Welcome to Munich.

-Cheers. -Cheers.

-Cheers. -Cheers.

-Cheers. -Cheers.

Mr. Zehavi,

we are ready when you are.

-I love this song. -Me too.

So you're into guys now?

I've never been with a guy like this.

I'm so happy you came!

CAR KEYS

I'm sitting in front.

No, me.

-Okay, okay, where do you want to go? -To the Moon.

-To the Moon, okay. -Yes.

To the Mars, you want to go?

To the Moon, to the Mars...

Wherever you are, I want to go.

Listen, I can't find anything about them on this microfiche.

How do you spell Akerboom?

A, K, E,

R, B, O, O, M.

Walter and Betty Akerboom, and my sister Vera.

I think this is your father.

Show me.

Where?

You're right.

Walter Akerboom.

Sent from the Westerbork camp to Auschwitz on July 16, 1942.

I can't believe it.

July 16th.

That's just a few days after they took me to the farm.

Do you understand?

I waited almost two years for my parents to come get me and they were already gone.

July 16th.

I'll look for "Walter Akerboom"

in the Auschwitz registries.

Wait, I don't see my sister or mother here.

Maybe they were sent to other camps.

There are lots of documents.

Here.

My God...

Vera Akerboom, six years old.

Died in Westerbork on July 13th.

And here's Betty, on July 14th.

They both died in Westerbork before...

-I need a cigarette. -Yeah.

Are you coming?

No, you go.

-Can I get you a glass of water? -No, no thanks.

Sorry I'm like this.

It's alright.

Happens a lot here.

Henia, I wanted to ask you...

Yes?

If I want information on my husband's family,

can I do it or does he have to come himself?

No, you can, since you're already here.

-Where was he? -In Auschwitz.

You have to search by name,

by date of arrival at the camp, and you can search by transport number, too.

I know his former name was Manfred Goldstein,

but I don't remember the exact date.

I'll bring you the registries.

Mr. Zehavi, following Mr. Jensen's report on the kibbutz visit,

we're interested in purchasing your new drinking water treatment patent.

But we have a new offer for you.

An offer you can't refuse.

Thank you.

Okay. Okay.

30 MILLION DEUTSCHE MARKS

The question is:

Can the kibbutz factory

produce ten times more than what was initially discussed?

This is a very good offer.

Very good.

Yes, of course. Of course we can.

It's no problem at all.

No problem at all.

Not the slightest problem.

Yes. Thank you.

"Lechaim", we say "Lechaim".

Lechaim.

GOLDSTEIN, MENACHEM DATE OF BIRTH: FEBRUARY 12, 1918

GOLDSTEIN, JAACOB DATE OF BIRTH: MARCH 14, 1919

GOLDSTEIN, MANFRED DATE OF BIRTH: MARCH 27, 1915

FATE: DECEASED

THE SERIES WAS PRODUCED THANKS TO THE HELP OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL