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you don't mind sleeping in dad's old bed.

- You're very kind. No, thank you.

- No, no.

Well, all right, the offer's on the table.

Oh, thank you.

Any friend of Dad's is a friend of mine.

(chuckles)

(stutters):
How'd you know him?

Did you serve with my dad?

- No.

- Well, how did you know him then?

I knew him from Auschwitz.

(laughing)

Auschwitz?

My dad wished he served at Auschwitz.

You mean your father

was not at Auschwitz?

What are you...

Are you serious?

My dad was a cook in the army.

He was not a Blockfuhrer?

I don't even know what that is.

No, my dad was 10 when the war started.

Most that the Germans

let him do was, you know,

break a bunch of windows

and cook some Wiener Schnitzel, you know?

I am sorry to have bothered you.

I have the wrong Rudy Kurlander.

No, no, no. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.

Wait a minute, you were at Auschwitz?

- Oh.

- None of my dad's buddies served at a camp.

I must leave you now.

I have bothered you enough.

Bothered me?

No, no, no. Please stay.

Please stay. Share some stories.

I'll grab another bottle.

We'll just...

What's that?

What is that?

What the f*** is that?

Well... I'm sorry. I...

I, uh...

What the f*** is that?

Are you a Jew?

Yeah.

You're a Jew?

What the f***'s going on here?

I'm sorry, I...

Sit the f*** down.

Please, let me go.

What the f*** are you doing in my house?

I made a mistake.

Your father is the wrong man.

My father?

You said you were a friend of my dad.

You lied to me.

- I did not lie. I did not lie!

- Jesus f***ing Christ.

You said you were a friend of my dad,

you come into my house

and you drink my f***ing whiskey,

and you're a dirty f***ing Jew.

(Eva barking)

Eva, shut the f*** up!

Stop yelling!

Please, stop yelling! I will go.

Sit the f*** down!

You gotta answer some questions

right f***ing now!

Holy sh*t!

Did you just piss on my couch?

- I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

- What the f***?

Stop yelling!

(screams) Eva, shut the f*** up!

Are you giving me a f***ing order, Jew?

Eva, I said, "Shut the f*** up!"

You know...

you know what my dad would say if he knew

a f***ing Jew was in his house, huh?

He would say,

"Heil f***ing Hitler."

That's what he'd say. Yeah.

Heil f***ing Hitler!

Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler!

Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler, you f***ing Jew!

Eva, goddamn it, shut the f*** up!

Shut up! What's your problem?

Huh? Shut up!

Stop it! Eva, quiet!

Eva! ( Eva growling)

Damn it, shut up! Shut up, damn it! Quiet!

Eva, settle down.

You want to meet

a real life f***ing Jew?

Huh? Huh?

Huh? Go get him.

(gunshot)

- Ah!

(Eva whimpering)

What the...

(gunshot) (grunts)

You f***ing kike!

You f***ing... (gunshot)

(sighs)

Oh...

(explosion)

(phone ringing)

You've reached John Kurlander.

Leave me a message. Or if it's an

emergency, call my cell phone.

(answering machine beeps) Ruth?

(woman):
Where you at, John?

You're a half hour late

and I can't cover

your ass all morning.

I swear, you best be having car trouble...

What are you saying?

(answering machine beeps)

(rain pattering)

(phone ringing)

(sirens wailing in distance)

(explosion)

My God.

Oh...

(siren wailing in distance)

(phone ringing)

Hello.

- Max, it's Zev.

- Where have you been?

I killed a man.

Uh...

Now is the hardest part.

You must call the police.

You must... No, no!

He was not the man

we are looking for.

- Who was he?

- It was a much younger man.

I, uh... I saw his name on a box.

It was John Kurlander.

He is a Nazi.

- How do you know this?

- There were many Nazi things

- in the house. Many things.

- Oh.

This is not

what we set out to do.

Zev.

Do you want to continue?

Yes, I must finish.

I must.

After all, this is the man

who killed our families.

(indistinct announcement on PA system)

Ruth?

Ruth?

(car horns honking)

Ruth! (Brakes screeching)

(groaning)

(groaning)

(cell phone ringing)

Hello.

Yes.

Oh, my God. Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Is he okay?

No, he has dementia. Mm-hmm.

I'm sorry. Uh...

Where are you calling from?

I can be there right away.

Reno Memorial Hospital?

Reno, Nevada? Reno?

Is it possible that I could

speak with my father?

(stammers)

Yeah, thank you.

Thank you very much.

Guys, I gotta sneeze. (Sneezing)

(screaming and grunting)

(laughing)

(phone ringing)

Hello.

Oh, hello, Charles.

Yeah. Yeah, no, I'm fine. I'm fine.

Thank you.

I told the doctors not to bother you.

Huh?

Please, don't you worry about me.

No. No. No.

Don't you come to the hospital.

Your mother will pick me up.

Maybe you come with her, huh?

Yeah, I'm fine. I'm fine.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Goodbye. Goodbye.

(all panting)

(laughing)

Do you like cartoons?

I like Disney Channel.

- Mickey Mouse?

- No. I like Phineas and Ferb.

Oh. (Knock on window)

I never heard of them.

I'll be right back, Molly.

You finish your homework please.

(Zev sighing)

- Your name is Molly?

- Molly Elizabeth.

Do you like sweets, Molly Elizabeth?

Well, uh...

I think there are some caramels

in my coat pocket.

I always keep some there

for my grandchildren.

Ah.

I can't find any.

Well, my wife will bring some

when she comes.

- Are you Zev?

- Yes.

Can I open your letter?

Uh-huh.

- Whoa, you're rich!

- What?

Who's Max?

Max?

I'm not sure.

Wait. Why don't you read

the letter to me out loud?

"Zev, there are some difficult things

you must know."

"Firstly, Ruth has passed away."

"She had cancer."

"She loved you and you were with her,

holding her hand, at the end."

"Secondly, you have dementia."

"Recently you have been

forgetting many things."

That's normal.

Old people always forget things.

Yeah. Yeah.

"You and I have a similar history.

"We are both Auschwitz...

- Auschwitz. Auschwitz.

- "Auschwitz survivors."

"Look at your left arm,

you were prisoner 98814."

"When the war ended,"

"I promised myself."

"I would find the men responsible."

"Working with Simon Wiesenthal,"

"I have helped to capture

dozens of former Nazis"

"all around the world."

- What's a Nazi?

- Nazi. Nazi.

A bad person.

(Max):
Six months ago,

God smiled upon me

when you moved

to the senior housing community.

I immediately recognized

you from Auschwitz,

although you did not

remember me.

We are the last living survivors

from our prison block.

Besides me, you are the only person

who could still recognize the face of

the man who murdered our families.

Simon Wiesenthal insisted

that all war criminals

be given public trials.

However, we cannot give Wallisch

that opportunity.

Even if there was enough proof,

he, like us, would probably die

before he could be extradited to Germany.

We have agreed

that Otto Wallisch must die.

You must kill him.

(Molly):
"You promised

to go once Ruth died."

"You promised me and you promised Ruth."

You did a very good job.

Thanks.

Who's Ruth?

My wife.

I thought she was bringing me candy.

I thought so, too.

Yes, I need to go to Holiday Inn Express

3961 Lake Tahoe Boulevard.

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