"You have anything to drink?" "." "Are you drinking there?" "." "Doctor." " Cover his head anyway." " Do as he says." "And what is this?" "." "Get back down there." " We knew him." " Get back inside, both of you." "I'd like to stay." "He won't tell you again, prick." "If they notice we're all up here, you'll wish you were him if you don't already." "We don't need the doctor." "Go!" "." "We don't need you." "He's dead." "I said he's dead." " I said he's dead." " He's alive." "If he's alive, I'm treating him." "Did anybody tell you to get him?" "." " I didn't need to be told." " Did anyone say," ""Go for the doctor?"" "There's no point in arguing." "You see?" "." "Done." "What?" "." "Do it." "No!" "." "Please, no!" "." " Please!" "." " Easy now, old friend." "Easy." "Easy." "Easy." "Easy, easy." "Easy." "What he wanted, that's all." "Don't come for me anymore." "Don't knock at my door." "Ask me for nothing." "That's easy." "Make sure they get his number." "( increasing rumbling )" "Kenne." "Take the pack." "We got in plenty." "They're Hungarian." " I like our cigarettes." " It's shit tobacco." "I like ours." "What they need to do is invade Turkey and then you'll taste a cigarette." "Get going." "You trust the Poles?" "." "What do I care?" "." "The Poles" "They don't trust the Poles." "They don't trust anyone in number three." " Me?" "." " I can't say." " I'm Hungarian." " But you're here." "So, because I'm with the Poles?" "." "It's a problem." "Rosenthal's worried." " He's gonna say that" " I know, we don't have time." "They wait for lulls." "If the front" "That's not gonna happen for us." " No one really knows that" " Never." "There's planes almost every day now." "Not for us." "The Russians get 10 kilometers from here, we're the first to go-- right out to the pyres-- soon as they get scared." "Everyone keeps saying that." "Believe it." "You're dead already, either way." "It's just a matter of deciding how." "You have gold?" "." "Of course." "So I say--?" "." ""Tell him it's not happening," is what you say." "Get back and tell them." "Go!" "." "Sonderkommando.." "Move it out!" "." "It's all a way of putting it off." "Do you need to be here?" "." "Every day counts." "They've been on as long as we have." "Longer." "They could go before us." "I don't understand him." " He doesn't decide." " Them." "He goes along." "As far as I'm concerned he's no different." "He'd heard about the old man." " Who?" "." " Abramowicz." " What'd he say?" "." " That he'd heard." " Have you told anyone?" "." " Everyone knows." "The doctor had no business there." "A man takes pills." "Why are you two in here?" "." "We're nearly finished." " Nearly?" "." " Inside." "Yes, nearly." " But not completely." " I suppose not." "So I ask the question again." "Three of our men were shot this morning." "What business is it of yours?" "." "We're gonna need replacements and Hungarians." " That's not your problem." " Of course it is." "You say we're lazy or disrespectful but don't leave us the manpower for the work." "Moll shot Lowenthal, one of our strongest men." " You want things to go fast?" "." " If it's my neck." "We're going to be moving you soon." "Why do you want to do that?" "." "We're thinking of a reprieve." "Our group is happy to remain here." "Happy?" "." "This is where we would like to remain." "Why kill us now?" "." "We're the best kommando you've had." "Did I say kill?" "." "We both know what we're saying." "So I'm a liar?" "." " You're what you are." " It's not my decision." "Of course it's your decision." "And no one is to leave their areas." "You're telling me it's not your decision?" "." "No one is to leave their areas." " The doctor leaves." " The doctor is different." "There been people in the zones." " We haven't been." " We know what we see." "You're to keep with your units-- each to each building." "I know there's bribing." " The bribes are taken." " Nevertheless." "Fine." "But we're going to need replacements." "Get back inside!" "." "'Cause I'll be replacing you." "We missed you this morning." "Missed me?" "." "The data are on your desk." "Good." ""We've arranged for more forms," you should have said." " I'm sorry we had to ask." " Please." " What about the lenses?" "." " They're on the way." "You are an astonishing pathologist." "Thank you." "I know that's not easy for you to hear." "It isn't." "But something in you knows that our situation is, to say the least, unique." "And as a scientist, you are as true a one as I've known." "You understand that, when every cell in your body tells you to do otherwise." "They do." "This isn't our war." "Not mine." "Nor mine, I can assure you." "But to allow this all to go to waste..." "I understand your position." "Clearly, you do more than that." "As you wish." "Meaning?" "." "There is no meaning." "We're going to be increasing the volume of our research." "I shall need more staff." "Then you shall have more staff." "Yes?" "." " Pardon?" "." " You want to say--?" "." " It's" " Yes?" "." "We had discussed last time" "Of course." "This gets you anywhere in the camp." "( woman makes announcement in German on PA )" " You wait till now?" "." " Me?" "." "This is too wrapped up." "I have to" "I got it that way." " From whom?" "." " I never saw her face." "Where's Tsipora?" "." "Where is she?" "." "Woman #2:" "And?" "." "Woman #1 :" "And that's all I know." "I'd never seen her before." " But they have her." " I said that's all I know." "There's no way they don't have her." "I know Tsipora." "They won't get a thing out of her." "It doesn't matter." "The point is keep going." "They'll find us like they found her." "Until then, get in as much as we can." "It's hard to guarantee how much we'll get anymore." "This is a chain." "You find another link." "I just said we did." "We found a stupid link." "So what's the trouble?" "." "You don't walk out of there every day." " I do plenty more than that." " This isn't a contest." "Then don't make it one." "We each do our jobs." "I'm prepared for anything, Dina." " And so am I." " You should be." " So, is there a problem?" "." " If they find us, what do they do with the rest of our group?" "." "You're risking your own life." "Why should we risk theirs?" "." "You both act like we put everyone in here." "I don't make you do anything." " Be like them, both of you." " That isn't what she's saying." "Of course the whole barracks will be punished." "They'll be punished before they're killed." "Just like us." "What's the fucking difference when you're dead anyway?" "." "We made the choice." "They haven't." "I'm not listening to this anymore." "Make sure these get into the morning cart." " How many bodies are there?" "." " Eight." "Good." "You see, that's good." "The more bodies, the better." "Get it?" "." "I'll just take these two." "Idiots." "Is she right?" "." "Of course she's right." "What have you been thinking for the past two months?" "." "I just wish I could slap the shit out of her is all." "( women screaming )" "( Dina crying )" "Soldier:" "lst ein Problem?" "." "Ist ein Problem?" "." "Ist ein Problem?" "." "Keine Problem." "Keine Problem." "I feel sorry for the world if we don't win the war." "What do you think of that?" "." " It's your position." " Men are tribal." "We'll end that." "There'll be one tribe." "No war." "There've been wars within your tribe." " Yes?" "." " Roehm?" "." ""The Night of the Long Knives. "" "You know a good deal about Germany." "That of course was a putsch." "What's the difference?" "." " A putsch is not a war." " It's a kind of war." "It's a putsch." "If it meant war, the word would be unnecessary." "Why have two words for the same thing?" "." "I'm German, you're Hungarian." "I should think I'd be the authority in this room" " on the German language" " Of course." "in spite of your obvious intelligence." "Of course." "There's a rumor around the number three crematorium there'll be a rebellion." "The number three?" "." "That would involve the first." "It would involve all four, originating with the Poles in number three." " What would I know?" "." " They think we'll kill them." "Don't you always?" "." "This is the best kommando we've had." "All right." " You let them know that." " They don't trust me." "You're their doctor." "I'm their doctor, but they know what I do." " What do they do?" "." " They work under gunpoint." "I won't tell them what I don't believe." " That we'll let them live?" "." " That you'll let anyone live." "What happens to you has little to do with me." "You're treated well." "Better than anyone." " You should let us know." " They're not going" "If you hear anything." "That's all." "Did you ever consider, Herr Oberschaarfuhrer, that these headaches might be related to the increase in" "Yes?" "." "to the increase, lately, in the level of cargo?" "." "Go on." "What I see in the courtyard, if I just crack the window for some air-- anyone would have difficulty." "You shouldn't be looking out of windows." " I'm only suggesting" " It's not your job to suggest, but to diagnose." "All right." "If I get upset, if my head aches, my heart's fast, it's because I drink too much." "Then don't drink so much." "That's right." "I won't drink so much." "But that too should stay between you and me." " I would never" " That's right, you would never." "Because you're just as disposable as I am." " Herr Oberschaarfuhrer" " I don't care!" "." "Shut up!" "." "I don't care." "We're each of us a part of it." "Once any of you decide to live this way... and you especially." "Yes, Herr Oberschaarfuhrer." "Once you make that choice!" "." "About half are in." "Yes?" "." "( loud rumbling )" "( speaking German)" "Max, you'll botch this." "We don't have any choice." "This started with them." "So a bunch of Poles from number three get to decide." "They get to stall it until it's right for them," " and it's our people." " Who is our people?" "." " On the fucking trains." " Because they're Hungarian?" "." " Yes." " That's because Hungary's the only country with any Jews left." "But that's your reason?" "." "If we were burning Polish Jews, you wouldn't care?" "." "If we were burning Polish Jews, we wouldn't be waiting." "What's another week to these guys?" "." "Another 10,000 Hungarians?" "." "They don't care about us." "They never have." "We're all after the same thing." "It doesn't seem like it." "Here he is." "Sorry." "It was hell getting over." "How is it over there?" "." "They're locking us all in." "Who said?" "." "Lopkowitz." "They're getting ready to liquidate another section." " Which one?" "." " I'd guess one of the Czechs." "It's better for them." "They're all starving." "Give me some vodka." "What's this?" "." "Hungarian wine." "We got it in today." "Any gold?" "." "They haven't come back yet." "Look here." " Check out the diamonds." " Lovely." " I'd get it smelted, but" " But what?" "." "Smelt it." "Fine." "Looks like we got some good food in-- smoked oysters, some meats, a few cakes." "We should do all right tonight." "We hear you got more machine guns." " Who told you?" "." " Hoffman found out." " Were you gonna tell us?" "." " Of course." "Doesn't seem like it." "He just said explosives." " Max." " No." "Why do you think I came?" "." "Because Hoffman told you to come." "Because I sent Hoffman." "No." "I told Hoffman." "They were left inside the fence by the partisans." " And 20 grenades." " Who has them now?" "." " We do." " Good." "So we don't give any more of ours, you guys are better off now." "We never needed from you." "When did we ever need from you?" "." "I'm simply saying." "What's this business about waiting?" "." " We have to re-coordinate." " Why?" "." "I don't like the way you talk with me." " You don't like the way I talk?" "." " I don't like the way he talks." "What, it's difficult to understand?" "." "Max" "Why are we re-coordinating?" "." "Again." " We had more guns." " We had guns." "You think the partisans don't wonder why we've done nothing and the women aren't wondering with the powder they've got?" "." " The machine guns." " So?" "." "What?" "." "Escape." "Wait-- who, us?" "." "You think-- you think we'll escape, even get past two kilometers from here?" "." " With guns." " So we kill more of them, destroy three of the crematoria." " And get out." " Is that what you're after?" "." " If I get the chance, fuck yes." " You tell them, if this is about escape, we're out." "How can you speak for all of us?" "." "You're gonna speak for yourself?" "." " Are you serious?" "." " What, you're gonna go back" " to your normal life?" "." " That doesn't make any sense." " You live to tell." " You're not going to live." "You won't make it to the Vistula." " Others have made it." " Others from the camp, not from the kommandos." "They'll give up on someone from Buna, or the camp, but not anyone who's been inside the crematorium." "What we could tell-- they'll turn Poland upside down." "If we want to accomplish anything, it has to be one thing." "One end." "And that's the machinery." "You've got to tell them this." "And there's no time left." "Do they know that?" "." "Kommando eight lasted three months and a week." "Not with this kind of cargo." "Even Moll admits" "Moll?" "." "Moll's not going to tell you." "And with them locking us in, they never" " It was to some noncoms." " They never-- noncoms." "Do you hear this?" "." "You don't even speak German." "What the fuck does that matter?" "." "I speak enough." " And I speak Yiddish" " You speak Yiddish?" "." "Well, that's supposed to-- you speak fucking Yiddish?" "." " From the Poles." " You heard from the Poles!" "." "Shut up!" "." " All he's saying is" " Muhsfeldt told me they are getting ready to move us, all right?" "." "No group has lasted more than four months." " All he's saying is" " I know what he's saying." "We could be massacred waiting-- like every other group, thinking we're different." "Which'll be worse even than trying to escape." "We can-- tell them we can work this out." "But it has to be the crematorium." "Then they can do whatever they want." "All of you, you can run to high heaven." "After we've done the buildings." "I'd like a bottle of that wine." " Give us the necklace." " Oh, c'mon." "It's good wine, you fucking Yid." "You won't get that smelted and it will be of no use." "We can get something for it." " Two bottles." " Fuck you." "Hoffman, give him two bottles." "Be careful." "They're liars." " What are they gonna lie about?" "." " You heard him." "He wanted to keep the necklace." " So he wanted to" " He thinks he's going to live." "We're a fucking diversion." "These are Jews." "You keep saying that, Simon." "You trust Jews anymore?" "." "No one would make it." "Suppose even you do, do you want to look anyone in the face, if any of your family's even alive?" "." "What you've done for a little more life... for vodka and bed linens." "( machinery clunks )" "( soldiers speaking German, dogs barking )" "( soldiers speaking German )" "( soldiers yell orders in German )" "( women screaming )" "Anja, listen to me." "Listen." "You're gonna die anyway." "We're dead." "They'll find the powder." "Don't say anything." "No matter what they do." "Don't say anything." "I love you." "This process of cleaning and disinfecting's of vital importance to your health." "One louse can kill you." "Cleanliness brings freedom." "You're all fine." "The quicker you get undressed, the quicker you'll be cleaned, settled and reunited with your families." "Man:" "Filthy liar." "Remember the number of the hook you hang your clothes on." "He's a liar." "I can't believe it's Jews doing this." "Let go of me." "He's lying, everyone." "He's a liar." "Stop it." "You should listen to your wife." "Think what you want to think, but don't cause trouble." " I'm causing trouble?" "." " Please." "Morris." "Look me in the eye and tell me I'm not gonna be killed." "Hang your clothes on the numbered hooks and keep them separate from your neighbors'." "I'll die, but I'll have lived longer than you ever will." " You're dead already." " I'm telling you to be quiet." "You think you're gonna change something?" "." "That's right, what does it matter?" "." "At least I'll die with my dignity." " Morris." " Stop it!" "." "You hear me?" "." "At least I'll die with my dignity." "How'd you get through here with that?" "." " What?" "." " The watch is what." "They'd have killed your whole car." "What does it matter?" "." "See what you've done for yourself now?" "." "Give me the watch." " Why?" "." " Give it to me." "You're bathing." "Why do you need the watch in there?" "." "Get it from me after, or the Nazis will." " Do as he says." " We always do as they say." "I'm not giving you anything." "You're attracting more attention." "Tell me I'm gonna live, you fucking Nazi." " Tell me I'm gonna live." " Morris, give him the watch." "He's a liar, everyone!" "." "These Jews are all Nazi liars!" "." "And now he wants to steal my watch!" "." " Give me the watch!" "." " No." "All I want is the fucking watch!" "." "Woman:" "No!" "." "Give him the watch!" "." "No!" "." "No!" "." "No!" "." "No!" "." "No!" "." "No!" "." "Morris, give him the-- no!" "." "No!" "." "No!" "." "Why?" ".!" "." "No!" "." "( wife screams )" "All right, let's keep it moving." "Remember what hooks you hang your clothes on." "They are numbered." "You'll return to them once you've showered." "Keep your shoes tied so you don't lose them." "The sooner you shower, the sooner you'll be fed and reunited with your families." "Sonderkommando:" "Keep moving, move it!" "." " Move it, move it!" "." " Keep moving." "Hold my hand." "David?" "." "Stay." " David?" "." " Sonderkommando:" "Move, move it!" "." "David?" "." "( increasing screaming )" "( banging on door )" "Do you want a drink?" "." "Doctor:" "No, thank you." " You have work?" "." " Yes." "Always so young." "Adult siblings move away from one another." " How's it going?" "." " All right." "He'll make twins?" "." "With German women?" "." "That's the goal." "What's this?" "." "A gallstone." "What are you keeping it for?" "." "He takes an interest in such things." " He collects them?" "." " I suppose." " In jars?" "." "That's how I'm giving it to him." "What he does with it after that is his business." "Have you heard anything?" "." "Heard anything?" "." " I mentioned last time." " I told you" " Yes?" "." " They don't speak to me." "You found your wife and daughter." "Who told you?" "." "Does it matter?" "." "I don't suppose." "You've been several times." "Brought blankets, medicine." "Yes." "In "C" camp, is it?" "." " He gave you a pass." " Yes." "What did you think of it over there?" "." "Think?" "." "Did you tell them what goes on here?" "." "Of course not." " Do they have any idea?" "." " How couldn't they?" "." "Everyone talks." " You denied it." " I did." "It's best." "They're going to be liquidating "C" camp." "Who said?" "." "Cuts in administration." "Dr. Thilo." "There's not enough food." " In the next two weeks." " We dispose of food." "The order is the order." "The entire section." " Two weeks?" "." " That's what I said." " I'll speak with" " What does he have to do with who stays and who goes?" "." " What does he have to do?" "." " Because he gave you a pass?" "." "I can assure you it won't be allowed." "It would be easy to save them." "If there is an uprising in this camp, there will be a massacre that will far outweigh anything done to us." "These men will suffer." "That's a strange remark." " We let them live." " For a time." " Even if l-- they don't" " Someone will speak." "I want to know you'll help me." "If I'm spoken to." "Whatever you hear." "Yes." "Good." "As for your wife and daughter, we must go to KZ Administration and get them transferred." "How?" "." "Find out which are the safe convoys out." "They're sending some west to the munitions factories." "Have them volunteer." "They will be chosen." "It's safe?" "." "I'm telling you I will make it safe." "That's what I'll do for you." "They must keep it a secret, though." " If everyone volunteers" " I know." "They save themselves, that's all." "Just like you." "You and your gallstone." "Your gallstone of a Jew." "How did you get the powder from the plant?" "." "How did you get the powder from the plant?" "." "It doesn't matter how they got the fucking powder." "We need to know where it's headed." "I'm asking her that." "You think I don't have ears?" "." "You're asking her where it came from." "It came from the plant." "The plant wants to know." "Of course the plant wants to know." "They should have wondered that before it happened." "You'll kill this one too before she tells us who has it now." "Where was the powder headed?" "." "Where was the powder headed?" "." "This is what you want?" "." "You're gonna kill me anyway." "You won't be so lucky." "We will do worse to your entire block, after we're done with you." "Why don't you just gas them?" "." "Revive her." "( loud rumbling )" "You take him." "I got the girl." " You two got a date?" "." " I said take the fucking body." "Why are you up here?" "." " There's a girl, she" " I said, what are you doing up here?" "." "There's a young girl on that cart who survived the gas." "She's still breathing." "She'll be burned alive." " We're taking this one." " What so you mean, taking?" "." " Taking the body." " Let me get the hair." "I said we're taking her, hair and all." "If she leaves with hair, I need to know why." " She's a twin." " What's the trouble?" "." "I need this body for the doctor." " So let him get the hair." " What is it with you?" "." "We're taking her now, with the hair." "If she's a twin, where's the other one?" "." "The other one was caught before she got on the lift." "And why was she killed?" "." "I thought they were taken alive?" "." "Are you saying I'm lying?" "." "I've kept this unit alive nine months." "What do I care?" "." "So you're alive." "We're all alive." "We're all shitting gold." "Make your point." " I don't want trouble." " If you want trouble, send me to the doctor with her head shaved." "Take her." "What do I care?" "." " Help them." " No, we've got her." "I said we fucking have her." " This will foul everything." " It's blood on our hands." "It's a goddamn distraction." "And what do we do with her?" "." " We figure that out." " We'll have to hide her." "And not just from them, but from some of us too." "We do not have time to be dealing with this." "( gunshot, soldier yelling )" "( gunfire )" "She was inside." "It'll be-- and she'll never make it." "What are you thinking?" "." "I'm not gonna kill her, all right?" "." "Think if they found her in the barracks, which they will, because you'll never keep her without-  it'll be worse." " How can that be worse?" "." "Worse for her-- forgetting what they'll do to us." "She's not even conscious." "You end it now, she goes the way she would have gone." "Meet us at the storeroom." " I can stop you, Max." " Stop me, then." "Do it." "You know we're not killing her." "( knock on door )" " Where's Schlermer?" "." " Down the corridor." "Does he have her?" "." "He won't bring her in until he talks with the doctor." " Why?" "." "Get him." " Who's gonna watch?" "." "I don't care." "What's to watch?" "." "There's no one in the hall." " He won't let anyone near her." " Get her in here." "Go." "I know what you think." "It's not the same." " He's scared." " We'll put her on this table." " If anyone were to find out" " I know." "We're not murderers." "No one would" "I know that." "We're sorry." "I hadn't been here long enough." " I'm talking about" " I know." "It doesn't mean I'd act differently." "I've aborted suicides before and would again." " I understand." " Anywhere." "You should never had called me in." " I didn't." " I was summoned." "Not by me." "After midnight-- like this, to watch what amounted to a murder." "Something I hardly need to be woken for, in this place." "I'm sorry." " It's not how we" " Then don't call for me." "I'm sorry." " And you exclude me." " Exclude you?" "." "I don't know why you do that." "He told you?" "." " Yes." " That there's no point." "I can't know until you bring her in." "If there's no hope, if she's dead already" "I'm at risk here too." "I don't give a shit about you." "Bring her in." "Hoffman." "Get some blankets, some tea, some warm broth." " Here." " Well, put it over her." "Not there." "How many of those will you give her?" "." "She's had 20 minutes of gas." "( girl coughs )" "( girl coughs louder )" "( knocking on door )" "Put it there." "Sh-hh." "It's all right." "It's all right." "Shh, shh, shh." "You're all right." "Some tea." "Shh, shh, shh..." "Stop that!" "." "Let me do it." "Spoon." "This is just some tea." "Tea." "Good." "Good." " What was this convoy?" "." " Hungarian." " Who found her?" "." " He did." "Where?" "." "On the bottom." "The young are always on the bottom." "How was she lying?" "." "Lying?" "." "It's a simple question." "On her side, what?" "." "On her belly, I think." "Can you hear me?" "." "Hello?" "." "You must speak with me." "Hm-mm?" "." "Hello." "What's your name?" "." "Hm-mm?" "." "Hello." "Hello." "This is gonna take time." "It'll take time." "Interrogator:" "So simple, what we want to hear you tell us." "So simple." " And whom does it harm?" "." " ( woman screams )" "It harms only you if you refuse to tell us what we're gonna know anyway, which is where the powder was going." "( woman screams )" "Where was the powder going?" "." "Is this what you want happening to the people who have the powder or the rest of your block until we find them?" "." " Where is it" " Dina:" "Don't tell them." " --that the powder was going?" "." " Don't tell them." "Don't tell them." "Don't tell them." "You're not supposed to be in the zones." "I'm aware of that." "There were two girls caught with explosives in the Polish section." "You think we're suddenly chummy with the rest of the camp?" "." "You have another piece for the way back?" "." "I'll get it there." "You're not supposed to be in the zones." "You said that." "Give me the other piece." "And have two for the way back." "Or you won't be slapped, you'll be shot." "No one's gonna harm you here." "We're Jews." " Are you Hungarian?" "." " Yes, she's Hungarian." "The point is simple questions." "Give us some more soup." "We're gonna be found here." "He's right." "We're not moving her." "It's been over two hours since we started the lifts." " Someone will come right past." " And how do we cart her down the hall without her getting through the unit?" "." " The unit doesn't know?" "." " What would that do?" "." "At least get her off the corridor." " Fine." "The changing room." " The changing room?" "." "I said." "Go see if it's clear." "We're gonna move you into another room where you'll be more comfortable." "She's alive, you know." "Where can you keep her?" "." "We can't." " This is a problem." " Yeah, it's a problem." "Because we revived her." "You understand that." " This wasn't my idea." " But she's been revived." "We have a responsibility." "Otherwise..." "Otherwise?" "." " Why did we revive her?" "." " If you tell Muhsfeldt." "No." " If you speak with him." " Me?" "." "The two of you" "What?" "." "Are friends?" "." "None of us is gonna talk with Muhsfeldt." "He will not allow this girl to live." "He doesn't save people." "Your family?" "." " Who told you?" "." " We heard." "You got the run of "C" camp and found your wife and kid." "You wouldn't do the same?" "." " And got them out." " You wouldn't do the same?" "." " I wouldn't have the chance." " That's not what I asked." "I didn't have the chance." "If we tell Muhsfeldt, she's finished." "You hide her." "One of the doctors." "Impossible." "They walk in at all hours." " It has to be" " No." "I said no." "For a few days." "What few days?" "." "We're almost 16 weeks." "Plus with men who've been-- who've hardly seen a-- and she's what, 1 5?" "." "Put her in your bed." "She's not staying with us, all right?" "." "I want her out." "Forgetting for a minute she's a girl, what do you gain by putting her with us when we're about to be-  we hide her until what?" "." " A suitable time." "There isn't gonna be a suitable time." "A day or two." " We don't have a day or two." " Nonsense." "What?" "." "There's going to be an uprising." "When?" "." " All right, who?" "." " Numbers one and three." "How?" "." " Out of number three." " An escape?" "." "We're going to destroy the crematorium." "You'll all be killed." "The things that come out of your mouth." "We're to be killed within the week." "How do you know?" "." "Like I said, we're almost four months." "We're dead." "Our time's up." "Were you gonna ask for our help?" "." " Ask for your help?" "." " The doctors'." "Were you gonna ask for our help, even tell us?" "." "I never asked to be doing what I do." "You volunteered." "They wanted doctors for a hospital." "You knew the sort of work you'd be doing, and you continue to do it." "I don't kill." "And we do?" "." "I didn't say that." "You give killing purpose." "We're all just trying to make it to the next day." "That's all any of us is doing." "You have no idea, do you?" "." "I don't know what you're talking about." "I do not wish to be alive when all of this is over." "I don't believe that." "I know you don't." "I can help you." "You wanna help?" "." "Get rid of this fucking girl." "( footsteps approach )" "( lock opens )" " Where have you been?" "." " What do we got?" "." "Plenty, but very little gold." " You're gonna have to divvy up." " They've got three women." " Where?" "." " Block 1 1." "Someone says we're hiding a girl still alive?" "." "You keep everyone away from this area." " Is it true?" "." " We'll be up." "I know, we heard." "We got problems of our own." " Come on." " What's he doing?" "." " I told him." " You told him?" "." "I just told him." "Come on." " Why are you here?" "." " What's this about?" "." "She survived the gas." "What're you gonna do with her?" "." " What're you gonna do with her?" "." " Why is he here?" "." "They caught three of the women from the Unio-- found powder." "Here?" "." "In the camp." "Two are still alive." "How do you know?" "." "They didn't come with the powder and we found out." " As far as we know, they" " As far as you know." "You think they've been stealing powder and the Germans won't find out where it was going?" "." "I didn't say that." "You think they aren't being tortured right now?" "." "Of course they are." "And how long did you expect this to go on, with us doing nothing" " before they were caught?" "." " We couldn't have" "We couldn't have what?" "." "We couldn't've mustered together at any goddamn time once we decided it was time, on any day" " No, we couldn't" " Oh, God damn, no we couldn't have." "That's a lie, Hesh." " It was" " It was who?" "." "The Poles?" "." " No, it was the whole group." " So all of you." "Fine." "So we waited for this, to be killed without the chance." "There are two women being tortured right now." "Why are they being tortured?" "." "Why are we still burning day after day?" "." "Because we waited." "Because suddenly this became about escape." "And let's get it straight, Hesh, you were gonna deal us out." "We were just a fucking diversion." "How many times does this have to be gone over?" "." "Every gun, every explosive you guys have got, you've kept and we find out about it later." "Not shit from you guys." "Only plans and delays." "Your plans." "We changed our plans." "Changed your plans is what you told us, but only after we decided we'd be out." "Had to make a deal, re-coordinate." "But were you gonna stay, wait until two crematoria were done?" "." "Well, let us do that and run, like you always wanted to, while we stayed and fought." "I don't know." "I know what I was going to do." "But when were through with the machinery, I can't run?" "." "I have to stay here and be shot or burned alive because that's what you want to do?" "." "Because you can't live with it, I can't?" "." "Fuck you, Max." "It's my fucking life." "I hope I live till I'm 90." " We're ready to go today." " What?" "." " Today?" "." " Between the shifts." "Why else am I here?" "." "To argue with this idiot?" "." " Who starts the fire?" "." " Us." "It has to be." "You see how easy it is once the decision is made?" "." " We have to tell the unit." " An hour." "Everyone knows what to do." "It's a matter of when," "like it's been for two weeks." " What about the girl?" "." " Her?" "." "What about her?" "." "What do we do with her is what about her." " What do we do with her?" "." " It's got to be now." "We get her to the fence." " Out?" "." " The fence into the camp." " You'll never." " In a group we could." " A group is worse." " It doesn't have to be." "We're locked in." "Don't do this." " An excuse could be found." " The doctor's right." "We shave her head, dress her-- she looks like a boy." "We go together." "What happens on the other side of the fence?" "." " She gets taken in." " Which camp?" "." " Does it matter?" "." " Yes, it matters." "What do they do with her?" "." "This is the Germans we're talking about." "They stand corpses in the snow to get the proper count." "They're going to suspect someone of breaking in?" "." " Breaking in from here." " She's not even numbered." "Don't fuck this up for one life." "You'll be shot on the spot and so will she." "Then there's an alert and today's impossible." " He's right, Max." " lt'll drag it down." "No single person is worth that." "Look at her." "Does she even have a mind left?" "." "Can she speak?" "." "We don't know." "Can you speak?" "." "Hey!" "." "The gas got to her." "Why are you even considering?" "." " We don't kill people." " We don't?" "." "We put them in the rooms, walk them in and strip them" "look them in the face and say it's safe." " Rosenthal:" "It's not" " It's not what?" "." " It's not pulling the trigger." " It's locking them in." "You leave the room." "You bring them in-- say it's safe." "You'll see them when it's over." "Who put her inside?" "." "Now you think she made it through," "God knows how-- you're gonna be a hero?" "." " Not a hero." " Not a hero, not a killer." "What are you?" "." "It's better we do it than them." " I'll make it easy for you." " No!" "." "...solve this another way." " I'll fucking kill you." " You won't do shit." " We are not going to kill her." "We're not gonna do that." "I'm not saying we shouldn't have, but we're not gonna do it now." "( door closes in the distance )" "Move her back." "On the bench here." " What about me?" "." " What about you?" "." "If he sees me-- we're fucked if he sees me." "There's hundreds of-- he's not gonna know you." "Just keep still." "He wanders around half drunk." "It's a fucking check." "Why is this door shut?" "." "We were organizing the morning muster." " Organizing?" "." " With Lowenthal gone." "We settled that." "Yes, Herr Oberschaarfuhrer, but now with one short" "Fine." "Who's going to replace him?" "." "He is." "He's not capable." " You!" "." " Yes, Herr Oberschaarfuhrer." "And who replaces him is your business." "That's just the thing." "What happens with" "The duties in the room stay the same." "Yes, sir." "It's miserable outside." "I've grown to hate Poland." "How are you, Doctor?" "." "I'm well." "Do you want to come over for a drink?" "." "I have some Hungarian wine." "Some brandy." "Later." " If you've got a chill from" " I said no." "There's a convoy arriving and your group haven't finished with the cargo" " from this morning." " We just have to" "You have to clear the elevators." "Yes, sir." "And it's filthy down there." "( distant plane flying )" "Yes?" "." "What?" "." "Why are you here?" "." "Here?" "." "This isn't your unit." "This isn't your building." "To help." " How did you get over?" "." " I was moved." " By whom?" "." " Almaier." "That's not true, is it?" "." "Of course it's true." "That's how it will go for all of us." "First you, then us." "The last thing to do is smile." "Your bombers only speed it all up." "We'll dispose of as many of you as we can before they do it to us." "Why was he here?" "." " He was moved." " He was not moved!" "." "You were to stay with your groups." "Why were the women from the Unio hoarding powder?" "." "Why were the women from the Unio hoarding powder?" "." " We'll let you live." " You're not gonna let us live." "If something's attempted, that's certain." "If you think we have powder, tear apart the crematorium." "Move away from the bench." "Where did she come from?" "." "Doctor?" "." " Everybody out." " You give orders now?" "." "It won't help anyone if there's a row." "How will the work get finished?" "." "Everyone out." " I'll take care of this." " What do you mean," " take care of this?" "." " I want what you want." "Don't speak Hungarian!" "." "What are you saying?" "." "To leave, quietly." "Leave." " Let's go." " Save her." " You've gotta fucking save her." " Shut him up." "Take this with you." "And burn it with the others." "I've seen them strike the ones that are slow getting in." "They steal, lie to each other." "I never fully despised the Jews until I experienced how easily they could be persuaded to do the work here." "To do it so well." "And to their own people." "They'll be dead by week's end-- every soul-- and we'll replace them with others no different." "Do you know how easy that'll be?" "." " Who are you?" "." " She doesn't speak German." "I don't even think she speaks." " You don't understand me?" "." " She's from a convoy." "I didn't imagine she's from Osweicum." " This morning's convoy?" "." " Of course." "So you're Hungarian." "They took her out from the undressing room?" "." "Why her?" "." " She's related to someone?" "." " She survived." "Survived what?" "." "The gas." "All I can think is that, with the wet floor" "It kills everyone." "If, at the bottom against the concrete, there was a pocket of wet air-- should we speak in private?" "." "If she doesn't speak German, what's the problem?" "." "I find it difficult to stand here and discuss while" "What's to discuss?" "." "I have the information you requested." "The information?" "." "At the time you saved my wife and child." "Tell me here." "I don't want to tell you here." "You!" "." "Stay here with her." "If you take her out from here, both of you will be killed!" "." "Stay here!" "." "I used to think so much of myself, what I'd make of my life." "We can't know what we're capable of, any of us." "How can you know what you'd do to stay alive until you're really asked?" "." "I know this now." "For most of us, the answer is anything." "It's so easy to forget who we were before-- who we'll never be again." "There was this old man." "He pushed the carts." "And on our first day, when we had to burn our own convoy, his wife was brought up on the elevator." "Then his daughter." "And then both his grandchildren." "I knew him." "We were neighbors." "And in 20 minutes, his whole family and all its future was gone from this earth." "Two weeks later, he took pills and was revived." "We smothered him with his own pillow." "And now I know why... you can kill yourself." "That's the only choice." "I want them to save you." "I want them to save you more than I want anything." "I pray to God we save you." "You can hear me, can't you?" "." "I thought so." "Yes, I thought so." "I don't understand, Doctor." "I don't know how I can make it clearer." "Dr. Mengele says that you're the best surgeon he's seen, ever." "A Jew, even, and he admits it, which is astonishing." "He says you do the work of five men, that without you, his research would be impossible." "Where is this leading?" "." "Your expertise has quintupled the torture" " I haven't" " Has quintupled the torture of children in this camp, and that is fact!" "." "So that you can live here as you do, which is better than any other Jew." "And better than all but a handful of Germans, including me." "I haven't seen you once protest-- and as the workload has increased." "And you saved your family." "We do what we do." "You make up for that with the life of one girl?" "." "I don't pretend." "Good." "Don't." "And who is to die in her place?" "." "No one lives here without someone else dying." " I don't believe that." " It's a fact of the camp-- numbers." "There's only so much food, so much room." "This is one child." "Which you could say about anyone-- your wife and daughter." "You save one, you take the life of another." "Put her in a bed, give her food someone else doesn't get-- dies or is removed." "To save her is a meaningless lie." "It's your lie, Herr Oberschaarfuhrer." "We want the girl to live." "If you tell me this information, I will spare the girl." "There's going to be an uprising." " When?" "." " I don't know." "They don't want me to be a part of it." "And they have powder?" "." "The women got them powder?" "." " I said I don't know." " Why did they tell you?" "." "Because of the girl." "Because they wouldn't hide her." " Who told you?" "." " The one you killed." " How did you speak with him?" "." " He was here, wasn't he?" "." "That's why you shot him." "No one else here speaks with me." "But they have powder?" "." "From the women?" "." "I don't know." " Weapons?" "." " I don't" "But powder from the women." "That's where the powder went." "I've heard nothing else." "This information is useless to me." "It's all I was told." "It's not worth the life of the girl." "You agreed." "Wrong, Doctor." "I agreed to save your wife and daughter, which I have done." "Herr Oberschaarfuhrer" "There's nothing more to discuss." "What about your headaches and your drinking?" "." "Excuse me?" "." "I'll tell him you're unfit." "And they won't move you somewhere else." "I want to see her... not a hair on her head, and on the other side." "Through the fence, if you'd like, but numbered, shaved and alive." "And to live isn't to kill, Herr Oberschaarfuhrer." "Because we are not doing the killing." "No." "Please, no!" "." "Interrogator:" "Because she knew." "Because all of you know." "And these two know." "I could say I don't want to be doing this but that wouldn't be true." "It's less bodies for us to worry about... keep track of... feed." "So, do us a favor and remain silent." "But you don't seem to be enjoying it-- murdering your friends to protect... who?" "." "Polish partisans who hate you, sold Jews and stole from Jews early in the war?" "." "( gunshot )" "One by one we can so this until we're done with your whole group, and then we'll move to the next block." "Or one of you-- any of you-- tell us where the powder is, where it was headed." "They don't know!" "." "None of them know!" "." "Tell them, please." "Tell" "They don't know!" "." "Don't you think they would say?" "." "You know and you're silent." " Stop the killing." " ( gunshot )" "You know." "You know because you had to have been approached." "And you are getting it for somewhere." " Stop the killing." " ( women scream and beg )" "Please." "Please." "Oh, no!" "." "No!" "." "No!" "." "No!" "." "Don't shoot her!" "." "Don't shoot." "Get a proper count." "It's all sentimental." "Do you understand-- sentimental?" "." "Because they look you in the eye twice, once before and once after, and suddenly they believe in heroics." "You wait here." "Hold her in here until I get back." "Don't leave her." " They're saving her." " The doctor will make certain." "You saw, or they told you?" "." " The doctor told me." " We did this." "Listen to me, listen." "What'll happen to her, will happen no matter what." "You're right, we did it." "We saved her." "The best thing you can do for her now is to finish the day quietly, do as you're told and wait for later." "That's it." "That's it for you." "It's the goddamn end." "Hoffman, you have to get over to the third," " tell them about Abramowics." " How am I to get through?" "." " We'll load you up." " Here." "Exactly what happened." "He was found here and shot." "I don't speak Yiddish." "You can fucking convey somebody getting shot." "And don't try to come back." " We're not waiting for you." " I talked to her." " Yes?" "." " I talked, she understood." "What are you saying?" "." "We were alone while the doctor spoke" " Did she talk?" "." " I said I talked." " What did you say?" "." " Everything." "Everything?" "." "Where she" " You told her?" "." " You would have too." "What do you know what I would do?" "." " You would have." " What does that do for her?" "." " Maybe it did something for me." " Fuck what it did for you!" "." " What do you need?" "." " What difference does it make?" "." "She'll know who we were." "Why does she need to know that?" "." " I don't know." " That's right." "You don't know." " Do you?" "." " Get going." "Fuck off!" "." "I'm going." "Do you?" "." "Fire!" "." "There's fire!" "." "There's fire!" "." "He said between the shifts." "( all cheer )" "Cohen, Lowy, we won't have time to organize the groups." "Get the guns and as many as you can down into the corridors and barricade the doors." " Let's go!" "." " Let's go, let's go!" "." "( alarm sounds )" "( yelling in German )" "Go see what's happening." "Get the fuel drums." "( alarm sounding, man yells in German)" "Have you seen the Oberschaarfuhrer?" "." "Have you seen the Oberschaarfuhrer or anyone with a young girl?" "." "Please, have you seen a young girl?" "." "She was alive." "We've only got two drums up there." "We're nearly out of explosives." "There're only the machine guns." "I don't need to know." "Go tell Schlermer." "We're dead up here!" "." "Move down, move down!" "." "( opera music playing )" "Kaminski needs bodies in the furnace room." " We're setting the explosives." " There was a girl." "Have you seen Muhsfeldt with a girl?" "." "We need you in the furnace room." "Come on!" "." " Get out!" "." " Get out!" "." "Get out!" "." " Schlermer!" "." " Get out!" "." "Get out!" "." "Get out!" "." "Surrender if you want to live!" "." "It's over!" "." "We're gonna blow the room!" "." "Do it!" "." "Why don't they kill us?" "." "Did you ever see her?" "." "No." "Did you?" "." "Why am I asking?" "." "Why aren't they killing us?" "." "The Russians will be here before the year's out." "If there weren't that, we would never have pulled this off." "You hid." "Will I be killed?" "." "Do you want to be killed?" "." "You would have fought." "Wouldn't you have?" "." "I've spoken with Dr. Mengele and assured him that you had nothing to do with any of this, that you knew and did nothing." "You will continue with your work." "That's right, Doctor." "We will both continue with our work." "Because that's what the living do." "We will have saved each other, then." "We needn't save anyone else." "In Budapest, mostly." "My wife was from the city." "But we stayed north." "I still don't know why." " It's beautiful there." " Yes, it is." "But we were finally going to move near her family." " Where did they live?" "." " Near the markets." " We would be neighbors." " ( gunshots continue )" "Hoffman:" "Will they kill her?" "." "They're gonna show her this then let her live." "Why wouldn't they have done it already?" "." "You're asking for reasons?" "." "I guess I was." "We did something." "Yes." "We did." "Yes." "Bye." "Neighbors." "Girl's voice:" "After the revolt, half the ovens remain and we are carried to them together." "I catch fire quickly." "The first part of me rises in dense smoke that mingles with the smoke of others." "Then, there are the bones, which settle in ash." "And these are swept up to be carried to the river." "And last, bits of our dust that simply float there, in air, around the working of the new group." "These bits of dust are gray." "We settle on their shoes and on their faces and in their lungs." "And they become so used to us, that soon they don't cough and they don't brush us away." "At this point, they're just moving, breathing and moving," "like anyone else still alive in that place." "And this is how the work... continues."