The Odessa File Page #3

I wouldn't miss.

I'll pick you up, sir. How about that?

7:
00 p. m., so we can go together.

Fine.

I think I ought to warn you, Miller.

It's a serious offence to interfere

with the machinery of justice.

In 13 years your office has managed

to bring to trial three SS men...

...all of them privates. In 13 years!

- Now, listen...

- Justice.

ANNUAL MEETING - DIVISION SIEGFRIED

It's been a good evening, men,

and good to see you.

They can't kill us off, can they?

Never, Herr Oberst!

And there is Major Krantz.

Not a year older, by the look of it.

There's a lot of us left.

I welcome you all

to our 18th annual reunion.

Now a few words from someone

who has not been with us...

...for several years.

Your attention, please,

for General Greifer, our general.

Comrades...

...tonight we're together here.

But when are we apart?

For us, nothing changes.

Germany believes

she doesn't need us now...

...but one day she'll know that she does!

We'll be as mighty again as we ever were!

It'll take time...

...but the ideals will be the same.

When the drums beat and the bands play...

...and our flags wave again...

...and our whole nation

will be united once more...

...then we'll march together

to the ends of the earth!

One people. One Germany. One leader!

It's good to be back,

even if only for a few hours.

Greifer went too far tonight.

Very unclever.

He'll get himself into difficulties again.

Warn him.

Yes, Herr General.

- Take off your coat, Werner.

- Thank you.

- Whiskey?

- A small one, please.

- Ferdinand?

- Nothing, thank you.

- Nothing. Ice?

- No, thank you.

What was that incident at the rally?

A young journalist.

We know all about him.

What did he want?

He's been asking questions about Eduard...

...but he's not getting anywhere.

- It's being dealt with.

- I hope so.

The only reason for my visit

is to protect this project.

- Sit down, gentlemen.

- Thank you.

The deadline for Nasser's rockets

has been brought forward...

...to March 1.

It is essential...

...that the teleguidance system is finished

at least six weeks before that date.

Rest assured, Herr General. It will be.

I had hoped Kennedy's death

would give us more time...

...but it looks as though

President Johnson...

...will force the German arms deal

with the Jews.

So we have three months

to keep our promise to Egypt...

...if the rockets of Helwan are to fly...

...against Israel.

You should have seen them.

The same old mentality.

I thought it was over, but it still goes on.

- Have you told the police?

- Told them what?

About getting attacked.

Having your camera smashed.

They'd just say

I shouldn't have been at the rally.

They'd be right.

I'm sorry for the old man,

but since you started this story...

...you've had nothing but trouble.

Who cares?

I care!

I'm feeling a responsibility.

Responsibility for what?

Something new for me, huh?

Let's forget it now.

Tomorrow I'll get up early.

We'll go Christmas shopping together.

Erik, Monika, and Karl.

- Anybody else?

- There's still your mother.

- Yeah. Mother.

- I think we should've bought the earrings.

She'd never wear them.

She never wears anything that I buy her!

I should get her something

I could use myself.

Okay, so we buy the earrings.

They'd suit you.

I'll get her another nightgown.

I'm all right. I'm all right.

Maybe it was an accident.

It wasn't an accident.

You know that as well as I do.

He pushed you!

I don't care. I've had enough.

You've had enough?

I was pushed under a train,

and you've had enough?

Peter, please, don't go any further.

I'm scared.

I can't stop now!

All right.

If you're going somewhere tomorrow

then I'm coming with you.

You're not going anywhere!

Peter, why are you doing this?

Please, don't ask me that.

I must do this and I must do it alone.

I don't know if I'll be here

when you get back.

Please, be here.

A lot of people

want Simon Wiesenthal's address...

...but we don't give it to anybody.

- I must see him. It's urgent.

It always is. I'm sorry.

But, you see, apart from Eichmann...

...Wiesenthal has brought

a thousand war criminals to justice.

That's a thousand reasons

why we have to take precautions.

Look, you see those?

They're all addressed to Wiesenthal.

But they won't be delivered

until they've been checked.

Checked for what? Bombs?

We leave that to the police.

They know what to look for.

Perhaps you want to see my credentials.

Credentials?

PRESS:

Herr Bichler,

this gentleman wants to leave.

Will you escort him

from the building, please?

Be careful, before the police

start taking an interest in you.

Of course nobody will tell you!

What did you expect?

What do you want from Simon Wiesenthal?

I have to see him urgently.

Have you got his address?

I can get it.

But, Peter, this is the last time

I am going to help you.

Ring me back at 3:00,

and remember, it's confidential.

What was all that about?

My journalist friend calling from Vienna.

Yes? Put him through.

I'll finish it later.

Yes, I'm listening.

No, you were quite right to phone me.

Stay close to Braun

until I can make arrangements.

Give me Dr. Schultz's number in Vienna.

The code is 432, Herr Deilman.

The number is 5-1-7-2-6-5.

O-D-E-S-S-A.

The organization

of former members of the SS.

It was formed at the end of the war...

...to help SS men to disappear.

To get them out of Germany.

Set them up with new identities.

Thousands were given forged documents.

This war's been over for 20 years.

But the Odessa's grown,

like a spider's web.

It stretches to many countries:

Argentina, Egypt, Spain, Paraguay.

And the centre is in Germany...

...today.

After the war...

...they set out to infiltrate

every facet of life.

Commerce, the judges, the lawyers...

...local government, even the police.

That takes a lot of money.

Money?

They have millions!

The SS smuggled out

most of their gold and art treasures...

...just before Germany collapsed.

A large part lies in vaults...

...under the pavements

of Zrich, Switzerland.

Yes, they have got plenty.

Recognise these?

The members

of the Hamburg Police Department.

Now spread the paper out.

SS, SS, SS, SS...

...and those two, Odessa.

Interesting, huh?

There are thousands

of these people at large.

So what is so special about Roschmann?

Herr Wiesenthal...

...you read the diary.

Roschmann, Eduard. Blue file.

Criminal at large.

Roschmann was captured by the British...

...on December 20,1947, in Graz.

He was put under escort

on a train for Munich.

He escaped from his guards

when he went to the lavatory.

They broke the door down,

but the window was open...

...and Roschmann gone.

They found his tracks in the snow.

He had evidently injured himself.

But he got away

and made contact with the Odessa.

They would give him one of these.

- Passport?

- Not an ordinary passport.

A forged passport

for someone in the Odessa.

And with it, a new identity.

A new birth certificate,

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