36 Hours Page #8

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Just don't touch me, please.

I was only trying to warm you.

A man's arms are welcome

and comforting to most women...

...but not to me.

At Ravensbrck,

I was used by the officers...

...by the soldiers, by the guards.

At first, it was vile and horrifying,

and then, after a time, it became worse.

It became nothing.

I didn't scream or fight or cry anymore...

...and I haven't cried since.

I'm sorry for you.

To love takes tears.

I hope someday

you'll be able to cry again.

Let's go around.

She says they won't come for us

until early morning...

...that we should get some sleep now.

Now I have a chance

to practice my English.

The day the Americans declared war,

I started learning.

So when the occupation begins,

I am ready.

You speak very well.

I think I have yet a little accent.

Something wrong?

Well, nothing, it's...

Well, it's just your uniform.

Are you really an army sergeant?

Regular army, no. I am too old, too fat.

Home guard.

We are patrolling the border.

So then the young, strong and handsome

men can go to Russia and freeze to death.

Wonderful system, huh?

Oh, you think I'm not loyal

to the Fhrer, but I am.

He's a great man.

Whatever he tells me to do, I do.

He sends message to the home guard.

He says:

"If the enemy puts a foot on German soil,

it is your duty to drive them out."

You are the enemy.

I cannot drive you out. I have no car.

So I make you walk out, huh?

Heil Hitler.

Now I take you to my house...

...and I give you something

that smells like coffee but tastes like hell.

If I can go through here, anybody can.

Elsa.

From here to here is my patrol.

In these rocks, you will hide.

I will come over this road.

You will go through the woods.

At 6:
00, a truck will put me at my post.

Twice, I patrol. Takes 14 minutes.

If you hear no warning, I will come

to the rocks and everything is all right.

And you will have hot chocolate

in Switzerland.

Now, let's talk business.

How much can you pay?

Pay?

You think I do this for nothing? No.

In Germany, a man must make

enough money during a war...

...so between wars,

he does not get hungry.

- But we don't have any money.

- Money. Who wants money?

After the first war,

I went with basket full of money so big...

...and I come back

with one bread, so small.

Gold is much better.

Those rings.

Now, what do you have?

- Any gold teeth that come out? No?

- No.

Not much, but it's all right.

- When do we go across?

- Fifteen minutes after 6:00.

You set your watch exactly like mine.

No gold, but makes the right time.

Now...

...it is exactly three minutes to 4:00.

Thank you.

Now you study the map,

that you know it like your own hand.

When I come back, I will test you.

Come, Elsa.

Heil Hitler.

Normandy.

Schack. Nein, Schack.

Schack!

So it was Normandy, huh?

Oh, no, no, no.

Why should I take you back?

There would be questioning

which could be embarrassing for me, huh?

Your dear friend Gerber is dead.

It will be easy

to blame him for it all, huh?

And you two, you were trying to escape

and I had to shoot you.

Quick.

We'll take him to the fence.

So that's how he found out.

Let's hang him over the top.

There. Now, under there. Fast.

Go, go, go, fast.

Good.

This is your car.

You will be taken to the American Embassy.

As a refugee, you must be taken

to an internment camp.

They're quite different

from the ones you know.

- Goodbye. Good luck.

- Thank you.

- Goodbye.

- Goodbye.

Thank you, from the three of us.

Anna, I suppose the embassy

will sneak me back to London...

...but I'll try to come see you

before I leave.

Please do.

I'm sorry.

- Goodbye, Anna.

- Goodbye.

You're crying.

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