Walking with the Enemy Page #2

you give them to Papa.

You make him understand.

This is a work camp.

You will clear roads, lay track,

construct bridges,

and do anything your country needs.

If you work hard,

you will make it back to your families.

If you try to escape,

you will join them.

Pull out your pockets.

Remove your belongings.

Everything will be accounted for

and returned when you leave.

Come on, come on, come on.

Give me this.

I'm all right.

I'm all right.

Dismissed.

Colonel Eichmann.

Head of the Jewish Council

and his associates to see you.

Have a seat, gentlemen.

I have called you here today

to be sure

that you understand.

There will be certain restrictions

placed upon Jewish activities,

all of which are within

Hungarian war interests.

Can you be specific

as to these restrictions?

Nothing too burdensome, I assure you.

No radios, no telephones, no travel.

We will impose a moderate curfew

and Jews will display the

Yellow Star on their clothing.

If your people work for the war efforts,

and follow these simple guidelines,

our presence here will hardly be felt.

And if some do not cooperate?

You keep your people in order

and I assure you,

no person will be harmed

solely on the basis of

Jewish classification.

Do we understand one another?

Yes, Colonel Eichmann.

We are loyal Hungarians.

Many of us fought side by side

with the Germans in the Great War.

I, myself...

Thank you, gentlemen.

You're excused.

Weeks wore on,

and we continued to slave in the

wake of the German war machine,

repairing tracks,

digging fortifications,

burying the dead.

Some were too weak

to be of any more use.

The guards had their way

of dealing with them.

They know he's not well

so they work him harder.

Then we should help him.

Come with me.

Come. Together.

Hey!

Is this man incapable of doing his job?

No. We finish faster.

For you.

Get back to work.

Colonel Eichmann will see you now.

Heil Hitler.

Colonel Eichmann.

It is my pleasure

to make your acquaintance.

Welcome to my beloved Hungary.

I congratulate you on your

success throughout Europe.

I thank you.

The pleasure is all mine,

Chairman. Please sit.

The Arrow Cross Party has,

for many years now,

opposed Regent Horthy's

tolerant policies

that have protected the Jews in Hungary.

If I am to interpret

your presence here rightly,

you will find us ready to assist you

in removing the Jewish presence.

We can do great things together.

You and I.

Out! Out!

Out! Out!

Get up now.

Come, Uli. Uli, listen to me,

we have to go now. Now!

Leave him alone.

Please.

Now!

No!

Get up.

Back to work.

Ferenc, look.

Americans.

Elek.

Go! Go, go.

We have to jump.

- I can't.

- Yes, you can, Ferenc. Come on.

Ferenc.

Stop!

Please.

You have your freedom now.

Let's go our separate ways.

You gave him five more

seconds than he deserved.

Now, go home.

I'll be fine.

Thank you.

I was lucky to be alive.

A man I hardly knew saved my life.

We thought the Nazis

were the only enemy.

But the camp was run by Hungarians.

We didn't know

who we could trust anymore.

So, we avoided the roads and stuck

to the backwoods and the streams.

We might even make it home

in time for supper.

Listen, Ferenc, we have to be careful.

Stay out of sight until you get home.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Come here.

Mr. Farkas?

You promised they'd never come back.

Where is my family?

Get out of my house.

- Your house?

- Yes!

This is my house now.

Your kind are not welcome here anymore!

What have you done with them?

Leave my house!

Go!

- Mr. Farkas.

- Shoot them!

Shoot them!

Elek.

Where are they?

Elek?

Mr. Balacz.

It made sense to me then why they

called up all the men for Labor Service.

It was so easy for them

to clear the town

of women and children.

Why didn't anybody do anything?

I thought these were good people.

I knew them, their families.

My pain was for your people, but...

My shame was for mine.

But where did they go, Mr. Balacz?

Where did they take our families?

Rumors.

I heard the gendarmes say that

they were moving them

to the west because

the Russians are moving

closer from the east...

To protect them.

No one is telling us

to move for our protection.

Only the Jews.

It's Farkas.

Gendarmes.

Quick, to the basement.

You can stay there...

Mr. Balacz, we'll go.

- But you will be safe.

- But you won't.

We'll go.

Mr. Balacz was a true friend.

The others watched our families

being taken and stole our homes,

as if we meant nothing.

Their betrayal left scars

that will never heal.

- Seig...

- ...Heil!

Did you find the information

on Colonel Skorzeny?

He arrived yesterday.

Skorzeny commands

Hitler's elite SS troops

that broke Mussolini out of prison.

What is Berlin contemplating?

Stalin murders his own people,

Hitler wants to purify the world,

both crave supremacy.

How does one choose?

Father, you were forced into

an impossible decision.

I aligned Hungary with what I thought

was the lesser of two evils.

Our country would have been crushed

between them if you didn't choose.

Yesterday, Skorzeny met Szalasi

and the leaders

of the Arrow Cross Party.

Szalasi. The Hungarian Fascist.

The tide of this war has changed.

We need to navigate

the political waters carefully.

Our hope may rest with the Allies.

Excuse me, sir.

Colonel Skorzeny is here

for his appointment.

Thank you.

Welcome.

Regent.

This is my son, Miklos.

Regent, to be perfectly frank,

your resistance to the resettlements

of the Jewish population

has not gone unnoticed.

Jewish labor is required

for the war effort,

and Berlin must know that you

are loyal to the Reich's cause.

You are referring to Hungarians.

They're not your affair.

All policies regarding the

war effort are my concern.

Now I'm ordering you

to give authority over the

Jews to Colonel Eichmann.

And oil production will be

under German control.

Chairman Szalasi will be assisting us.

The Arrow Cross has

no governing authority here.

The Fuehrer needs our full support

if we are to stay strong

and resist the Bolshevik barbarians.

You have no need to advise me, Chairman.

Regent.

As you know, noncompliance

with Berlin is treason.

Good day.

The Jews have Eichmann.

We have Skorzeny.

All will be tested.

Ferenc. Ferenc.

I think we're close.

We arrived back in Budapest

only to find the Jewish

Quarter looted and abandoned.

Even where we worked.

He might be home.

Jozsef.

Jozsef, it's Elek.

My God.

- Boys, how did you...

- Frau Lustig.

We're looking for Jozsef.

He won't be back.

What do you mean

he won't be back?

What happened?

He does not live here anymore.

They have moved all of the Jews

to the Yellow Star houses.

Frau Lustig. You have to tell

us where Jozsef is, please.

I have the address.

Isn't that the girl from the club?

Hannah?

Elek!

It's so good to see you.

We never see anyone come back.

How has life come to this, huh?

I don't know.

How's Rachel?

She's fine. We're all living

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