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I am sorry.

The ambassador of Sweden

is also in the corridor.

The whole world is in the trains.

I am only the embassy attach.

Baron von Otter.

Can you grant me

an audience tomorrow in Berlin?

I must speak to you.

Why not here?

We have all night long.

I saw something...

of appalling.

Of absolutely appalling.

Whole families are exterminated.

Prisoners of war?

Jews.

They exterminate whole families.

They are stripped,

They shave their heads...

even women.

Their heads are shaved?

But why?

Draw the curtains, please!

Lit train,

assures enemy bombardment.

Hold, invoices of Zyklon B.

To eliminate the parasites.

I provide it to them.

And they use it for...

My papers.

No need.

Your government must warn

Americans and English.

So that they release leaflets

on Germany.

Once informed,

the Germans will raise themselves.

It is necessary to act quickly.

Each day that passes...

A few minutes of stop.

Remain in your places.

A short stop,

to let pass a priority train.

If you want references on me,

ask Otto Dibelius,

superintendent of the Protestant Church.

Sit down.

Prevent them from following me!

They miss you.

They see very little of you.

Better if you are unaware of

what I will say to the Reverend.

I discovered a horrible thing.

Jews...

- Not here.

- It is unimaginable!

Later...

They are not expelled

like we thought but exterminated.

- What?

- Exterminated!

Enter.

I just returned from the camps in Poland.

They exterminate the Jews.

Most robust

are sent to the forced labour.

Women and children...

are gassed.

I saw it with my own eyes.

The Church must alert the Christians!

The first thing you have to do

is to leave the S.S.!

I saw what I should not.

A witness is needed.

I will be the eyes of God

in this hell.

That can be terrible

for you and your family.

One must denounce the assassins!

I will testify at the service to today.

We can start.

We arrive.

Undoubtedly, it is necessary to react,

but in a reflected, responsible way.

The Dibelius superintendent

can advise you.

He celebrated your marriage, not?

Leave the S.S.

Remain far from all that!

We said...

you said that the Jews are

a foreign body that one must expel,

that one can discriminate them

but not to persecute them.

Let us admit the massive executions.

- What do you suggest?

- To protest!

Protest which will be picked up

by the propaganda of the enemy.

We will be accussed of treason.

We are in war.

The Church reacted

against the extermination of handicapped...

Euthanasy, not extermination.

The public clamour stopped

the euthanasy.

Let us protest for the Jews.

The handicapped people were

baptized members of our Church.

You are a soldier,

far from daily realities.

Our people are bombarded,

inflicted cruel deprivations.

the majority of our faithful

and of our pastors

support Mr Hitler.

Nobody will protest,

nobody will believe you.

Fhrer and Himmler

also attended a test.

They order to accelerate the output.

The Institute sends to me to the east

to purify water...

I cannot take part in this.

That is not contradictory,

our installations are in the east.

Von Rotta, Hoess and yourself

had accepted the plans.

I speak about output.

I had announced the risk

of thermal distortion which...

Brought into service on March 22,

25, after having treated

a convoy of 3000 units,

The furnaces burst by overheating!

- You drew on the costs.

- labour is free!

Use the model of campaign.

It should unceasingly be clogged

and the tar is rationed.

Lieutenant Gerstein,

expert in destruction of vermin...

in any kind.

We need you.

I am not qualified

for this type of operation.

According to his superiors,

Gerstein excels

where he is not qualified.

Not so sure...

Here is the new generation of

installations...

who can treat 10000 units per day.

10000?

But...

it is impossible!

It will be needed.

In Europe, it is necessary to eliminate

11 to 12 million units.

The Fhrer wants to finish by 1948.

We will devote 1949

to the rest of the world.

The Fifty will be sabbatical.

The problem, it is that...

during the operation,

the crystals evaporate partially.

Evaporation begins again

after clearing of the places.

That slows down cleaning.

The crystals only evaporate

in contact with the air.

And while falling,

do the bodies choke the crystals?

Exactly.

Sometimes, crystals exposed to the air

evaporate into 40 to 50 minutes

instead of 5 to 10.

That slows down the rate

and prevents any estimate.

Two factors can play:

The bad quality of the product

or a low temperature.

The number will raise the temperature.

Famous human heat...

Latticed conduits

will protect the crystals.

You will provide crystals

of quality in great quantity.

- My work at the Institute...

- We will divide you with them.

You will furfill your duty as an S.S.

and a Christian:

you will reduce to five minutes

the agony of the units

and you will accelerate performance.

- Lieutenant...

- Professor would be righter.

How long is necessary it

before intervening without mask?

- the filters are too expensive.

- Two hours.

Two hours!

Without ventilation, it is a minimum.

Which ventilation?

Which cubage?

1250 m3 on average.

With a pulsor of air of 1 CV,

you will gain one hour.

We will put two of them.

Turn over to your work

of cleansing

without forgetting your

Christian mission of public utility.

- the Nuncio does not receive!

- 5 minutes! It is very important.

His Eminence does not see anybody.

Announce me!

Excellence,

it is necessary that I speak to you.

- I must speak to you.

- What do you do here?

Lt Kurt Gerstein, Excellence.

I have information for the Vatican.

Its gravity justifies my intrusion.

I am shocked by your intrusion!

I'll call the police force.

If my superiors learn my visit...

It is an intrusion, Mister.

I have a message for the Vatican.

I arrive from Poland,

from the camps of Auschwitz and Belzec.

Thousands of Jews are gassed.

Enough!

Leave from here! Come, Count,

we cannot listen to that!

I saw all of my own eyes,

Excellence...

convoys from all over Europe

arrive in these factories of death.

Only the Vatican

can stop these atrocities.

Only the Pope, by alerting

the world opinion and Christians...

Thank you for troubling yourself

about the actions of His Holiness!

Are you a Catholic?

Excellence...

what I saw

haunts me day and night.

Even in death

the families are recognized.

They remain intertwined

ones with the others.

Naked mothers

tighten their baby to their chest.

One said to me

that after death,

one is not able to separate them,

even with hooks.

I can't contact the German army.

Go with him.

Leave us.

A provocation of Gestapo.

A S.S. which defends the Jews!

They take to us for idiots.

Is Baron von Otter there?

No, I am his assistant.

Who are you?

Kurt Gerstein. He knows me.

He is on a trip.

Can I help you?

- When does he return?

- I don't know.

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