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I was born on April 20, 19295,
in peine, Germany, Europe,
fourth and youngest child of azriel perel,
the owner of a shoe store, and his wife Rebecca.
I was born on April 20, 19295,
in peine, Germany, Europe...
No one believes me,
but I remember my circumcision.
My god, god of our forefathers
let this child live
this child...
Salomon.
Salomon, son of azriel.
I remember my birthaays too. Only later did I learn I shared them
with the future chancellor of the thousand-year reich...
Adolf Hitler.
Hey, I need paint over here!
Perhaps father should shave his beard off.
Not now he won't.
Come on, catch me!
Sally!
Hurry up!
What are you doing in there?
Get out here! Is this your bar mitzvah or mine?
You have to chop some wood.
I'm coming.
Berta was always jealous of me. She wanted to be the boy.
Had I known, /'d have leaped out of the tub...
Couldn't we close up now?
Another half hour.
Jews, come out! Germany, awake!
Kathi!
What are you doing there?
What about you?
I brought them beer. They broke all your windows, huh?
Go get some clothes from my house.
My father says I can't go in your house.
Wait here.
You're here!
Isaak's out looking for you.
My father had been born in toadz,
so we moved there.
He got us Polish passports and said we were now poles.
I knew the Germans had killed Berta,
but I didn't want to leave peine for toadz
We lived above a movie theater
the cashier, miss basia, made me her pet
and let me in for free.
I wanted to be an actor, like Clark gable or eugeniusz bodo.
I was dying to know if her hump was flesh or bone.
I was happy when the war began.
The police would forget the bicycle incident,
and father wouldn't get angry.
Don't open it!
Please, don't open it!
David!
You deserted?
I never even found my unit.
You can't even imagine.
I wasn't even given a rifle.
“There aren't enough to give to Jews.”
The Germans will win.
In a day or two they'll march in here.
It's all your fault!
You said we'd be safe here, that they wouldn't dare start this war.
Yes, it is my fault.
The boys must leave.
Sally mustn't fall into their hands.
- But where can they go? - East.
As far east as possible.
They could have asked us!
It is written
that a son never leaves his parents in difficult times.
It is also written
that a son must obey his parents.
Furthermore, it's your duty to watch over your brother.
What about the rest of you?
Couldn't we all...?
Nothing will happen to us.
Stop that.
They can't lug all those jars around.
Come on. We'll be back soon.
Isaak, my feet hurt!
Come on, salek. It's war!
Get in the boat!
Salek!
Wait!
My brother!
Salek, wait for me!
Wait for me on the other side!
Don't be afraid!
Where are you people going? The bolsheviks are there!
The Russian army!
They invaded from the other side.
They made a deal! Hitler has sided with Stalin
and given him the east! There is no more Poland!
It's occupied by the Soviets!
Wait for me! I'm going back with you!
The poles preferred Hitler and wanted to go back.
The Jews swam foward the bolsheviks.
As for me -
Take it easy.
Hold on, my friend.
Come on.
I was saved by a Russian soldier.
The whole next day...
I sat on the bank and waited for my brother.
But he never came.
The soldiers took me fo the grodno orphanage,
where I stayed almost two years,
with other Jewish, Polish, and Russian boys.
They turned me into a Soviet patriot and a good communist.
Advance towards the dawn
you comrades in arms
with bayonets and buckshot
onward we will march
advance, brave and resolute
raise the youth banner high
we are the young guard
of workers and peasants
Young pioneers...
For the struggle in the name of Lenin and Stalin...
Be ready!
Always ready!
Long live comrade Stalin!
Long live the Soviet Republic!
From your father?
Yes, he's a prisoner of the Russians.
Salomon perel.
Thanks to the Hitler-Stalin pact, I could receive letters.
My father wrote...
'Dear son, we're happy fo hear that you're well and safe
and that you're stuaying.
All is well here. We had fo move fo the ghetto.
All Jews have fo. But don't worry about us.
Thinking of you gives us courage.
Can you get kosher meals? Never forget who you are.
Do you observe shabbat? Greetings fo your teachers.
Your mother sends her love. Your father
ps our address:
Knipfergasse 7.”
Your origins?
You left that blank.
- Jewish. - Idiot!
We know that.
We're asking about your class origins.
You didn't indicate your class origins!
He doesn't understand.
My father had a store.
Bourgeois.
Sally's making a great effort. He's doing a lot of social work.
I'll prove I'm worthy.
Accepted into the komsomol?
Where's your badge?
There are no more.
Stalinist puppet!
Know what would happen if I reported you for this?
Bastards!
The landowners and the bourgeoisie keep the people in ignorance.
They encourage religious superstition...
So that with the aid of popes, priests, and rabbis,
they can smother the people's revolutionary drive.
That's why we call religion the opium of the masses.
- It's not true! - What isn't?
That god doesn't exist.
He exists!
And where is he?
He exists, that's all.
In heaven.
Does anyone else share this opinion?
You're alone in your beliefs.
Filthy poles!
What's this?
A conspiracy?
This discussion is pointless.
Science has proven there's no -
filthy Jew! You're the ones who crucified Jesus!
You're not only ignorant but a racist too!
Polish fascists!
Lords!
Aristocrats!
You know what Lenin said about anti-semitism?
That it's a crime as bad as counterrevolution!
My brother was killed by the Germans!
When I get back to Poland -
hell will freeze over first.
There will be no Poland ever again.
That's a lie!
Very well.
Let's try a little experiment.
You know how to pray, don't you?
Then pray.
“Lord, as a sign of your existence,
send us candies from heaven.”
What are you waiting for? Go on!
Lord...
Send us candies from heaven.
What was that?
I heard nothing, and your god is way up in heaven.
Lord...
Send us candies from heaven.
And now repeat after me:
“Beloved comrade Stalin, send us candies.”
Communism is beautiful!
War!
Hitler has attacked!
Are you crazy?
I'm requisitioning this truck!
Climb in, boys, quick!
This is sabotage!
You're sabotaging the orders of the Soviet leaders!
Your leaders have flown the Coop!
Fine, do as you like!
On your feet!
Hands up!
Jews, step forward! You don't understand?
Jews, out front! Hurry it up!
Faster! Move it!
Your papers.
No! Armenian!
I'm Armenian!
I'm not a Jew!
Check for yourselves!
I'm not a Jew!
Check for ourselves?
Good idea!
Let's do that.
Armenian, huh?
And what's that?
You wanted to bugger us with your cock?
What do they do to them?
They shoot Jews and political prisoners.
I've been captured before. It's the camps for the others.
Shame on you, spreading panic.
Destroy your papers.
Any papers you have on you.
I'd rather die than renounce the party.
Then die for the homeland...
And Stalin.
Let's see those over there.
Hands behind your heads!
Papers!
Hurry it up.
Quick!
Where are you taking me?
Hurry it up.
They were stolen.
You speak German well.
I am German.
What are you doing here?
He could be a Jew.
I'm German...
An ethnic German...
From grodno.
I was in a bolshevik orphanage.
You see? I can smell a Jew.
I'm a German from grodno.
The bolsheviks forced me into that orphanage.
Schulz, carry on here. I'll take him to the sergeant.
Isn't it amazing to find a diamond among this human trash?
Who asked you?
You've made your report! Now move on!
You're not in a Jewish school! Yes, sergeant.
There's a problem.
Name?
Peters. Josef Peters.
Stop typing, idiot! Your parents are German?
We say jawohl!
Jawohl... sergeant.
Where are your parents?
He said he was in an orphanage!
The bolsheviks probably killed them.
Don't cry, my boy.
They'll pay for this.
Enough!
Your papers, young man!
You'll get nowhere here without papers!
- He's not a Jew! - Kramer!
Send the kid over here. - Jupp.
Josef!
Your name's Josef, right?
- Yes, of course. - Then go on!
You speak Russian, right?
I ordered all Jews to step forward.
This one's playing dumb.
Captain, I know Russian.
Tell them he's not a Jew, and if they touch him,
they'll be sorry. What did he say?
That he's not a Jew,
and if you touch him, you'll be sorry.
Watch it, you Russian scum!
Take this Jew away.
Take them both.
I said he wasn't a Jew! He's Stalin's son!
Well? Translate!
He said...
This 1s Stalin's son.
What?
Your papers!
What does it say?
“Dzhugashuvili, yakov...
Son of Josef.”
Stay here!
Don't move! The rest of you, move along!
Faster!
Where did you learn Russian?
In school in grodno.
I was in the komsomol.
And now you serve these fascist pigs?
What did he want?
I didn't understand. It's dialect.
Tell him to watch where he spits.
If he insults a German, he'll get himself shot.
And say I have orders to take them to headquarters.
Come here, kid!
You're our good luck charm!
You've witnessed the reich's victory. Stalin's son!
You know what that means?
Smile!
He speaks perfect Russian.
He'll be useful.
You must be hungry.
Perel!
He's a Jew!
What's he saying?
He says there's a Jew here.
Where?
He says I'm a Jew.
Who?
He says I am.
You know him?
So what's he want from you? I don't know.
Go ask him.
Why, zenek? Why did you do that?
Aren't you a Jew?
And me a Polish fascist?
Isn't that so?
- Good answer! - Stop!
Stop!
Still alive, jupp?
Jupp!
The captain wants to see you.
Why?
Wait for his questions. Answer just yes or no.
Remain at attention,
and don't turn around when he paces.
And not a word about the communist school.
He hates bolsheviks like the plague.
Be careful! You can't fool him.
One glance and he knows everything!
Peters, to the company commander!
I'll be damned!
- How old are you? - Sixteen.
You know my men are fond of you?
No.
Excuse me?
No, captain.
Who was your father?
My father?
My father was a shopkeeper.
And you have no one left? No relatives?
Would you like to stay on as our interpreter?
I want to serve our German homeland.
You'll have plenty of chances.
The future belongs to your generation.
You know who we're fighting this war against?
Russia?
France? England?
No, my boy. We're fighting the Jews.
It's our Jewish war, our holy war.
It's not just about lebensraum.
It's about freeing Europe of Jews and bolsheviks.
Understand?
Yes, captain.
You can be proud...
That you're taking part in this holy war.
What will happen to them? Will they be killed?
Who?
The Jews.
They'll be resettled in Madagascar or Siberia.
Don't worry.
The fuhrer will find a solution.
Yes, captain.
Don't look, jupp.
Let him look.
Look, jupp!
These swine killed your German parents!
They took your house! See how they pay for it now!
Look at the animals! You must learn to hate!
That's when I first felt how confused I was.
Who was my friend and who my enemy?
How could they be so kind to me
and at the same time kill so viciously?
What set us apart?
A simple foreskin?
'I feel German pride
in spilling my blood for fihrer and homeland.”
'German pride”?
Sounds a bit stiff.
Decide: Either lyrical or patriotic. For your girl, I'd say the latter.
You can add -
what do you call her? - Call her?
When you're alone with her.
“My little pussy.”
Then write...
“For you, my little pussy...
I'd like to =~
“A shudder passes through me
tears follow upon tears
the stern heart softens
all I own stands off afar
and all I lost becomes real.”
That's way over her head.
Not tired yet?
Not yet. You?
I'm going on watch duty.
See the stars?
The same stars as in Germany...
But much further away.
I've never been.
Oh, that's right.
But you'll get there. I never will again.
Why?
Just kidding. We'll go together.
I'll take you to Berlin.
What did you do
before you became a soldier?
“Philosophy have I digested
the whole of law and medicine
theology, alas, thrown in
from each its secrets I have wrested
poor fool, with all that hard-won lore
I stand no wiser than before.”
You know it? - Sure.
- I'm an actor. - A real actor?
Of course.
- Movies too? - Naturally.
Isn't it hard playing someone else?
Much easier than being yourself.
Jupp, wait!
I won't do anything!
Wait!
Don't run away!
You're circumcised!
You're a Jew?
My god!
No, get up, please.
Don't be afraid.
Please forgive me.
Forgive me.
I had no idea.
Everything will be fine.
I'll be a like a brother, like a friend.
There now, calm down.
No, don't cry.
Don't be afraid.
Not all Germans are the same.
There are other kinds of Germans too.
So during this holiday
you'd spend a week in these thatched huts?
Don't Jews have houses?
It symbolizes our submission to god.
It's proof...
Of our faith in Providence.
Berta loved this holiday.
I hated passover as a kid.
I had to eat egg dipped in salt water.
It made me nauseous.
I was wondering...
Do you still pray like at home?
Religion is the opium of the masses.
Could I play a Jew?
You look too stupid.
Racist!
Careful! The Russians are still on the other side!
We just flushed them out of here.
Jupp, come quick!
Take the phone. They didn't cut the line.
You understand?
He screwed her three times, but on the fourth, he couldn't stay hard.
And?
The other asks where she is.
And where is she?
In bryansk. He says the Germans are there.
- Great. - Cut the line for good now.
Russian shit!
My boots!
He has a German motorcycle
and two soldiers in his sights.
He's about to burn their asses.
Robert!
Stay there! I'm coming!
My helmet!
You see, you kissed me after all.
Retreat to the forest!
And so I lost my only friend,
“the other kind of German.”
He exited my life like kathi,
basia the hunchback, inna moyseyevna,
my father and mother, Berta, and isaak -
all those /'d loved.
I don't want to go on. I can't go on.
I want fo be myself, among my own kind.
Comrade, can you hear me?
Who's this?
Help me!
I told them I was an ethnic German,
but I'm a komsomol member from grodno!
I'm a Jew. They'll kill me if they find out!
Where are you?
The trench by the bridge, where you're firing now.
We forgot to cut that line! Have you been listening long?
You killed them all.
Ulmayer, the sergeant, and Robert.
Nice work, huh?
Hey, komsomol, you hear me?
Yes!
At nightfall we stop our attack.
Crawl over fo the river and cross the bridge.
There are seven of us on a hill here.
We'll be waiting.
Grab a rifle. You have one?
Hold it up so we recognize you. We'll keep you covered. Got that?
Yes.
And cut that line right now!
Don't shoot!
We surrender!
Jupp, you stormed the enemy single-handed!
So instead of deserting...
I led the attack and became the company hero.
Captain, I'd rather stay here with my comrades.
I feel at home here.
You've shown enough courage.
Now you must go to school and study.
And see the reich at last.
Yes, captain.
It's an excellent school.
You should be proud you're going there.
When the war is over -
that is, if you agree -
I wrote to my wife.
We have no children.
We've decided to adopt you.
Me?
We have land in pomerania. You'll like it. Dismissed.
For my wife.
The reich sent a special party envoy fo take me,
war hero and future son of captain Von lereneau,
aristocrat and staunch anti-semite,
fo the most elite school for Hitler youth.
- Good luck, jupp! - Our regards to the reich!
None for you. A Hitler youth doesn't smoke or drink.
Will you manage?
What else doesn't he do?
I believe a war hero has the right
to behave like a man in certain situations.
A German man.
A real German soldier!
Puff on mine if you like.
You're so handsome!
You know that?
My pure little golden boy.
Papers.
The young man's temporary papers.
Born April 20...
Thank you.
Please draw the shade.
You were born the same day as the fuhrer.
You have the same dark hair.
My darling...
So soft and tender...
To hold him in my hand...
His hair, his lips...
My fuhrer!
Attention!
Fall in!
Attention!
We welcome the German of pure breed...
Josef Peters...
Liberated by our troops from a bolshevik orphanage.
As interpreter and soldier...
He served our country heroically.
We are proud to welcome him into our ranks.
Josef, are you ready
to swear allegiance to our fuhrer Adolf Hitler?
I am ready.
I swear before god...
By this solemn oath...
To give the fuhrer...
Of the German reich and its people...
Adolf Hitler...
Commander in chief of the Hitler youth...
Total obedience...
And in case of any danger...
To be ready...
To give him my life.
You can lower your arm.
Our new comrade will see
that the fuhrer has created a community
in which all Germans are brothers.
The world's strongest community.
We salute him with a triple cheer.
Sharpen your long knives
on the pavement stone
and sink the blades
into Jewish flesh and bone
let their blood flow freely
don't you know it?
Didn't you sing it at the front?
You'll learn it. You'll learn everything here.
Schwarz.
Look after Peters.
He's your roommate. Get him a uniform and show him around.
It's a pleasure.
Same here.
It would be much harder than at the front
the smallest detail could give me away, and then...
'Sink the blades nto Jewish flesh and bone”
my flesh...
That's for you.
I'm Herman.
Be seated!
So you're the new hero?
Your name?
Jupp. Yours?
Leni.
Just coming from the front is enough.
She's the best one here, but she's unapproachable.
Isn't he cute?
We pray before meals?
I remind you to eat correctly with knife and fork.
Knife in the right hand,
fork in the left.
No slurping and no crumbs!
Respect our German bread.
Enjoy your meal.
Its your duty to be healthy
your body belongs to the people
Here comes goethke!
How do you recognize a Jew?
Be seated.
It's quite simple.
The composition of Jewish blood is totally different from our own.
The Jew has a high forehead...
A hooked nose...
A flat back of the head...
Ears that stick out...
And an ape-like walk.
His gaze is shifty and devious.
He never looks you in the eye.
He waves his hands around
and makes exaggerated gestures.
He'll crawl before you...
But let down your guard for one second...
And he'll leap at your throat!
The nordic man is the gem of this earth...
The most glowing example
of the joy of creation.
He's not only the most gifted...
But the most beautiful.
His hair is light as ripened wheat.
His eyes are blue as the summer sky.
His movements are harmonious.
His body is perfect.
You can start calling me “gem”!
Science is objective.
Science is incorruptible.
As I've told you before...
If you thoroughly understand racial differences...
No Jew will ever be able to deceive you.
Come up here
Now the eyes...
Observe his skull...
His forehead...
His profile.
Although his ancestors' blood mingled over many generations
with that of other races...
One can still recognize his distinctively Aryan traits.
From this mixture
came the east baltic race.
You unfortunately don't belong
to the most noble race of the German people,
but you are an authentic Aryan.
Quiet! Special bulletin!
The Valiant and heroic battle of stalingrad is over.
True fo its oath, only with its dying breath
aid the 6th army, under the outstanding leadership
of field marshal paulus, fall to the superior numbers
of the enemy.
Generals, officers, and common soldiers
fought side by side down to the last bullet
the army's sacrifice was not in vain.
Our soldiers died so that Germany may live.
Germany, Germany above all
above all in the world
when for protection and defense
it stands in steadfast brotherhood
from the meuse fo the neman
from the adige fo the belt
Germany, Germany above all
above all in the world
- How do you whistle like that? - Watch.
How do you feel?
The reich is new to you, so you don't understand.
We have complete freedom here. Our school, for example.
My father's a teacher, hans's is a simple Mason,
and hermann's is a baron.
But there's no difference among us!
We all have the same opportunities.
You understand?
We're brothers, true brothers!
I could eat them all.
They're plaster.
You have no imagination. I have too much.
I can't look!
Are you still there?
I can't see you.
I have to go.
See you tomorrow.
Leni's sweater gave me the idea of pulling my skin down
and attaching it with a thread.
Maybe it would stay in place.
I'd never be recognized, and I could live like them.
Come in.
My mother, jupp.
Hello.
Let's sit down.
For you.
We couldn't accept such a generous gift.
I insist. I have plenty.
The captain's wife sent me a package.
They have land in pomerania.
They want to adopt him.
Fine, but only if we eat it together.
Come here.
Papa...
Died in battle.
Come sit down, please.
I heard you lost your parents.
I don't know where they are.
Didn't you say the bolsheviks killed them?
Gerd told me -
yes, the bolsheviks arrested them...
And then a truck ran them over.
Anyway, that's the official version.
Nice picture.
Really? That's me. My cousin was a painter.
He even knew the fuhrer from Vienna!
Leni looks like me, doesn't she?
Her father was dark-haired like you.
Dear lord...
Forget not those who suffer and are hungry.
Comfort the lonely...
And give your blessing
to the orphans.
Amen.
Eat, jupp.
Your tears will make the ham saltier.
It's nothing.
It's just been so long since I've been...
In a nice home.
Are you hurt?
No, it's nothing.
You're lucky. Tomorrow the doctor pays us his annual visit.
Leave me alone!
The doctor?
That queer felt my balls again!
We have to undress?
Of course.
My tooth!
What's wrong?
It hurts so bad I can't talk.
I have to see the dentist!
Strange, it looks perfectly healthy.
Tying my foreskin didn't work.
Pus formed under the thread.
When I untied it the skin slipped back.
I couldn't escape my own body. I had to continue to hide.
I couldn't be with a girl, and I couladn't love lens
You pricked me!
The golden insignia! I didn't know!
We could do it, if you like.
I want to, jupp. You understand?
I really want to.
You're much too young.
You're crazy!
I have to go home.
I'll walk you.
If you like.
You're really crazy.
Catch me!
I didn't know there was a Jewish cemetery here.
- If I ever catch a Jew - - What would you do?
- Cut his throat. - Why?
Because he's a Jew.
Captain Von lerenau says -
Adolf Hitler says we needn't kill them.
We'll send them to Madagascar.
Lice must be crushed.
The fuhrer knows best!
He didn't lose his father in the war against those vermin.
You struck me...
To defend the Jews?
Forgive me.
Josef Peters...
No one slaps a German woman!
No one! Ever!
Especially not a limp-dick like you!
Berta!
Father!
Mama... I'm back.
I'm back!
Isaak?
Hide! They're coming!
He's Jewish too. That's why he keeps his hands in front.
Look for us in the £.6dz ghetto. Kniupfergasse 7!
You mustn't give me away.
What happened?
You screamed. Must have been a bad dream.
What did I scream?
I didn't understand. It was probably Russian.
I won't be visiting the captain's wife.
I'm going to lodz...
To litzmannstadst.
Why litzmannstadt?
They say there are lots of ethnics Germans there.
I might find...
Some of my relatives.
To get across town...
You must cross the ghetto by tram.
The stop's over there.
The ghetto's off-limit on foot, even for Germans.
Go sit down. You're in the way.
Mother...
The windows must remain shut.
I wanted some fresh air.
Fresh air?
In the ghetto?
Was that woman my mother?
I never saw her again,
though I rode through the ghetto many times.
Good! Next, forward!
Better than that!
Good! Next!
Bad, Peters! Try again!
Back in line!
Next, forward!
Hello.
Is leni home?
She's rarely home these days.
She helps put together packages for the front.
Then I'll be going.
No.
Come in, please.
Sit down. I'm nearly finished.
Can I help?
Thanks. I'm done.
I don't know if you heard. Leni is pregnant.
She read that every upstanding German woman
should offer a child to the fiihrer...
And she felt it was her duty.
She's been avoiding me lately.
It hasn't been easy for her.
Leni is very fond of you.
I can tell!
Your teacher goethke said
the father must be a nordic type.
There were lots of Italians on my husband's side.
You understand?
Leni was afraid the child wouldn't be racially pure enough...
To be accepted into the lebensborn.
She's giving it away?
She's offering it to the flhrer.
And you're letting her?
Don't you understand? What can I do?
I don't understand my daughter anymore.
I love leni. - So dol.
She's all I have.
Same here.
At least, so I thought.
It's gerd, isn't it?
Leni said you'd never go beyond a certain point.
I told her it was a sign of respect...
But perhaps...
You think I didn't want to?
I'm not made of stone! I have feelings too!
Josef, tell me the truth.
Are you really German?
No.
I'm a Jew.
I knew it!
I knew it from the start!
I swear I won't betray you.
I had to tell someone!
I couldn't stand it anymore.
You mustn't tell leni.
Children today...
Are so different!
You scum! Get up!
You call yourself a friend?
You swine! - What's the matter?
I didn't want to!
Peters?
Where were you?
Report to the police with your papers.
The police? Why?
Some detail needs to be cleared up.
I'll go with you.
If we hurry, we can do it before class.
Thanks.
Come in.
Name?
Which Peters?
My parents went to grodno from Latvia.
I knew a Peters, but he was from danzig.
So many papers from there are missing.
Front-line soldier.
Your certificate of German purity?
It's still in grodno.
We must request it at once
to avoid any unpleasant problems.
If the Russians take grodno, you're in trouble!
You mean -
our general staff has a brilliant plan:
We feign a retreat on all fronts...
And then, at the last minute...
The fiuhrer gives the signal...
And with our miracle weapon we annihilate the enemy for good!
I saw the fuhrer just last week.
He was confident of our victory.
I'll write to grodno today.
After our victory...
We'll need 10,000 trained young men,
and you're one of them.
Only a miracle could save me now.
They'll kill us all!
The Americans take prisoners,
but the Russians
shoot everyone on the spot!
Shut up!
You defeatist!
Go on, shoot!
Hold this.
Fire!
For the fihrer!
What's wrong with you, jupp?
Shoot, damn it!
He's hit!
I'll help you.
Shoot!
We'll show 'em now! Shoot, jupp!
Jupp, shoot!
We're surrounded!
Jupp, where are you going? You're crazy!
Stop!
Hands up!
I'm on your side!
Where did you learn Russian?
At school, in grodno. I was in the komsomol.
The komsomol!
You traitor! Spy!
I can explain. I was hiding!
I'm a Jew!
A Jew?
If you were really a Jew, you'd look like this now.
Look.
Corpses, heads.
You see these children?
Get a good look.
Hung! Shot!
Get a good look!
I didn't know.
I thought... Madagascar...
I didn't know.
Another one who didn't know.
Give me your gun.
Let's go.
You there, he's all yours.
Do with him as you like.
Shoot him like a dog if you want.
Salek!
Isaak?
My father and mother and all their neighbors were killed
two weeks after my leave in toadz.
Isaak remained until the ghetto was liquidated...
And was then put in a concentration camp.
When I was shouting “heil Hitler!” and courting leni,
my family was already dead.
We're going over to the Americans.
We'll get you clothes from the camp.
Things won't be so hard now.
Understand?
Just don't ever tell your story to anyone.
No one will believe you.
Chin up!
We're starting a new life.
Give me a hand here...
From that moment on, I decided to be only a Jew.
I left Europe and emigrated to Palestine.
And when I had sons,
I hesitated only a moment before having them circumcised.
How good it is with one's brothers
to awell together in peace