Original subtitles

The gas chamber and the crematorium of the main camp were here.

You had to walk past them.

[Kübler] It is simply not possible that you knew nothing of the gassings.

The map is wrong.

I request that these maps

- not be admitted as evidence. - Sustained.

We request an on-site visit.

A delegation must travel to Poland to survey the location.

He's one of the defendants.

- He injected people's hearts... - I don't care.

You know what I do.

[Miller] With a murderer? I'm sorry.

[Therese] Diana got herself pregnant by a foreigner.

I want to meet the child's father.

[Eva] Annegret made this, right?

Bruhns, Ludwig - Brumm, Friedrich Brundig, Anton

We wanted to ask you to take the diazepam that Bittner prescribed.

Out of the question. I want to be sober when I meet the Bruhns family.

This is Auschwitz, and we used to live there.

You have to tell me the truth. Now.

It was the best time of our lives, Eva.

And right next to us, people were murdered.

We didn't know!

By the way, our guests will be arriving in 20 minutes.

[♪ cheerful music]

[children giggling]

[homeowner] What are you girls doing there?

[young Annegret] Eva, run!

That's outrageous!

That's outrageous.

Brats!

[young Eva sobs]

[Robert's wife] My pretty roses!

Don't look at me like that! And stop crying!

[dog barking in distance]

THE INTERPRETER OF SILENCE

The SITE

♪ I'm the policeman Ha, ha, ha... ♪

- ♪ Ha, ha, ha... ♪ - [laughter]

You're arrested!

[Jürgen] Do you want to be my wife?

[Eva] Yes...

[Edith chuckles]

[Ludwig clears throat]

[Ludwig] Yes!

[laughter]

[Stefan] Birds wear rings, too.

But only captive birds.

[Ludwig] Can we have some quiet under the table, please?

[Edith] Stefan, would you come here? Stefan, come here!

[Ludwig] I think this is the moment to say... cheers to the young couple!

Cheers to their happiness! And welcome to our family.

We're overjoyed, aren't we, Edith?

[Edith] Yes!

- Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! - Yes.

All the best!

There's no turning back now.

Hey! Cheers!

[Jürgen] What is it, Eva?

- All the best! - Here.

- All the best, okay? - Congratulations.

[glasses clink]

- [wine splashes] - [mutters]

No place is safe.

Mr. Schoormann, let's take a seat.

[grunts]

[Brigitte clears throat]

[Brigitte grunts]

These... cushions are nice.

Where did you buy them?

[Edith] Uh, we ordered them.

From the Schoormann catalog.

Right, uh... Is there anything we can do for you, Mr. Schoormann?

- Yes. - Oh, let's have a shot of liquor, okay?

- [Ludwig] That's always a good idea. - I cou...

I could also make you some valerian tea. Trust me, I sometimes need it too.

[Wally] Mm-hmm...

I had asked him to take his medication.

He's so agitated.

It's as if a tiny cogwheel gets stuck inside his brain.

Excuse me, are you all right?

Eva?

I understand him.

What do you mean?

[Ludwig] Eva, would you please bring out the soup?

Um... What do you understand?

[clangs]

[Therese] I'm sorry, Wilhelm.

[both] It's not really hot anymore.

[Therese chuckles]

You're from Italy?

Uh... From South Tyrol.

When did you come to Frankfurt?

Four years ago. With my parents.

What does your father do?

Uh... My parents own an ice cream parlor.

The best lemon ice cream in town!

And what's your job?

Uh... I'm doing an apprenticeship.

To become an auto body mechanic.

That's how I met your daughter.

I... I gave her a good seeing-to.

[sisters giggle]

[giggling continues]

[chuckles]

Right.

I'm well aware of that.

How much are you hoping to earn later on in your career?

Uh, I don't know.

At the moment, I'm earning 200 marks as an apprentice.

Dad, you'll stop interrogating him right now.

[clanks]

[clangs]

Don't worry, Diana. Curiosity is a virtue.

Well... Enjoy your meal.

[Therese] Enjoy your meal.

[Ludwig] These are Silesian marrow dumplings.

Eva loves them.

Well, I am obviously the prettiest,

but also oldest person in the room. I'm Walther.

I'm Ludwig, and this is Edith.

[Brigitte] Brigitte.

[♪ cheerful music playing on radio]

[Brigitte] Wonderful.

[Edith] Let her be, she's just excited.

[vomits]

I apologize for this unusual setting. Next time, we'll meet at our house.

I'd be delighted, Mr. Boger.

Next time?

Yes.

Times have changed, Therese.

And strictly speaking, he's Austrian.

He's a foreigner, and he looks the part.

I don't even want to imagine what the child will look like.

- [officer] Mrs. Boger! - The child is already doomed.

They will get married. End of discussion.

No.

Not for me.

I'm the one who has to put up with the neighbors staring at us. You don't.

You're in here, safe from all the gossiping and the disgrace.

- This is my final decision. - [officer] Mrs. Boger!

Wish me luck for tomorrow.

[door opens]

[court member] Do you want to grab a beer?

[Miller] I'd love to, but I think there's someone waiting for me.

[court member] All right then. Have a nice evening!

[Miller chuckles]

Hi.

Thank you. You saved me from an unspeakably boring evening.

He looks kind.

He is, but that doesn't make up for telling worst jokes in the world.

What do you want?

I wanted to return something to you.

[Sissi] I realized that you're more than a client to me.

Uh... And how did you realize it?

[Sissi] Maybe feelings?

You hurt me.

I'm sorry.

I know that I can't tell you what to do. I have no idea what your life is like.

I'm not going to change my life for you.

[Miller] I know.

I can only offer that we see each other from time to time.

Like two friendly little animals.

[Sissi] Who are better together than alone.

[sighs]

[♪ melodious music]

[door opens]

[door closes]

Father won't be pleased.

I won't leave him alone today.

He's there for me, and I'm there for him.

- He banned us from attending the trial... - I know what to expect.

The witnesses want compensation for damages. They're only after the money.

I know that I'll get to hear plenty of lies today.

♪ Anyone who ever loved could look at me ♪

♪ And know that I love you ♪

[laughs]

♪ Anyone who ever dreamed could look at me ♪

♪ And know I dream of you ♪

♪ Knowing I love you so ♪

♪ Anyone who had a heart ♪

♪ Would take me in his arms and love me, too ♪

♪ You couldn't really have a heart and hurt me ♪

♪ Like you hurt me and be so untrue ♪

♪ What am I to do? ♪

♪ Every time you go away, I always say ♪

♪ This time it's goodbye, dear ♪

♪ Loving you the way I do I take you back ♪

NO EXIT

♪ Without you I'd die dear ♪

♪ Knowing I love you so ♪

♪ Anyone who had a heart ♪

♪ Would take me in his arms and love me, too ♪

♪ You couldn't really have a heart and hurt me ♪

♪ Like you hurt me and be so untrue ♪

♪ What am I to do? ♪

[♪ "Anyone Who Had A Heart" by Dionne Warwick playing]

[music fades]

[background chattering]

[witness grunting]

[audience coughs]

[witness mutters] Thank you.

[judge] Please take a seat.

[Kübler] The witness is unable to do so for medical reasons.

[judge] Very well.

Witness, describe your activities in the camp.

[in Polish] I worked in the Division for Escape, Theft and Investigations

in the main camp of Auschwitz between 1942 and 1944.

[in German] From 1942 to 1944,

I worked in the Division for Escape, Theft and Investigations

in the main camp of Auschwitz.

[in Polish] It was the political division in Block 11.

[in German] That's the Political Department of Block 11.

[judge] What was your job, witness?

[in Polish] I was Wilhelm Boger's personal secretary.

[in German] I was Wilhelm Boger's personal secretary.

[in Polish] I witnessed him interrogating the prisoners.

[in German] I was there when he interrogated inmates.

[in Polish] When they refused to talk, he would come really close and say...

[in German] If they didn't want to testify,

he would get very close to them and tell them…

[in German] "My speaking machine will make you talk, I'm sure of it."

[crowd murmurs]

[witness in Polish] Then he would take them to the room next door.

[Eva in German] He would then take them to an adjacent room.

The model.

Witness, is this model an accurate representation of this...

"speaking machine"?

[in Polish] Yes.

[Eva in German] Yes.

[breathes deeply]

[witness] The prisoners were hung upside down on a bar,

by their knees.

[Eva in German] The witnesses were hung

- upside down from a bar by their knees. - Their wrists tied to their ankles.

[Eva in German] Their wrists were tied to their ankles.

[witness in Polish] Boger and his men beat the prisoners with sticks and whips.

[in German] After that, the prisoners were interrogated by Boger and his accomplices.

They were also beaten with clubs and whips.

[witness in Polish] Some of them were beaten to death that way.

[Eva in German] Some of them died from the beatings.

[crowd murmuring]

[breathing heavily]

Witness, did you see with your own eyes that the defendant beat the prisoners?

[in Polish] Did you see with your own eyes the accused beating the prisoners?

Everyone in the camp knew about it.

[in German] Everyone in the camp knew.

So you didn't see it.

You're recounting rumors.

Prosecutor, you're having bad luck in the selection of your witnesses.

[defense lawyer] They're just after the witness money.

You're too gullible, Mr. Kübler.

I request that my client be released from custody immediately.

[judge] You are well aware of proper procedure, Defense Counsel.

We'll come to a decision after further questioning the witness.

- And I have to ask you once again... - Agreed.

To remain dispassionate.

[typewriter clacking]

[judge] Prosecutor, please proceed with your questions.

Witness, do you remember a young man named Gabriel Müller?

It happened on November 18, 1944.

[in Polish] Do you recall a young man called Gabriel Müller?

It was on November 18, 1944.

Yes.

[Eva in German] Yes.

[witness in Polish] Gabriel Müller was a German Jew.

[Eva in German] Gabriel Müller. He was a German Jew.

[in Polish] I remember him, because he collapsed in my hallway.

[in German] I remember him because he fainted

in the anteroom where I was working.

[in Polish] He collapsed because of hunger.

One of the female guards gave me a piece of cake.

[in German] From hunger. A guard had given me a piece of cake.

[in Polish] I gave it to him.

[in German] I gave it to him.

[witness in Polish] Then Boger took him in for an interrogation.

[Eva in German] Boger then took him inside for questioning.

[witness in Polish] Four hours later, the door opened...

[Eva in German] Four hours later, the door opened again.

[witness in Polish] That young man was hanging off the bar.

[Eva in German] The young man was bent over this bar.

[witness in Polish] He no longer looked like a person.

[Eva in German] He didn't look human anymore.

[witness in Polish] He was naked.

- [Eva in German] His clothes were gone. - [witness in Polish] His buttocks...

genitals, it was all swollen, wounded and bleeding.

[Eva in German] His buttocks and his genitalia, everything was swollen,

and bloody. He had open wounds.

- [in Polish] Like a chunk of meat. - He was nothing more than a lump of flesh.

[in Polish] Then... Then another prisoner came and dragged him outside.

[Eva in German] Then, a different inmate came in and... and he dragged him outside.

[in Polish] I had to clean up the blood.

[Eva in German] I had to mop up the blood.

[chair scrapes]

[Miller] It was his brother.

The one who had to take him away.

His younger brother. Correct?

[audience] That's news to me.

[in Polish] The man who had to take him was his brother?

His younger brother?

[crowd murmurs]

I can't remember.

[in German] I don't remember.

I'll show you this.

This is what you said to the investigating judge at the first hearing two years ago.

Is that what you said or not?

[in Polish] I will show you something. You testified that two years ago.

I can't remember.

[in German] I don't remember.

He even had to take his own brother to the crematorium!

- How can you not remember? - Miller, sit down.

It won't affect the sentence whether or not his brother took him away.

- [judge] It's irrelevant. - I want to testify.

"Irrelevant"? Your Honor, they were brothers! They were brothers!

It does show the defendant's extraordinary cruelty, this insidious...

[Miller] How can you say it's not relevant?

[Kübler] Miller, calm down, please.

[crowd murmuring]

[gavel thumping]

My client... My client wants to testify.

[judge] Proceed.

[chair scrapes]

I wasn't in my office that day.

We were celebrating an aide-de-camp's 40th birthday.

- [audience laughs] - [indistinct murmuring]

[judge] Silence!

[chair scrapes]

[Robert] I can confirm that.

I had invited 20 officers and their wives to a river cruise on the Soła.

And to lunch afterward.

- In the officers' mess. - Mm, right.

[sighs]

Let's not belabor that point.

We call the next witness to the stand.

Rudolf Goldmann.

[judge] Thank you, witness. You are dismissed from the witness stand.

[leaves rustling]

[insect buzzing]

[plane whirring]

[grunts]

[stone thuds in distance]

[grunts]

[stone thuds in distance]

[grunts]

[stone thuds in distance]

[grunts]

[yells]

[grunts loudly]

[witness 1 in Polish] In March, he executed over a dozen of prisoners.

Mostly of Polish nationality.

In the summer of 1943, he and SS Oberscharführer Palitzsch

shot 94 men and eight women

who had been sentenced to death in a sham trial by the court martial

next to the crematorium.

During an interrogation

he tortured the prisoner Janicki,

who was tied up and hanging over the bar

by beating him so severely that he died the following day.

[in German] As SS Oberscharführer,

I was under orders to conduct enhanced interrogations.

I was an investigator in the Political Department of Block 11...

The same afternoon,

Boger took a Polish married couple with their three children to Block 11...

[in Polish] ...in 1943, he mistreated Jewish inmate Heinz Sieben

during an interrogation...

[in German] from a distance of three meters...

[in Polish] ...and four weeks later, he...

[in German] ...shot him with a gun.

[in Polish] ...caused such severe injuries to his testicles and kidneys

that he passed away on September 21, 1943.

[in German] During the National Socialist rule,

the only thing that mattered to me was

to carry out the orders given by my superior without any restriction.

It was my job to ensure that the camp was secure.

[in Polish] He locked up the prisoner Wienhold and two others in the bunker

of Block 11 because they were preparing to escape.

During the subsequent interrogation, he mistreated them so badly

that they died as a result of the injuries they had sustained.

In October, in the prisoner's kitchen,

he pushed the head

of a 60-year-old Polish clergyman under water until he died.

He put inmates in the bunker for days, without any food or water.

During the questioning, he tortured a Polish prisoner to death.

Piotr Lem.

You had to stand because the cells were so small.

Taken to the crematorium and assisted in their gassing...

First, the inmates would scream from hunger.

Trampled to death.

Then there was silence.

I always followed the regulations and I only carried out orders.

It was my responsibility to make sure that the main camp was secure.

[in Polish] They basically had to scrape off the bodies.

Allegedly been there, allegedly heard, allegedly seen.

I doubt the witnesses' credibility.

I repeat my motion.

There's not a single witness among them who has experienced it first-hand!

- [chair thuds] - [audience] Because they're all dead!

You killed them! They're all dead!

[Miller] Do you have one for me?

[Eva] I scrounged it myself.

I don't usually smoke.

[breathes deeply]

What got into you earlier?

You were in Auschwitz as a child, right?

Your family lived next to the camp?

That's right.

But my father committed no crimes. He was only a cook.

Only a cook...

[reporter on radio] ...Block 11...

killed 22-year-old prisoner secretary

Lili Tofler with two gunshots...

[engine turns off]

[breathing heavily]

[Diana's sister mutters]

Diana?

How did it go? Will he be released on bail?

[exhales heavily]

[Mr. Bauer] Miss Bruhns, I have to talk to you.

Miller, I've heard of the scene you made. Get a grip!

[door closes]

We received this telegram from Warsaw this morning,

from the Polish foreign minister.

"Three-day stay and inspection for the delegation officially approved.

Visas to follow."

Congratulations! That... that's good.

Yes...

[Eva] When do you think this is going to happen? I'll be coming along.

I'll need sturdy footwear, right?

[Eva chuckles]

Miss Bruhns, you know that I appreciate the work you do.

Please, take a seat.

Thank you.

But... unfortunately I'm forced to terminate your contract.

Is it because of my father?

[Mr. Bauer] Your father?

No.

It's about your fiancé.

He paid me a visit.

I'm sorry to see you go,

but your future husband is legally entitled to decide on this matter.

- I'm sure you're aware of this. - Yes, I am.

[indistinct chatter]

[breathing heavily]

[secretary] Oh, wait! I'll get on, too!

[elevator door closes]

Come on, Eva!

Don't be upset. At least financially you're in a good position

with that Schoormann guy. You've hit the jackpot, actually.

- [sighs] - Join me for dinner?

But tonight, you have to come to the Bunker.

We'll celebrate your sacking.

Sorry. That was supposed to be a joke.

[cheers and applause]

[♪ "Come On" by The Rolling Stones playing]

Come on! [laughs]

♪ Everything is wrong since me and my baby parted ♪

Yeah!

♪ Laid off from my job and I can't afford to check it ♪

♪ I wish somebody'd come along and run into it and wreck it ♪

♪ Come on, I can't afford to check ♪

♪ I wish somebody'd come along and run into it and wreck it ♪

[giggling]

I'm really envious. I'd love to travel to Poland with you.

I've never been there before, but...

I'm not allowed to come. You're so lucky!

♪ That I belong to you, hon and you belong to me ♪

♪ Come on, I wanna see you, baby ♪

♪ Come on, I don't mean maybe ♪

♪ Come on, I'm tryin' to make you see ♪

♪ That I belong to you and you belong to me ♪

Whoo!

♪ Come on, I gotta see you, baby Come on... ♪

You don't happen to need a typist in Poland by any chance?

[exclaims]

[laughs]

♪ You belong to me, come on ♪

♪ Come on ♪

[gasps]

♪ Some other guy now has taken my love away from me ♪

[grunts]

♪ Oh now ♪

♪ Some other guy now has taken away my sweet desire, oh now ♪

♪ Some other guy now ♪

[Eva] Ha!

♪ I just don't want to hold my hand oh now ♪

♪ I'm the lonely one as lonely as I can feel all right ♪

I think I'll just stay here forever.

[chuckles]

I'm the brother.

I've been through it all.

We were deported from Munich in 1943.

I was in Würzburg.

We arrived five days later.

My parents didn't even go into the camp, they were immediately gassed.

All of my uncles and aunts, my cousins.

They were all gassed. All except my brother and myself.

[♪ "Some Other Guy" by The Big Three playing]

We had to work in the dye factory, from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

And then my brother was taken away for questioning during the roll call.

And later that day, they came for me too.

When I got to Boger's office in Block 11...

There was nothing human about him anymore.

Just blood.

Dead. Completely annihilated.

My brother.

I don't even remember his name.

I don't remember, I've forgotten his name.

[thuds]

[bystander] She's really...

- [Miller] Taxi! - Excuse me?

- Yes? - Do you have a ligh...

- [Eva] Excuse me. Do you have a ligh... - Hey!

Come on, let's go.

[indistinct chatter]

No!

[bystander] Hey, listen...

German House.

[Miller] Berger Straße.

- Well. Good night then. - [Eva grunts]

Listen. A little change of plan. Take me to the slopes of the Taunus.

[indistinct chattering]

[banging on door]

Do you want to break into the house?

[thumps]

[smooches]

[door closes]

[Jürgen] Can I offer you something? Maybe a coffee?

[exhales, sniffles]

I'll have a gin.

[Jürgen] I think you've had enough.

Yes.

You're right. I've had enough.

[sniffles]

Jürgen, I'm going to break up with you.

Is that so?

And for what reason?

You! You're the reason.

How could you go to the office behind my back?

I won't be bossed around by you.

I decide for myself, when and how and where I work.

I decide about myself and my life.

You fell for this American.

[laughs] Classic Jürgen!

This is the only reason you'd understand, right?

[Eva] You're so narrow-minded.

Come on, go home. Sober up. And don't insult me. Come on...

Huh?

Listen, Jürgen, I need a friend. And I realized that you're not my friend.

[Jürgen] Well, I'm your future husband after all.

[Eva] You didn't come to the trial once to listen.

You didn't ask me about it once. You simply ignored it.

You know that I have my reasons.

[Eva] I haven't got the foggiest idea of your reasons!

You don't talk to me, remember?

There are certain things that I don't want to be reminded of.

I don't want to be confronted... with all this violence!

Do you think these people want to be reminded of their pain?

But they attend anyway. Right?

And they come into this room that's always too hot and they stand in the spotlight.

And these pigs are sitting behind them,

wearing their suits and spreading their legs.

And they laugh and they turn away, saying,

"You're lying. That's all wrong. This is slander." Or, worst of all,

I have no knowledge of this.

And the witnesses stand there, and despite everything,

they talk about how they were treated like animals.

Like animals sent to slaughter. Like scum!

You don't have to shout. I'm right here!

Jürgen, they had to suffer pain that no one can imagine.

And neither can I.

[clanging]

And that's why you're calling off the engagement?

I can't quite follow.

[Eva] The witnesses need me. You don't need me.

I do, Eva.

[Eva sniffles]

I... I only wanted to protect you.

I can see how this trial is changing you.

Yes.

Thankfully.

[Jürgen] We have to put the past...

- Wait. - [Eva sighs]

Don't go.

[♪ dramatic music]

Please.

Send your father my kind regards and say hello to Brigitte from me.

[Jürgen exhales deeply]

I don't really understand.

What's so bad?

Your father was a soldier. He had to carry out orders.

That's the way it is in every country.

[Diana] No, Aldo. You didn't hear the stories.

I can't have a baby.

I mustn't. Are you listening?

Diana, hey! Hey, Diana!

[sobbing] It's so disgusting!

- Diana! - I feel so ashamed!

Hey, Diana!

[sobbing continues]

[thumps]

- Hey, Diana! What… Hey! - How could you do that? You pig!

[muttering, sobbing]

[muttering, sobbing]

[leaves rustling]

[twig snaps]

[wind gusting]

[distant birds chirping]

[dishes clattering]

[breathes deeply]

- [loud thud] - [gasps]

[passerby in Polish] What are you looking for?

Hello, my name is Eva Bruhns, I'm from Germany.

With the delegation from Frankfurt?

Yes, we arrived three hours ago...

[passerby] We have been informed. You will get a guided tour tomorrow.

Can I look around a little?

[passerby] There's nothing to see here.

[indistinct shouts outside] Go, go, go!

[young Eva] Two, zero, one, six, seven.

[hairdresser] Very well.

And now the curls?

[young Eva] Yes.

[indistinct shouts outside] Go, go, go!

[distant clanging]

[approaching footsteps]

[Kübler] Miss Bruhns?

The tour continues.

[sniffles]

BLOCK 9

[guide in Polish] Large collection.

[member 1] Good.

- [member 2] Let's see. - [in Polish] He built the SS main camp

in the buildings of the former Polish barracks.

[Eva in German] The SS established the main camp

in the buildings of former Polish barracks.

[guide in Polish] There was up to 18,000 people here.

[Eva in German] Up to 18,000 people were housed here.

The average time of survival between arrival and death was three months.

[in German] The average time of survival from arrival to death was three months.

[rain pattering]

[Kübler] We'll start taking measurements.

Did you bring the measuring tape?

[Miller] Here.

- [member 3] Do you have everything... - [member 4] We'll go and measure.

[member 5] We'll draw a sketch, and...

[judge] We can't wait here forever. Let's start taking measurements.

It would be best to start on the camp's main road.

[Kübler] Can you pull it tight?

- [cameraman] Yes. - [staff] Yes.

Careful.

- [judge] Adjust it. - [cameraman] Help me.

[judge] Mr. Miller?

Start measuring here.

- 12.50. - Right angle.

Ah...

- It hasn't been possible all day... - Oh...

These maps are ridiculous.

[judge] The Women's Infirmary Block is here on the eastern side?

[member] According to the map, it is.

We'll get there in due time.

[rain pattering]

[camera shutter clicks]

[guide in Polish] In March 1941 Himmler visited the main camp...

[Eva in German] In March 1941, Himmler visited the main camp.

And ordered the construction of additional camps.

[Eva] He ordered the construction of additional camps.

[guide in Polish] This building housed the registry office and administration

- for the surrounding camps... - [Eva in German] This building housed

the registry office and the administration of the adjoining camps.

- Such as Monowitz and Birkenau. - Monowitz and Birkenau, for example.

[in Polish] This is the office of Adjutant Mulka.

[in German] This is Aide Mulka's office.

Do you still have any files from the administration at that time?

[in Polish] Do you still have the documentation from that period?

Most of them were destroyed during the liberation.

[in German] Most of them were destroyed during the liberation of the camp.

We're mainly interested in Zyklon B shipments, orders, driving permits...

[Eva] We are interested in deliveries of Zyklon B, orders, entry permissions...

Hm...

Please get me the folders with the administration documents.

[in German] Could you, uh...

take a photo from here, please?

It couldn't be more obvious.

From this position, my client could see neither the gas chambers

nor the crematorium.

Look.

Well...

As you can see, you can't see a thing.

[indistinct chatter]

[judge] Can we continue?

[Miller] Could we please see Block 11?

[water dripping]

[guide in Polish] In the basement of Block 11, there were standing cells...

[in German] In the basement of Detainment Block 11, there were standing cells...

[in Polish] ...that one accessed through small openings on the floor.

[in German] ...that could be accessed via small openings on the floor.

[guide in Polish] The cells were 90 by 90 cm in size.

[Eva in German] The cells measured 90 centimeters by 90 centimeters.

- Four prisoners were kept in each of them. - Four inmates were placed in each cell.

[guide in Polish] They had to stand at all times. Pressed close together.

[Eva in German] The inmates had to stand tightly pressed against each other.

[guide in Polish] Often for many days without water or food.

[Eva in German] Often for days on end. Without any water or food.

[guide in Polish] In complete darkness.

[Eva in German] And it was pitch dark.

[in Polish] People were made to stand here...

The people were lined up here after their naked bodies

had been marked with a number written in large numerals...

after their naked bodies have been marked with large numbers.

It was supposed to make the later identification in the crematorium easier.

To facilitate their identification in the crematorium after their execution.

Over 20,000 men, women and children were murdered here without a reason.

[in German] More than 20,000 men, women and children were shot here for no reason.

Why didn't we think to bring flowers or a wreath?

[sighs]

Gentlemen, I... would like to ask you... for a minute of silence.

[in Polish] I would like to ask for a minute of silence.

[wind gusting]

[judge in German] Thank you.

[clangs]

[Kübler] Miss Bruhns?

[clears throat]

Can you read that?

My name is Andreas Rappaport. I lived for 16 years.

[gulps]

[breathes heavily]

[Kübler] What does it say?

[in Polish] My name is András Rappaport.

I lived for 16 years.

[♪ uneasy music]

HOTEL KŁOS

- Good for women. - Hm… Something's different.

But it's delicious.

I recently read that the Arab League is imposing an import boycott

on the London-based raincoat manufacturer Burberry's

because one of the board members, Lord Mancroft, is Jewish.

In response, Burberry's issued a statement saying

that there was hardly any rain in Arab countries anyway.

[laughs]

They said that they had so far

exported only a ridiculously low number of raincoats there...

which is why they could live with the boycott.

- [laughter] - Good.

- That was a good one, right? - Yes.

Uh... We'll... Okay.

Little Fritz at... um...

- at school in 19... - [defense lawyer] My watch is gone!

[coughs]

My watch is gone!

Hm?

I put it... um... on the edge of the sink in the restroom.

- I left it there. - Mm-hmm.

When I realized 30 minutes later, it was gone.

Did one of the gentlemen or...

or the lady perhaps take the watch?

- No. - No.

Well...

Little Fritz, 19...

Miss Bruhns, could you please ask the innkeeper about my watch.

[member] Uh...

I mean, the Poles are thieving magpies. That's a well-known fact.

[Eva in Polish] Excuse me, he lost his watch. Have you found it, by any chance?

[receptionist mutters]

[Eva mutters]

[in German] He doesn't know anything about a watch.

I see. Well.

- [heavy thud] - And pigs can fly!

- [member 1] Come on. - [member 2] Well...

- [member 1] Yes. - [member 2] Well...

Do you still have your watches? You'd better check.

That was lucky.

- Little Fritz? - Yes...

Little Fritz... Little Fritz, 1944. At school they have to write an essay

on the topic "A night of bombing".

Little Fritz wrote,

"At night, the Americans came and dropped bombs.

We went inside..."

My mother gave me that watch.

- After my First Public Examination. - "...God came to us."

- A simple woman. - Teacher...

She sold off her heirloom jewelry to buy it.

- Little Fritz told himself... - She wanted her son to have a watch

that wouldn't cause him embarrassment in the courtroom.

- [member] Yes. - [laughter]

That's what she said.

[chuckles]

My mother pulled extra shifts at the punching machine for five years just so...

[sobs]

[clears throat]

- A German, a Frenchman and a Russian... - Oh...

- talk about what they're proud of. - Mm-hmm.

The Frenchman says, "Oh, we have baguettes and the Eiffel Tower."

[in Polish] At what stage is the trial now?

Will there be death sentences?

[in German] He wants to know how much progress we have made with the trial

and whether there will be death sentences.

The death penalty has been abolished in Germany.

[in Polish] Germany doesn't have death penalty anymore.

I don't think...

it's the Germans...

who can deliver justice.

This is a show trial.

For your own conscience.

[in German] He says he doesn't believe that the Germans, of all people,

can dispense justice over themselves.

He says that it's only a show trial to ease our conscience.

- Yes... - Mm-hmm.

[clears throat]

Ask him why he thinks he can be the judge of that.

I was an inmate myself.

The suffering...

cannot...

be atoned for.

But we have to put these criminals on trial.

Were you in the camp?

I'm a Jew.

Were you in the camp?

[stranger] Did you lose relatives?

Your mother?

Your father?

No?

Then you have no idea.

[Kübler clears throat]

- [judge] Mr. Miller! - [Kübler] David!

- What the hell are you doing? - Hey, hey, hey!

- Hey, David! David! - It's fine!

Calm down!

- No! - Take it easy.

[panting]

Please check on him.

I'm sorry.

C... Can we buy you a beer?

[♪ suspenseful music]

[door closes]

[Kübler sighs]

[sighs]

[♪ tense music]

[Miller groans]

[Eva] David?

- [groans] - [Eva] What are you doing?

[grunting]

David? Stop it!

[Miller grunts]

[Eva pants]

David? David, can you hear me?

[panting]

[Eva mutters]

[♪ tense music]

[Kübler] Careful!

Here we go.

[Miller coughs]

[grunting]

[Miller groans]

[exhales heavily]

Shouldn't we take him to a hospital?

Never.

No way.

He should go to the hospital.

No, no, no. Thank you.

[footsteps receding]

Why did you do that? You could have...

cracked your skull.

I don't have a brother.

I have two sisters.

They live in Canada.

[Miller] And so do my parents and the rest of my family.

When I read Nadia Lipman's testimony,

I thought, "Hey, that's me!"

[sniffles]

I'm that little brother.

I was never in the camp.

[gulps]

Were you trying to draw attention to yourself?

No.

I can't think of any other motive.

This is pathetic.

[door opens]

[Miller] Hm...

[door closes]

[Miller groans]

Could you stay?

[Miller sighs]

[thuds]

[Eva laughs]

This isn't funny.

[sighs]

[exhales]

[Eva breathes heavily]

[Miller sighs]

[Eva sighs]

Why was my family spared?

I should be grateful, but I've only ever felt guilty.

You were just lucky.

[Miller grunts]

[exhales]

Why was I allowed to live and the others weren't?

[breathes heavily]

[Miller grunts softly]

[moans]

[muffled chattering outside]

[passerby] Hello?

[indistinct chattering outside]

[gasps]

[breathing heavily]

[horn honks]

HOTEL KŁOS

[background chatter]

Good morning.

This is the documentation you asked for. Travel passes, all of it.

- Here you go. - Goodbye.

Goodbye.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

Have a safe trip.

Thank you. Thanks for everything.

Thank you.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

Miss Bruhns?

Where's Miller?

I thought he'd be here already.

His luggage is gone.

[defense lawyer] The Poles must have stolen it.

And him as well.

But they won't derive much pleasure from their loot.

We have to be at Warsaw Airport by 2:00 p.m.

And it will take us at least five hours to get there.

Our visas are expiring.

I'll go and look for him.

[Eva shouting] David!

[panting]

David!

[panting]

[bird squawking]

[panting]

[sniffles]

[breathes heavily]

[wind howling]

Translated by Danjela Brückner