Hannah Arendt Page #2

Oh, thank you, Hans.

It's not a vacation, Hans.

Lotte, champagne.

So I heard so much about you.

I am honored that a

colleague from my university...

has this great opportunity

to be an eyewitness to history.

We'll miss you.

Oh, thank you.

- Yes, really.

- Thank you.

It is just wonderful, Hannah,

that you,

one of us,

will be present for this great trial.

This is not a grand trial. It's illegal.

The kidnapping by the Israeli

secret service was illegal!

Israel has a sacred right to try a Nazi

for crimes against the Jewish people.

Sacred right?

Hans, you're meshugga.

- But most of the survivors live there.

- Precisely.

And they want to see this criminal

face to face.

Face to face!

Excuse me.

They'll all be dragged into court!

They'll be witnesses.

It'll take years.

This trial...

So much smoke!

Do you understand anything? I thought

you were the German speaker.

Well, I can read it perfectly,

but they're speaking so fast.

The State of Israel

didn't even exist back then.

Unfortunately.

Or they'd have declared war

on Hitler like England and France.

But nevertheless, we were there!

We did our duty and volunteered

for the British Army to fight the Nazis.

We were in the Jewish Brigade in '44.

- Me and many brave men from Israel.

- They know that.

Heinrich doesn't know what it means

to take up arms

to defend his convictions.

He had to emigrate because of them!

So did many others.

Doesn't mean much.

No one doubts your bravery, Hans.

Hannah always says

she admired you as a soldier.

Not just as a soldier.

Lotte!

Eichmann should have been tried

in Nuremberg, but he escaped.

That makes him an outlaw, a pirate.

Tell us what they're saying.

I'm sure you'd prefer to hear it

from Hannah.

So he should be tried

by an international court.

- No such thing.

- Precisely!

If the case proceeds as you predict...

He's just one of those passionate

ex-communists from Berlin.

Jewish?

No.

But he followed

Rosa Luxemburg to the end.

Oh, so of course that's better than a PhD.

You can't put history on trial.

You can only try one man.

Indeed. One man on trial. For murder.

Strange pair.

Yes. For murder.

They're fantastic. The happiest

married couple in the world.

And that has to be proven...

Whatever you're saying,

I agree with all of you.

Everybody, English now. Please.

Sorry, Mary.

Good health.

See you soon.

- Adieu, Charlotte.

- Adieu.

Thank you, dear.

See you soon.

We were too hard on Hans.

Tell him I'm sorry.

- You say that every time.

- I know.

- See you on campus.

- Oh, it was great having you, Thomas. Bye.

Bye...

Take care now in that awful storm.

It's terrible.

It's so much fun

to light a fire

under Hans' sacred little behind.

Especially as he's so happy

to send you to hell!

Oh... you.

Hannah!

Here:

In his inaugural speech,

he thanked the Fhrer.

PARTY MEMBER HEIDEGGER...

Then they sang the Horst-Wessel-Lied.

Hello, "Klaps."

Hello, "Stups."

Are you coming with me?

Hannah!

My Hannah!

Oh!

Jerusalem...

your love.

Yes.

And how's my Heinrich?

Is he good to you?

Yes.

Sometimes too good.

I miss arguing with him.

I can no longer see my way

through the maze of modern life.

He argued with me about this trip.

He's afraid it will send me back

to the "dark times."

This trial is very important for us.

And you're strong, my Hannah.

You always were.

And brave.

Very brave.

Tell me how you are.

- How's your heart?

- Not too good.

It's never gotten used

to the world we live in.

Israel has aged faster than you,

my little Hannah.

I always thought

you'd have many children.

Oh, Jenny. At first we were too poor,

and when we had the money,

we were too old.

Many people here are poor

but they still have children.

Children are important

for such a young country.

It was about time

you visited us.

- She's not visiting.

- You see?

He's throwing me out already!

I'm only sorry that your visit

is thanks to this wild predator.

That's why

he's being displayed in a cage.

A cage?

Made of glass.

To protect him from us.

The high court!

When I stand

before you here, judges of Israel,

to bring charges

against Adolf Eichmann,

I am not standing alone.

With me are six million accusers.

But they cannot rise

or point towards him

in the dock.

They cannot cry, "I accuse him!"

For their ashes have been scattered

over the hills of Auschwitz

and in the fields of Treblinka,

and thrown

into the rivers of Poland.

Their graves are to be found

throughout Europe.

Their blood cries to heaven,

but we cannot hear their voices.

And Hausner parades around

as if he's competing with Eichmann

for the leading role in a play.

His opening speech

was bound to be dramatic.

In the spirit of Ben-Gurion?

He's behind all this, isn't he?

Israel has to be very careful

that this doesn't become a show trial.

That's my Hannah!

Just wait a bit.

And try to understand Ben-Gurion.

Our young people refuse to confront

what you call the "dark times."

Either they're ashamed of their parents

who didn't fight or protect themselves,

or they accuse them

of having behaved dishonorably.

They think only criminals or whores

could have survived the camps.

And you believe

Hausner can make them understand

what their parents have suffered?

Be a little patient with us.

Yes, I read here

that during the transport

15people died.

I can only say that these records

were not the responsibility

of department 4B-4.

They are from the local authorities,

according to their guidelines.

It says here

that the order was given by the Reichsfhrer.

But tell me, why do you have the officer-to

be the officer transferring this order?

Why Eichmann?

Does the Reichsfhrer

have no other way of contacting but Eichmann?

The document makes it clear

that the local police,

or headquarters thereof,

made the request to Section 4B-4.

Thus I received the matter

for its continued processing

and dealt with it

in an intermediate capacity.

As I was ordered to do.

I had to follow orders.

But it was you who decided

how many people were to be put

into each railway car, no?

I had orders.

Whether people were killed or not,

orders had to be executed.

In line with administrative procedure.

I was only responsible

for a small part of this.

The other parts that were necessary

until one of these trains rolled out

were carried out by another department.

Mr. Chairman, I have the feeling

I'm being grilled here

until the steak is done.

Because of charges...

that are impossible to substantiate.

Now you've finally heard the predator.

Are you all right?

Yes, I'm fine.

Good.

Good.

Well...

He's so different than I imagined.

He was with the SS.

They're scary creatures.

But he's not.

That's precisely it.

He sits in his glass box

like a ghost...

A ghost who happens to have a cold.

He's not spooky at all.

He's a nobody.

He speaks in this awful

bureaucratic language.

He suddenly says things like:

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