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You're much too young.

You're really crazy!

I have to leave.

I'll walk you.

If you like.

You're really crazy, Jupp!

Catch me!

I didn't know there was|a Jewish cemetery here.

If I ever catch a Jew...

Then what?

I'll cut his throat.

Why?

Because he's a Jew.

Captain von Lerenau said...

Hitler said|we needn't kill them.

We'll just send|them to Madagascar.

Lice must be crushed!

The Fuhrer knows best!

The Fuhrer didn't|lose his father...

in the war against|those vermin.

You hit me...

to defend the Jews!

Leni, forgive me.

Nobody hits a German woman!

Nobody! Ever!

Especially not a limp-dick|like you!

Bertha!

Father!

Mamma...

I'm back.

Isaac?

Hide. They're coming!

He's Jewish, too. That's why he|covers it with his hands.

Look for us in the Lodz ghetto.|Knupfergasse 7!

Don't give me away!

What happened?

You screamed.|You probably had a bad dream.

What words did I scream?

I didn't understand... Russian.

I won't visit|the Captain's wife.

I'll go to Lodz...|to Litzmannstadt...

Why Litzmannstadt?

There are many Germans there.

I might find...

some of my relatives.

Stop!

To get across town...

take the trolley|through the ghetto.

Over there.

The ghetto's off-limits,|even to Germans.

Sit down. You're in the way.

Mother...

The windows must remain shut.

I want some fresh air.

Fresh air?

In the ghetto?

Had it been my mother?

I rode through the ghetto often,|but I never saw her again.

Good! Next, forward!

Better than that!

Fine. Again!

And now.

Bad, Peters!

Try again!

Next, forward!

Is Leni home?

No.

She's rarely here. She makes|packages for the front.

Excuse me. I'll be leaving.

No. Come in, please.

Sit down.|I'm nearly finished.

May I help?

No, thanks. I've finished.

In case you hadn't heard...|Leni is pregnant.

She read that|every German woman...

must give a child|to the Fuhrer...

and she felt it her duty.

She's been avoiding me lately.

It hasn't been easy.

Leni is fond of you, Jupp.

Obviously.

Goethke...

Your teacher told her the|father had to be a Nordic type.

There were many Italians|in my husband's family...

and Leni was afraid|the child...

might not be|racially pure enough...

to be accepted|in the "Lebensborn. "

She'll give it up?

She's offering it|to the Fuhrer.

And you're letting her?

What can I do?

I no longer understand|my daughter.

I love Leni.

So do I.

She's all I have.

Same here.

At least, I thought so.

It's Gerd, isn't it?

Leni said you wouldn't|go beyond a certain point.

I told her it was|a sign of respect...

but maybe...

You think I didn't want to?

I'm not made of stone.|I have feelings, too!

Josef, tell me.

Are you really German?

No.

I'm a Jew.

I knew it!|From the beginning.

I swear I won't betray you.

I had to tell someone.

I couldn't stand it anymore.

You mustn't tell Leni.

Children nowadays...

they're so different.

You scum! Get up!|You call yourself a friend?

What's the matter?

I didn't want to.

Where have you been?

Bring your papers|to the police.

The police? Why?

Something isn't clear to them.

I'll come along. If we hurry,|we can do it before class.

Name?

Which Peters?

My parents came to Grodno|from Latvia.

I knew a Peters...

but from Danzig.

We're missing many papers|from there.

Serviceman...

Your Certificate|of German Purity?

It's still in Grodno.

We must request it...

to avoid any|unpleasant problems.

If the Russians take Grodno,|you'll have problems.

You mean it could...

Our General Staff|has a brilliant plan.

We will pretend to|retreat on all fronts...

and then,|when all seems lost...

the Fuhrer gives the signal...

and with our miracle weapon,|we will annihilate the enemy!

I saw the Fuhrer last week.

He was confident or our victory.

I'll write to Grodno today.

After the victory, we'll need|10,000 trained young men...

and you are one of them!

Only a miracle|could save me now.

They'll kill us all!

The Americans take prisoners...

but the Russians shoot everyone.

You defeatist! Shoot!

Fire!

For the Fuhrer!

What's wrong, Jupp?|Shoot!

He's been hit!

Shoot, Jupp!

Jupp, shoot!

We're surrounded!

Where are you going?

You're insane!

Stop!

I'm on your side!

Where did you learn Russian?

At school, in Grodno...|I was a Komsomol.

Traitor! Spy!

I can explain.|I was hiding. I'm a Jew!

I'm a Jew!

A Jew?

If you were a Jew,|you'd look like this.

Look!

Corpses, heads...|These children, see them?

And this!|Look at these heads!

Hung, shot!

I didn't know.

I thought... Madagascar...

I didn't know.

Another one who didn't know.

Give me that, Arkady!

Let's go.

He's yours.|Do what you want.

Shoot him like a dog.

Solek!

My parents and all their|neighbors were killed...

two weeks after|my leave in Lodz.

Isaac stayed until|the liquidation of the ghetto...

then he was taken|to a concentration camp.

While I was shouting|"Heil Hitler"...

and courting Leni...

my family was already dead.

Solek...

We're going over|to the Americans.

We'll get some|concentration camp clothes.

That won't be difficult.

You understand?

Don't tell your story|to anyone.

Nobody will believe you.

Lift up your head.

We're starting a new life.

Help me.

From that moment on,|I decided to be only a Jew.

Leaving Europe,|I emigrated to Palestine.

And when I had sons, I barely|hesitated to circumcise them.

How sweet it is to sit.

Surrounded by your brothers.

How sweet it is to sit.

Surrounded by your brothers.

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