The Eichmann Show Page #5

were locked up inside

and then gas was piped into the trucks.

Gas was piped into the trucks.

Stay in close on Eichmann.

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What happened to you on the next day?

We, five of us, were taken from the cellar,

more people were put into the trucks

We heard the screams from the trucks

and the engine began working

and the gas flowed in.

Then the shouts died off.

Take three.

And on the following day

you yourself went to work

in the wood and saw what was

taking place with your own eyes.

There were 25 people there

and they were all digging pits.

- Ever seen anything like this?

- Never.

You dug graves and then the trucks -

a truck arrived, one of those trucks.

When the trucks arrived we still

were not permitted to approach them.

We had to wait until the truck

had stopped for a few moments

two or three minutes.

And fumes were coming out of

the trucks and we had to wait.

And then five or six people opened

the doors and...

take the bodies and place them

near the pits, right near the trenches.

Were the people dead?

All were completely dead.

No one was alive any more.

And in the third truck some

bodies arrived whom you knew?

This was after I had been

working there for some time

when all the people of my town came.

And who was amongst them?

My wife and my two children.

And you saw them whilst they

were being removed from the truck?

I lay near my wife and two children

and I wanted them to shoot me.

Have you ever heard anything like it?

We should eat.

Still bored?

No, it's tremendous that

it's having this impact.

It helps that Servatius

isn't going to cross examine.

Sorry, no. No. What's that?

I don't know what this is...

Idiot.

I don't think I'd have

the strength to do it.

Hey, identify yourself.

Hey!

He's just qualified.

I'll call you back.

- You are spreading lies to the world.

- Jesus!

Back inside! Close the door

and go under your desk!

- You received my letter?

- Back inside!

You f***ing Jews, you have no right -

- You call this protection?

We could have been killed,

every single one of us.

- You let him come to my door? Jesus Christ.

- There will be others after me.

Heil Hitler.

Gentlemen.

Thank you all for staying behind

after yet another long day

when bars and restaurants

and beds are waiting.

I wanted to have us all

here to say two things.

The latest audience research reveals that

our films are being watched nightly by...

huge numbers of people. In the US,

South America, Europe, Australia

ordinary people are being moved and shocked

by what they're seeing

and hearing because of our work.

What was unknown, either wilfully

or by ignorance is becoming known.

What was unspoken is being

discussed and questioned.

Which brings me to my second point,

which will not surprise any of you.

Personal security. Do not take it lightly.

As we saw today, there are people out

there who would love to stop this trial.

Stop us.

Be vigilant. Check under the car,

when you're setting out in the morning.

Check you're not being followed.

If you've any issues, and I mean any,

contact our head of security.

Vigilance, please. Alright, sermon over.

Go and enjoy the rest of

your evening. Thank you.

Why didn't you tell me

you were being threatened?

- You had enough on your plate.

- We eat from the same plate, Milton.

- If it happens again, let me know.

- Sure.

There will be others after me.

- Hey. Hey, is it bedtime? Sleep well.

- Night, Dad.

- Goodnight, Daddy.

- Sleep well.

- Go on up to bed.

- Sorry, I fell asleep.

Don't worry.

- Ok?

- Yeah, are you ok?

I think so.

- Come to bed.

- Yeah, I'll be...

Mrs Landau?

I want to ask you a question.

My feet are too tired for questions.

- Just - just one.

- What?

- You were a refugee after the war?

- From Czechoslovakia. So?

- You like it here?

I would prefer to be

running the King David.

I - I didn't mean this hotel.

I meant Israel.

I fought in the war for independence -

against the British and then the Arabs.

Right, the Arabs.

But this was their country.

We wanted it more.

So Israel is your home?

The world gave it to us.

It is my country now.

What is it about it

that you love so much?

Here we breathe a free air.

You are a Jew, you must feel this.

- All done?

- Yeah. Thank you.

Some of the young people tried to run

but they were shot.

They were shot right there.

How did you survive through all this?

We... We were driven.

We were already undressed.

The clothes were removed, taken away.

Our father did not want to undress.

He remained in his underwear.

We were driven up to the...

Milton... I need to stop.

- Yaakov, are you ok?

- I cannot breathe.

Yaakov? Yaakov? Leo, Yaakov's in

trouble. I need to go get him out.

Yaakov, stay with the camera.

Milton's on his way.

I'm not so good, Leo.

Camera four ready.

Let's go close on Eichmann.

No, no, not the witness, Eichmann.

We were already facing the graves.

I felt him take the child from my arms.

The child cried out and was shot.

Get close on his eyes.

And then he aimed at me.

How can you sit

there and watch this?

He held onto my hair

and turned my head around.

Do something.

Get close on his eyes.

Get close on his eyes.

And he aimed the revolver at me.

And ordered me to watch

and then turned my

head around and shot at me.

Then I fell. I tried to move and felt

that I was alive and that I could rise.

I heard the shot

and I was praying for another

bullet to put an end to my suffering

But I felt that I was

choking, climbing

towards the top of the

grave above the bodies

I rose, and I felt bodies

pulling at me with their hands

- biting at my legs, pulling me down.

- How can you sit there day after day...

and listen to this?

With my last strength,

I came up on top of the grave.

So many bodies. I wanted to see

the end of this stretch of dead bodies

but I could not.

Yaakov?

The, er, the camp I was in provided

slave labour for a Messerschmitt factory.

How they expected us to work on the -

the rations we got, I - I do not know.

We were skeletons

covered with skin and...

with bruises from the beatings we were

given for the slightest mistake.

When I washed myself

I could not recognise my own body by touch.

My ribs were like the keys of a piano.

I - I don't think it's right

to expect him to continue this work.

No, it is, it's important. I want to do it.

But not at the expense of your health.

For the first time people who were there

feel they have permission to speak.

We see these witnesses

in the place called the witness stand

and for the very first time

they look into the audience

and they see people leaning forward

listening to what they have to say.

Not turning away.

Yaakov, in the control room we're all...

deeply affected by what

we're hearing and we're removed.

You don't have to do this to yourself.

I'm not going to let you

do this to yourself.

- I feel I am letting you down.

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