Conspiracy Page #4

Synopsis: In January 1942, as the United States enters World War II, a conference assembles near Berlin. SS Gen. Heydrich and his associate, Lt. Eichmann call the meeting to discuss the "evacuation" of Germany's Jews and other undesirables, a code word for their extermination in concentration camps. To begin this Final Solution, they must change the mind of a small group of men opposed to the idea, led by Chancellor Kritzinger
Director(s): Frank Pierson
Production: HBO Films
  Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 6 wins & 21 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
R
Year:
2001
96 min
6,591 Views


"That's so stupid."

Why are they so stupid?

Didn't he know

that I would've protected him?

At least until my lessons were complete.

I want to be through by 2:30 or earlier.

There's no reason why we can't continue.

I prefer you all at the table.

- There will be a buffet lunch.

- Excellent.

Settle down, we're moving along.

You have the overall idea...

...but it's clear some areas

will evacuate swiftly...

- What about our friends the Italians?

- The Italians.

We must all trust the good Lord

to save us from our Italian friends.

In the last analysis,

if they don't purge their Jews...

...we'll go down and accomplish it

and put their priorities in order.

In France, even where we aren't occupying,

they'll ship their Jews out.

Here is another problem.

The Foreign Ministry sees difficulty

in evacuating too fast...

...in Scandinavia, as you say, Lapland.

Unless we tie up a lot more troops there...

...troops which we need

for the Russian campaign, Moscow...

...the Scandinavians will not cooperate.

What do you see for the rest of Europe?

The Foreign Ministry sees

no difficulty with the Balkans...

...Southeast and Western Europe.

This is very good.

...Southeast and Western Europe.

This is very good.

- Sir.

- Yes?

The Race and Settlement main office

is planning on sending an expert...

...to Hungary for general orientation

on our policies.

I think that should take place at the

same time as you send your advisor.

It will put some iron in the glove,

so to speak.

The glove is iron, and there should be

no confusion as to where policy emanates.

I should hope that established

relationships will be maintained.

If they are productive,

but not if they are not...

...if I may speak for the group.

- It is not my intention...

- What is your intention?

The work done by our department.

Our particular expert is prepared...

We both serve the Fhrer,

he gave me the command.

I suggest your advisor serve as

an assistant to my man.

That preserves the relative powers

of our offices, does it not?

Yes, it certainly does.

That is how it should be.

I will leave it to you, then,

to be in touch with Col. Eichmann?

Yes.

Settled. Moving along.

Now, a difficult problem.

My instinct is to be Alexandrian...

...and solve a difficult tangle

with a sharp, clean stroke this afternoon.

All our actions must be predicated on law.

Everything we've done

is from the Nuremberg Laws...

...which Dr. Stuckart brought forth

to the Reichstag in 1935.

We now have to examine

the Blood and Honor laws...

...in regard to the problems of mixed

marriages and persons of mixed blood.

Not only who is a Jew,

but how, in each defined circumstance...

...the Jew is expunged from society,

the government, the economy...

...through ordinances.

The tapestry, if you'll permit some pride.

The exemptions written into the law allow

too many Jews to remain among us.

We address that problem by examining

each category and every exemption.

There's been communication

with the Chancellery Head...

...Lammers, who discussed these

questions with the Fhrer.

You asked why you are here.

You represent him.

And your own opinion.

We would like that, too.

Lammers has indeed met with the Fhrer

or his staff on this question...

...and reached an understanding.

Dr. Kritzinger, can we come

to a further understanding here?

What can we all agree on?

What I would like agreed here is that

mixed-blood persons of the first degree...

...they have two Jewish grandparents,

they are half-Jews...

...they are just Jews. They go.

Their children go.

There are, in the law, as of now,

two exceptions. If you would...

For first-degree mixed,

if married to Germans with children...

...they're exempted.

Their children, second-degree mixed,

would be treated as Germans.

The other exception is first-degree mixed

who the Reich has chosen...

...to honor with privilege

for whatever reason.

We are talking here of men and women

who live as Germans.

They do not worship

or behave as Jews, but...

...have some quantity of blood.

- The genetic Jew.

In those cases,

we'll examine each determination...

...and perhaps revoke their exemption.

- The Nuremberg Laws...

- Whoever receives exemption...

...better have extraordinary merits,

not just a German parent, husband or wife.

Those who are exempt from evacuation,

they too will fall in certain categories...

Could you, General... Sorry.

I have the real feeling I evacuated 30,000

Jews already, by shooting them at Riga.

Is what I did evacuation?

When they fell, were they evacuated?

There are another 20,000, at least,

waiting for similar evacuation.

I just think it is helpful to know

what words mean.

With all respect.

If I might, I think it's unnecessary

to burden the record...

Yes. In my personal opinion,

they are evacuated.

- Explain.

- I have just done so.

That is contrary to what

the Chancellery has been told.

I have directly been assured!

Purge the Jews, yes.

But to annihilate them...

That we have undertaken

to systematically...

...annihilate all the Jews of Europe?

No. That possibility...

...has personally been denied to me

by the Fhrer.

And it will continue to be.

Yes, I understand.

Yes.

He will continue to deny it.

My apologies.

Do you accept my apologies?

Of course.

So very kind.

So very kind.

- Close the doors, please.

- Those mixed in the first degree.

Yes, those mixed in the first degree,

who are exempted...

...will be sterilized.

May I just point out,

in regard to special exemptions...

...it's widely known,

I've heard the opinion expressed myself...

...that there are 80 million good Germans...

...and each one knows his "decent Jew,"

even if he regards all the rest as vermin.

If there are decent Jews, then before they

are decent and indeed after, they are Jews.

No. First-degree exempted

will be sterilized.

No more children, and eventually,

no more mixed blood, once and for all.

It is important to know what words mean.

It is important to know what words mean.

But it's important to remember

in 1,000 years...

...no matter who holds the power,

history will be written in those words.

Do you expect the men serenely

to submit to being sterilized?

Why not?

They've already had their c*cks clipped.

It's voluntary. One can lose

one's possibility to reproduce...

...or one can be evacuated.

If a first-mixed is sterilized, of course,

the Nuremberg restrictions don't apply.

- The Nuremberg Laws are very specific...

- When I am done.

Thank you. Please.

As to second-degree mixed,

those born to a half-Jew and German...

...or one-quarter Jew,

three-quarters German, equals German.

With exceptions:
If both parents are

mixed-blood, the child's a Jew.

If the child looks or sounds Jewish,

even with only one-quarter mixed...

When that blood is dominant.

Then he is a Jew.

Third:
A mixed-second with

a criminal or political record...

Excuse me, sir, is this a second or a third?

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Loring Mandel

Loring Mandel (born May 5, 1928, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American playwright and screenwriter whose notable works include the TV movie Conspiracy. He has written for radio, television, film and the stage. more…

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