Justice.
Justice!
Who are you to speak of justice?
All of you out there.
Staring at me as if I were an inhuman monster
A grotesque beast.
You there, smugged and self-satisfied
Now that I've been captured.
You will learn of true justice.
And you will get it.
[Speaking in foreignlanguage]
Even now, at this moment
While I stand here
Forced to perform in your circus
Your travesty of a trial.
We are rising again.
Once more, growing in strength in Germany
In Argentina
In America.
You will put me to death.
But you will stop nothing.
Hang me, but watch.
As you spring the trap on the gallows
Look at my dangling feet and you will them dancing
Above the millions I've sent to their graves!
Heil Hitler!
[Dramatic music]
(David narrating) My name is David.
I'm one of the survivors of the hell and holocaust
That was Nazism.
These memorials will stand for all time
In memory of its victims.
Even now, so many years later, I still must remind myself
That Adolf Eichmann was not only a beast
And grotesque monster
But the final end product of a political process.
Eichmann was a Nazi.
An important incident in the career of Adolf Eichmann
Was a secret meeting called by him
At SS headquarters in 1941
During the early days of the war.
- Good to see you. - How do you do?
- How do you do? - How are you?
The news is good, gentlemen... very good.
Ja, we can anticipate the fall of Moscow in a couple of days.
Today Russia.
Tomorrow the world.
(All) Heil Hitler.
Hoss, good to see you.
Manz.
Felsner.
Captain. Ah, Kessner.
How are you, sir?
That's a beautiful ring you are wearing, Captain.
A token of appreciation.
Someone who's suffering, you put to a miserable end, no doubt.
[All chuckle]
Perhaps you think a jewel cannot be contaminated
Since there is no blood in a stone.
Please be seated, gentlemen.
I would not have called you from your duties
Which you're performing so efficiently
In your respective camps were it not for
A matter of the greatest urgency.
The continuing victories of our armies
Bring us not only greater glory
But greater challenges.
As our armies penetrate deeper and deeper
Into enemy territory, where food supplies
Are being destroyed before we can capture them
We face the possibility of great shortages.
We've found a solution to this problem.
One which is in complete harmony
With a long established goal.
Gentlemen, I have been honored by the Fuhrer
With the responsibility for our supreme task.
The final solution of the Jewish problem.
Colonel, if you don't mind...
The Arithmetic is quite elementary.
Within our area of protection in Europe today
There are over six million Jews.
The food they now consume will feed our army
And the workers in our factories.
It is our task to bring that food
To those who require it in the shortest passage of time.
Six million to be eliminated?
At once?
But it is impossible.
We couldn't even handle so much beef in slaughter houses.
It's a problem of transportation
Not only here in Germany
But in Romania, in Hungary
'In-in Poland, in Russia.'
We could use machine guns, line up hundreds at a time.
Think about man power to bury them.
Not to speak of the ammunition.
It'll take years.. The war would be over...
Gentlemen, gentlemen, I did not summon you here to advise me.
You will recall, I said that the solution
To this problem was put into my hands.
What I expect from you is not wisdom.
But complete loyalty, efficiency
And absolute secrecy in carrying out my orders.
Transportation plans for the operation
Have already been completed.
As you can see, Col. Hoss
Auschwitz is ideally located.
Rail roads converge form all strategic areas.
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania.
We will also develop facilities for extermination
In Dachau, Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald.
Our first experiments will take place at Auschwitz.
It is a question of man power, Colonel.
At the present we are eliminating
An average of 50 enemies of the state daily.
We already have a shortage of labor.
Within a week, we will eliminate ten, twenty times that number.
Within a month ten times that number.
Gentlemen, time is of the essence.
I plan to conclude this task within two years.
You mean three million a year?
Our goal is victory, nothing can impede us.
- With due respect, Colonel... - It will be done!
We will eliminate thousands with less expenditure
Of material, or manpower, that it now takes for hundreds.
You will receive precise instructions
Upon the completion of our first experiments.
Hoss, I will accompany you to Auschwitz.
That will be all, gentlemen. Heil Hitler.
Pardon me.
But to attach a shower head to pipe with no water
Seems a bit peculiar, nicht?
It is so indicated on the blue prints
Without explanatory footnotes for workmen.
How much longer, until you're ready?
- One hour, maybe. - Good.
Zyklon B. But that is a disinfectant
To kill roaches and rats.
'A gas to fumigate.'
(David narrating) It was my 14th birthday.
For more than a year I'd been at Auschwitz
Each day from dawn until dark
I worked on the cleanup gang.
It would be a day to remember.
[Melancholic music]
[Speaking German]
Bigiano spoke a language I couldn't understand.
But even without words he taught me
How to hide my hatred
To keep the flame of hope for freedom alive.
[Melancholic music continues]
Unload the cargo.
[Speaking German]
There was nothing unusual about the arrival
Of another truckload of prisoners.
But why were the high officials here?
Who is that officer giving orders to Hoss
The commander of the camp?
It was my father and mother.
We'd been separated for more than a year.
I thought I'd never see them again.
David!
[Speaking German]
Attention!
Welcome to Auschwitz.
You have become inmates of a model camp
For efficiency and cleanliness.
'It our intention to keep it clean'
'And free from the lice and vermin'
'You have brought here on yourselves.'
You have 15 minutes in which to take showers in there.
"'And clean yourself thoroughly"
After that living quarters will be assigned to you..
And then jobs.
At Auschwitz, everyone works.
'Quick now. Into the shower.'
Quickly.
[Melancholic music]
[Motor chugging]
[Suspenseful music]
Mama, it smells like peaches.
[Screaming]
[All screaming]
[Coughing vigorously]
[Screaming and shouting]
[Melancholic music]
[Sobbing]
It was a day..
To remember.
Aren't they perfect, Adolf? Aren't they just perfect?
(Hoss) Now, don't be so modest.
[All laugh]
Just like their mother
A beautiful bloom of the third Reich.
You know, Tessa, in your charming home
Time passes much too swiftly.
Oh, thank you, Adolf.
- A little more, Colonel? - Yes, thank you.
Tessa, please.
Ah, Lisa.
You know, Colonel. There is a new program.
One element which is genius.
- Shear genius. - Yes, what is that?
It is humane.
Yes, the victim anticipates nothing. On the contrary...
No no no.
I mean, that I'm talking about the humanity..
To our man, the SS.
(Hoss) 'After all, it is not easy day after day personally'
'To eliminate not only man, but women and children.'
Eventually, it might affect their morale.
- Yes. - But this way, it is unseen.
What you do not see, you do not know.
[Rudolf and Tessa giggle]
Unseen. And clean.
Cleaners. I admire cleanliness.
- It's perhaps a whim of mine. - Oh, it's a virtue, Adolf.
Thank you.
- Prosit. - Prosit.
Finish your dinner children
[Band music]
[Phone buzzing]
Yes.
Ah, Felsner. Yes, put him on.
And see if you can get through to my wife again.
Good morning, Felsner.
I have studied your report very carefully.
A most unpleasant surprise, Felsner
That you're production is down over 15% for the month.
Felsner, you have a quota to fill.
This is no time to relax.
Perhaps in Berlin there is relaxation, Herr Colonel.
Here at Dachau, we have no theaters
No actresses for cultural activities.
Have I heard you correctly, Captain?
'Do you wish me to repeat, Herr Colonel?'
Here at Dachau there is no relaxation.
The reports indicate that over 15% did not reach
The destination that we have assigned them.
- 'Perhaps you could explain.' - Certainly.
As each train load arrives
A medical examiner from the labor ministry
Selects the healthiest personals and takes them away
To the munitions factories.
Men and women. Every day.
They are to select laborers from the prisoners of war
Not from the Jews.
The plan has been approved by Herr Himmler.
I want an appointment.
At his earliest convenience. Reichsführer-SS Himmler.
(Male on intercom) 'Yes, Colonel.'
'Frau Eichmann is on the telephone from Munich.'
Munich? Put her on.
Hello, Melissa?
I've been trying to reach you for the last three days.
The children, are they alright?
Good.
No, no. You cannot come to Berlin.
We have air raids every day
And the bomb shelters are not adequate, except for officials.
Yes. Yes I will come and visit you at my earliest opportunity.
Goodbye.
[Female singing in German]
Russians cannot hold out much longer Stalingrad.
Day by day, we decimate them.
Any hour now, you can expect to hear of victory.
And then, Adolf?
Another jewel added to your string of victories.
While poor Anna is yet to see her first pearl
From all this glory.
You're like all these others, aren't you?
I cannot wear a necklace of victories
As you wear you medals.
For me there are only two goals.
Victory..
And love.
To achieve victory, you bring food to our soldiers, Ja?
To keep love alive you must nourish it also.
But not with jewels, Anna. That would be corrupt.
Oh, Adolf. How could it be?
Look at all these women with their
Beautiful diamonds and emeralds.
Where do you suppose they got them?
Heaven?
That is illegal.
How could it be?
Adolf, the previous owners of these jewels
Are no longer interested in legality.
Anna, let me tell you something.
Today when you take one penny..
You take it from the Fuhrer.
You take it the Third Reich.
Yes, Lieutenant?
The car is waiting, Colonel. The Reichsführer will see you.
Thank you.
Adolf... victory without fruits is like
A bag with a big hole in the bottom.
Hmm.
I better forget what you just said.
How can I level acquisitions at such youth, such beauty.
You'll wait for me, hm?
[Dramatic music]
- Heil Hitler. - Heil Hitler.
I anticipate you, Adolf
the Ministry of Labor Herr Reichsführer, it is about
Arbitrarily taking prisoners for workers.
I said, I anticipate you, Adolf.
But, we have another problem.
We've just received some news.
It is so bad that Herr Goebbels
Has not yet figured out how to release it.
We've just had a word that our armies before Stalingrad
Has been routed.
That is impossible!
Decimated.
Destroyed.
Ragged remnants retreating in panic.
We've lost over a half a million men with their equipment.
It could mean, that we'll lose the war.
No!
I said, "it could".
we must fight a defensive war Then, Reichsführer,
From now until victory.
We shall put the enemy on his knees on our own soil.
Or he will bring us to our knees.
Since either is possible, we must change immediately
Our policy for the final solution of the Jewish problem.
You mean, discontinue?
On the contrary.
But it is imperative that every trace
Of our activities is removed
Not one shred of evidence must be found.
the Ministry of Agriculture Herr Reichsführer we could ask
To plant thousands of trees above the graves.
[Scoffs]
Skeletons can be exhumed, they can be evidence.
But not ashes.
Ovens, crematorium.
All traces removed against the remote possibility..
Of defeat.
We must still device some method for concealing the mass graves.
All graves will be opened, and the remains will be cremated.
Good. Even brilliant, Eichmann.
Construction must start immediately.
But to exhume over a million corpses, Herr Eichmann
'Where will we get a labor force of such magnitude?'
Naturally, the work will be done by the new arrivals.
Precisely, Herr Reichsführer
Oh.
Will you join me, Adolf?
There is no hot food, the last air raid damaged
Our ventilation system.
I should be delighted, Herr Reichsführer.
Thank you. To the Fuhrer.
Uh, Heil Hitler.
[Phone buzzing]
Hello.
Goebbels?
Eichmann here, Auschwitz.
Goebbels, oven 3 has been out of commission for three days.
Yes, yes, but the train on which replacement parts were shipped
Was destroyed by enemy bombers.
It will be another week, perhaps two.
My interest is in
Why the machinery breaks down so frequently?
It's over used. All the camps have been instructed
Not to run the ovens more than 16 hours a day.
If engineering principles are disregarded..
At Auschwitz at present
We're eliminating at the rate of ten thousand a day.
This requires our ovens to be working 24 hours a day, not 16.
Now don't tell me again that it cannot be done.
Now, the question of morale among our guards.
Now, how widespread, Hoss, is this corruption that
Captain Galfas has been caught?
Fear of defeat is causing it.
Stealing from prisoners, taking a bribe
Permitting two of them to escape. These are the facts.
I regret to admit it.
We shall discourage such temptation
Both among the SS men and the prisoners.
[Dramatic music]
[Commanding in German]
Forward march.
Lieutenant.
Would you permit the insignia of the SS to touch the ground?
Never, Herr Colonel.
Since Captain Galfas has already besmirched it by his actions
I suggest that you retrieve it before it is further smeared.
Colonel, the man feels he should be given a pistol
To himself to wipe out his dishonor.
After all, it is an official tradition.
I am not interested in him regaining his honor, Hoss.
But, to see to that those who remain do not lose theirs.
Suicide is such a private affair.
A public disgrace is a much more efficient deterrent.
Please proceed.
Proceed!
Ready.
Load.
Aim.
[Speaking German]
I did nothing that none of you have done.
My only crime is that I was caught.
- Please! - Fire!
[Gunfire]
Tessa.
Tessa! Tessa!
For goodness sakes, Rudolf, you are frightening the children.
- What is it? - When Eichmann was here..
You wear nothing but this wedding ring.
Nothing of the other, nothing but this wedding ring.
Oh, I'm not such a fool, Rudolf. Stop trembling.
- Everything is safely hidden. - Nothing is safe.
Tomorrow, I want you to go to the country
To my brother for a few days.
Somewhere behind the barn.
You bury everything. You understand, everything!
You think Eichmann suspects you?
He suspects everybody.
You bury everything we have deep, very deep.
- You understand? - Alright, Rudolf.
The persistent attempt on the part of prisoners
To corrupt guards in this prison camp
Has not stopped despite warnings.
Perhaps this new method I'm about to introduce
Will prove more effective.
Among you there are two representatives
From each barracks.
Bring forth one from each barracks.
Guards.
You. And you.
[Speaking German]
Line them up over there.
[Speaking German]
(Eichmann) 'Here after, for each prisoner who seeks to bribe, or corrupt'
A prison official, there will be this reward.
[Gunfire]
Enemy troops advancing on Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Three train rows of prisoners in the yards for two days
Screaming loud enough to be heard in London and Moscow.
You've shipped too many to us to handle.
Two ovens are out of commission.
Evacuate in three days.
In three days. And remove all traces of all work.
That is impossible.
All freight trains in the yard are to be re-routed at once.
Divide shipment of prisoners between
Dachau, Bergen-Belsen and Schrobenhausen.
These locations will remain free to operate
For at least two weeks.
We must complete our work.
Get me the traffic manager. Auschwitz rail-road terminal.
Transportation minister, Berlin, please.
Dachau, prepare for receiving emergency
Train loads of prisoners.
All shipments are being re-routed.
You'll operate your remaining two ovens
At maximum speed for 72 hours.
The remaining ones will be shipped to Dachau by trains.
No trains are available to us.
We'll use trucks, order trucks.
That was Stutzheim we just passed.
Less than 100 kilometers now.
Would it disturb you, Herr Colonel, if I turn on the radio?
The news. The news has been, uh..
Interesting. Yes, the news has been interesting.
Yes, very interesting.
(Man on radio) 'Attention, all units.'
'Our troops are making an orderly retreat'
'To create the conditions for a smashing cover attack.'
'In the vicinity of Bellheim.'
Bellheim? Herr Colonel. Colonel Eichmann.
'Attention. All traffic along the highway'
'Travelling either direction'
'Is here by ordered to turn back.'
'All traffic is ordered to turn back.'
Back a kilometer, we can make a turn.
- We can back up that far. - Quiet.
Five or six kilometers ahead, there is a secondary road
To the right. That will be a safe route to Dachau.
It is too risky. It is insane to take a chance like that.
What did you say?
[Dramatic music]
To call you insane is a generosity.
I only take orders to live, not to die.
[Gunshot]
You heard the news?
Six kilometers ahead there is a turn off.
A safe road to the Dachau.
Stop.
It's impossible to go on.
We must abandon the equipment.
Yes, the equipment.
But not the cargo.
The cargo has reached it's final destination.
Understand?
[Speaking German]
(Male #1) 'Ready fire.'
[People screaming and shouting]
[Screaming continues]
The secondary road.
There is still time.
[Melancholic music]
[Melancholic music continues]
Jacob. Sarah.
Jacob?
It's me, David.
[Baby crying]
There are others. Stay here. Wait.
[Melancholic music]
(David narrating) It was V-E day.
The day of victory in Europe
Came to a people hungry for peace.
For the first time in almost five years
The lights came on again in London.
People celebrated and rejoiced almost everywhere.
And everywhere they prayed.
Their hearts overflowing with gratitude
With joy and hope.
But there were also prayers from
Hearts overflowing with sorrow.
With grief that could not be contained.
[Singing in foreign language]
[Song continues]
(David narrating) Some great Americans came.
They came, they saw
And they wept.
[Intense music]
[Knocks on door]
'Anna.'
Tch. Go away. Whoever you are go away.
'It's me Anna.'
Adolf.
They said you were dead.
No, you've gotta get out of here.
I don't care where you go, but you can't stay here.
I've had enough trouble. They'll kill me if they find you here.
They won't find me.
Nobody can escape them. I'm taking no any chances.
Are you so stupid? Can't you see that I have escaped?
What you were followed?
No, no. You can't stay here.
If I tell you that I have a fortune hidden away.
Enough to take you out of this filth and rubble
To another country
Where you can live in style and luxury
Will you still tell me go away? Hmm?
You really have money?
Jewelry?
Gold?
Enough for a long time.
For both of us.
Well.
Thank God you got smart before it was too late.
I have stolen nothing.
I've taken what is necessary for the cause, not for myself.
Any self-respecting man
Could do no worse under the circumstances.
I am not ashamed.
Ashamed?
Adolf, it's wonderful.
I love you for it.
Uh, you must be hungry.
There is no water. No soap.
It is impossible for a person to get clean anymore, Adolf.
It's terrible these days.
The people we know, our friends, they're all being caught.
Ah! Far from everyone, Anna. You have no idea how many've escaped
And they are right back here in Germany
Working for the cause. They'll help us.
- You think so? - I know so.
Who knows better than I. Who they are, where they are
And what they've done.
They'll be happy to help me with passports
With important work, in any country I choose.
I am a power, Anna.
How did you escape?
When you match intelligence against stupidity
There is no contest.
I am not Adolf Eichmann.
My name is Hans Schmidt.
Private first class, 15th Infantry Division.
I have his papers, his identification.
I'm in his uniform, these rags and tatters.
Along with my disillusioned comrades.
'We surrendered to these stupid Americans.'
Comrade! Comrade! We wish only peace, we meant no harm.
We are about common soldiers forced by our superior officers
At gun point to fight. We mean only peace, peace..
[Both laughing]
Oh, my SS number, 888653.
It's gone. I cut it out with a knife.
I escaped from the American prison camp at Leighton's Park.
Now, Han Schmidt, not Adolf Eichmann is missing.
Adolf Eichmann is dead. Everyone knows that.
His body was found in his uniform
With all his identifications.
Yes, that is what I read in the papers.
But why did Han Schmidt exchange papers and uniform with you?
How could he object?
I found him lying dead in a ditch for at least a week.
Hans was a true patriot.
[Anna laughing]
This is slop for pigs.
We had better in the American prison camp.
They will pay for their cruelty to us.
Someday, there will be justice.
There is justice already, Adolf.
If you have money.
Not only justice, but..
Fresh bread, sausage, even wine.
Nothing, but the very best.
Occupation money.
They very best kind of money.
Oh, Adolf, life will be good again.
We will have food, real food.
Real food, Anna.
(David narrating) The land was rocky and arid.
Water was scarce, the heat intense.
But for the first time in 2000 years, we had a homeland.
Israel.
From the Holocaust of Europe, we'd come as decimated people.
Old and young, sick and wounded.
Deeply scared in body and heart
To build a nation.
In a few short years, we left behind forever
Despair and hopelessness that had been our heritage.
A new concept of life had grown in Israel
With it's promise of peace and freedom and dignity.
Yet, for some like myself.
Despite all the future held for us
The wounds of childhood would not heal.
For more than ten years, we had been searching
For Eichmann in every part of the world.
We were a group of volunteers
Who had dedicated our self to this search.
Eichmann had to be caught.
[Symphonic music]
[Bells clinging]
Senora?
I would like to have this watch repaired.
Si, senora.
Will you please, put your name down?
I think, it only needs to be cleaned.
No, senora.
The spring's gone. The main spring.
Could you please, come back in a week?
Thank you.
Main spring, I think.
Wait, Sanchez.
- Yes? - Look here.
[Dramatic music]
Senora Anna Krauss.
What do you think?
Hebrew.
I think, we'll be interested in her husband.
[Speaking foreign language]
It's time to go, Anna. Concert starts in 15 minutes.
Oh, Adolf, concerts are so dull.
Yes, I know. You only care about your bullfights.
Few pictures, Senora, Senor?
- Lovely picture. - No, gracias.
Few pictures?
It's not only the bullfights, Adolf.
It is the spirit of people. It does something to me.
You will be pleased with the photographs.
[Symphonic music]
You were restless tonight, Adolf.
Didn't you enjoy the concert?
No. That woman with the camera
I could not get her out of my mind.
She tried to take my picture, why?
To earn 20 pesetas, what else?
It could be quite different, you know.
They are looking for me, they have never stopped.
(Anna) 'I've seen no one.'
Of course, not. You see nothing, but your bullfights.
- I like them. - Ha!
The bulls or the men who fight them.
[Laughing]
Anna, is there nothing in life for you but sensuality?
Have you no capacity for music, books
The stimulation of the intellect.
Keep away from them, Anna.
If ever you let one of them put his filthy hands on you, I..
Senor.
Sí, senor.
Senor, that girl who takes pictures. Where can I find her?
That girl with the camera?
I don't know, senor. Ah, sí.
- She works here for you? - Only tonight.
I've never seen before.
She paid me a percentage of her earnings.
But she did not do well.
And she will not return. I do not think.
- Thank you. - No mention, senor.
- Gracias, senor. - Driver, lets go.
- Yes, I'm holding on. - Adolf, what is it?
I'm calling Kessner in Paris.
Anna, that woman. I was right.
Hello.
Ah, Kessner.
Eichmann here in Madrid.
What's is the news about my transfer to Kuwait?
Yes, Colonel, your suggestions are being studied
With great interest.
I must leave here at once.
That isn't possible, Colonel.
The Middle East must become our
Center of operations. That is clear.
'Now, how many months do these idiots require for study?'
Colonel, they are our leaders today.
No! Not so, Kessner.
They are lucky. They weren't force to flee.
There's only one leader, today
Wherever I may be forced to set up headquarters.
'Now, listen to me. I want a passport, credentials'
And official business connections arranged, at once.
Tell them that is an order.
Adolf.
Must we go to the Middle East?
Perhaps, you prefer hell.
[Knocking on the door]
- I'll get it. - I'll get it.
Get it.
Hello, Sara.
Uri.
What are you doing here at this time?
David, something has come up.
Finally. At least, I think so.
Here. This just came from Spain.
[Intense music]
That's him.
I know him.
Are you sure?
I can see him at Auschwitz. Can hear his voice.
I'll never forget the moment when my mother was..
Millions..
Millions of mothers, David.
Where is he?
- In Madrid. - Madrid?
A letter that came with this photo.
A man who calls himself Lopez, a refugee.
He wants to know if we know who this man is
And he writes if we can positively identify him
As a Nazi war criminal
He will be very happy to have him assassinated.
How soon do you want me to leave?
As soon as possible. Jacob is going with you.
- Good. - David.
Sara, I've been living for this moment.
Sara.
This is a moment of happiness.
Not one for fear.
Goodnight.
[Dramatic music]
I'm not a frightened wife, David.
I've served with our army for two years.
- I've learned to conquer fear. - Sara.
I know you, Sara.
I love what I know.
You knew this day would have to come for me.
Ten years ago, yes.
When we still lived with that nightmare.
We have just begun to live again, David.
We are building a new nation. We are Israelis, now.
Your energy belongs to the future.
Don't give it to revenge and death.
I must go, Sara.
You can't repay murder with more murder.
But we must have justice.
Justice.
That's for humans, David.
This is beyond anything any human ever knew.
The man has killed six million people, David.
Men, women, children.
What justice is there for a man like that?
What punishment fit such a crime?
What will you do? Have six million trials?
Six million executions? Our ancient laws have changed.
'We don't want an eye for an eye.'
'We are opposed to vengeance.'
David, please.
Let's just be grateful, let's thank God we are alive.
Sara, you're alive because, that night in Germany
On that truck, your father and mother
Covered you with their own body.
David, please. I don't wanna remember.
You must remember. We must all remember.
Listen to me, Sara.
The stranger who covered me.
The man who took into his own body
The bullets that were meant for me.
As he absorbed death to give me life.
I saw his face.
The language he spoke was foreign
But the words he was trying to say
What his eyes were trying so desperately to tell me
I understood.
Never forget this night. Never let the world forget.
Sara.
I must go.
My love goes with you.
[Doorbell ringing]
- Benjamin Lopez? - Yes.
Please, come in, gentlemen.
This way.
This is Senor Sanchez.
- How do you do? - Good evening.
My name is David. This is my co-worker, Jacob.
- Glad to know you. - How do you do?
Please, sit down I'll get some wine.
Why did you come from Paris? What is wrong?
Nothing. Nothing, that I know of.
I was told to come only to urge the greatest caution.
Everything is arranged for you in the Middle East.
You've been so slow. It is almost too late.
I've been followed now for two weeks. Anna, too.
Everything is in here.
Your passport, your ticket to Kuwait.
- Am I not going, too? - You will come later.
But why Kuwait?
It's an important island on the Persian Gulf.
It's perfect from every point of view.
Kessner, what about my flight time?
Tomorrow morning at 8.30.
That is if the plane is on time.
(Eichmann) 'Anna.'
'You go to the airport now.'
They will follow you. That's good.
'Now, in a clear voice, loud enough to be heard'
'Ask for a flight to Rio De Janeiro.'
'Then order two tickets for the day after tomorrow.'
Tell them you'll pick up the tickets tomorrow afternoon.
They will watch for that plane.
Go, Anna.
- That is excellent. - Of course.
Now, order a taxi for Anna.
Well, it's our hope with..
With careful preparation
To get him out of your harbor on one of your fishing boats.
From there we will be able to transfer him into our boat.
The entire operation should take exactly one week.
Señores.
Why take him to the middle of the Mediterranean to kill him?
When we can do it magnificamente, right here.
Señor Sanchez.
We don't want to kill him.
Ah, I see.
You want perhaps, to give him the Nobel Prize?
'You think, death is too great a penalty?'
No sir. Not great enough.
[Phone ringing]
- Yes? - We have waited too long.
- I am going to pick her up. - Listen, Juanito.
No, Juanito. Do not touch her.
Juanito. That fool.
'Eichmann's woman reserved two tickets on a plane.'
- "'They're leaving in two days" - Oh, no. They will not.
Sanchez, you don't understand.
We need him alive. We are not assassins.
But we can't let him get away.
If we must have a trial, we'll give it to him here.
Jacob, we are not assassins.
We are judge, and he is guilty.
There is nothing you can do.
Be assured. We are judges of high quality.
Let us go.
We must wait for Juanito. Then, we will go.
No, David. I'm glad.
His day has come at last.
It is straight, amigo.
Come, let's drink to ourselves.
May we prove to be as efficient executioners
As we are honorable judges.
What is keeping her? Two hours.
She should have been back before now.
It is not two hours, Eichmann.
It is not yet an hour and a half.
Even if they follow me to the airport tomorrow.
They'll think that I'm picking up my tickets.
I'll be on that plane before they know it.
They'll never know where I got off.
Oh, never, never, you'll be absolutely safe.
I'm not interested in safety.
It's important that I live only to do the work for our party.
Oh, that is exactly what I meant, Eichmann.
Now, if that foolish woman would only hurry.
- You are stupid, Juanito. - Why?
- We do not want the woman. - But we had to have her.
We needed these keys to get into his house.
I could not take them from her and then let her go.
And now, can you let her go?
Will you be her judge and executioner, too?
Let us go.
He would begin to suspect when she doesn't come home.
Jacob?
David, there is no other way.
It has taken us more than ten years.
- To fail. - Fail?
Jacob, if we kill him, we failed.
You will. Not I.
[Dramatic music]
[Phone ringing]
Yes. Anna?
Adolf, they have my keys to the house.
Get the police. Protect yourself.
They would be there any minute.
Why did you do this?
Never mind that.
Get out of here, quickly, before they come back.
Quickly!
[Dramatic music]
All those years of searching.
Months of planning, raising money from friends, all gone.
Because of him, a betrayer.
We were under orders not to kill.
We were not under orders to help him escape.
'We were not under orders to be informants.'
To notify him, so he'd call the police.
Jacob, we're not murderers.
Sara, David did not have to kill him.
There were others of us who did not share his delicate feelings.
He had no moral right to prevent others from doing what is right.
Alright. Suppose, we had killed him.
The newspaper here would have carried an item this big.
This big. Announcing the mysterious murder
Of an unknown foreigner.
Not Adolf Eichmann.
An unknown foreigner named Krauss. Krauss.
What would we've accomplished?
We could let the world know he was really Eichmann.
And would they have necessarily believed us?
I say, that if we kill this man without due process of law
The world will brand us as murderers.
We will bring him to trial. Never worry.
We'll never get him. We've chased him to Kuwait.
He plans to make the Middle East
The center of a new empire of murder.
With Israel, the first victim.
By letting him live, you are his accomplice
In future murders. You.
- We'll run him out. - You'll run him out?
Out of a country you can't even get into?
[Instrumental music]
In the two years that followed
Contributions came from all over the world.
Only vast sums of money could move Eichmann out of Kuwait.
Now, we had it. We were ready.
[Instrumental music]
It was decided that Jacob and I would go.
Our differences were long forgotten.
Patient and painstaking work had gone into our preparations
For this moment. And we believed we'd found
An answer in Eichmann's early history.
We were going to bring it back. Now. To haunt him.
Our passports were good. But we didn't have much time.
The ship would only be in port 48 hours.
No, no, there is no need to be apprehensive.
Your shipment of cars has left Germany over a month ago.
Yes, I can assure you. My gratitude will be expressed
In a most substantial fashion.
Thank you.
Hakim Benahmed is here to see you.
- The police? - He said it was urgent.
- Urgent? - Hmm.
Show him in. Show him in.
Ah, my dear Hakim Benahmed. What an unexpected pleasure.
Won't you join me in some coffee?
- No, thank you. - Sit down, won't you?
No, thank you.
Well, now, let's see. You were here last, about a month ago.
I didn't expect to see you again for another week.
Herr Brunner, I'm here to protect your life.
If necessary, with my own.
My life?
You're in great jeopardy, Herr Brunner.
I don't understand.
An official in my department has received evidence
That you are an agent of Israel.
'A Jew.'
I? That's preposterous. Such information could...
It's not information, but evidence.
Nonsense. That's outrageous.
Your dossier indicates you speak Yiddish and Hebrew.
You lived in that, uh, obscene country.
Yes, yes, yes. But that was years ago.
It was then, Palestine.
I was a German agent for the National Socialist Government.
I know that..
Herr Eichmann.
That is why I wish, to save your life.
The report branded you as a Jew.
It's already known by many people.
Too many.
As a Jew..
'...you will be assassinated in 24 hours.'
I represent three of the largest German industries.
They will defend their representatives, here.
- Get in touch with them! - I have.
I've cabled to ask if they knew you were a Jew.
They have not replied.
I'll have a passport and get you away safely in 24 hours.
You are thinking, perhaps, if you revealed yourself
To be Eichmann..
'...you would not remain alive very long.'
There would be a high price on your head.
My people, well... to my regret
We have many impoverished people..
To whom money is greater value than life.
That is when the lives are not their own.
But be at peace, Eichmann.
I will protect you as if your life were my own.
Until, you're on the plane.
[Dramatic music]
At last, we had given him the taste of terror.
That cold sweat of his own fear.
Eichmann was on his way to South America.
Buenos Aires.
From now on there wouldn't be a moment for him without fear.
Our plan was to keep him within reach
Until, we were ready to take him.
You received my cable.
That's good. What has happened to you?
What has not happened?
I did not think I would ever be glad to see you again.
But I am.
Come, Anna.
You live here?
You do not have to stay.
That's not what I meant.
In your letters, you never said anything about why you came
To South America in the first place.
They would not let me back into Germany.
But I have a job, I get by.
Once I am settled, we'll move into a more befitting place.
But first, I must telephone Senor Santez.
He's in charge here of everything.
You don't have to, Adolf. He's on his way here to see you.
How could that be?
As you said, "He's in charge of everything here."
I told him you were coming.
You know him?
[Knocking on the door]
You know him also.
[Knocking on the door]
Adolf, be careful.
They're angry with you.
[Eichman laughing]
Kessner.
When Anna told me that you were coming
I cabled immediately to Europe for instructions.
You've made a mess of things, Adolf.
You better explain.
You let the Jews, run you out of Kuwait.
(Eichmann) 'That is not true.'
There was an attempt on my life and I was caught.
You were caught... by fear!
No. There's been a tragic mix up
And I shall write an explanation.
By all means.
Give me your communication and I shall forward...
No, no, no.
Your fear has forced headquarters to change
Their address. So... now we understand each other.
They have instructed me to get a job for you.
Inconspicuous, modest. Out of public sight.
'You're to refrain from all organizational activities.'
As long as you obey orders, you will be safe.
You will hear from me about the job through Anna.
Little Kessner here in Argentina giving me orders!
I must find out the new address of headquarters.
Why, Adolf?
Why?
Can't you forget the past and all the glory?
You could stop running. We could live.
They would give you a job. Nobody would know you.
No!
I will never tolerate that. I am the leader of the movement.
The movement?
Adolf, the movement is in other hands.
- Your day is over. - Never.
They will learn that Eichmann cannot be disposed off easily.
I don't want you caught.
You're afraid to have me here?
[Dramatic music]
Adolf, for so long I have been afraid.
I'm tired now.
I want to know which is worse.
Fear or loneliness.
What's the job?
The last few months have been busy with personal matters.
The menial job does not bother me anymore.
There was an interesting item in the newspaper.
- So? - This anniversary here.
This would be an International Industrial Agricultural fair.
Delegation from Israel is coming.
And Kessner is worried that there may be agents
Among the delegation, hmm?
Kessner is worried about many things.
He also would like to see you. Come on over.
You're letting vanity and false pride lead you into trouble.
I am grateful for the concern you show about my welfare.
Serious charges have been made against you.
In the factory, at social gatherings
You're talking carelessly, dangerously.
You give me the address of headquarters.
I want to communicate with them directly.
Despite my instructions and then my warnings
You have written to Von Mayers in Egypt, to Kretel and Mario.
'Your letters have been turned over to headquarters.'
'Many people are demanding that the strictest measures'
'Be taken against you.'
I will stop when you give me the new address of headquarters.
You're endangering the entire organization.
Not I. It is you.
You cannot take away my proper position.
You've heard of this delegation of Jews arriving here?
There would be agents amongst them.
They will get you, Eichmann.
Hitler and Himmler entrusted me
Only me, with the final solution of the Jewish problem.
Ah, only you.
After Himmler and Bormann, I came next.
I am now the new leader above everyone else at headquarters.
You, sitting there in my seat, behind my desk.
You cannot gag me with threats of strict measures.
(Eichman over recorder) 'Wherever I am, there are the brains, the power.'
'Only I can rebuild the organization.'
'Our National Socialist power.'
'Now, you tell them, if I go down, it will not be alone.'
"'All of you here and those in Egypt, in the United States"
'And those who had it easy so long'
'Secure and well protected.'
'If I go, I will take them all down with me.'
Gentlemen, I think, it's clear what must be done.
Anna.
Anna, they're here.
The Israel delegation, by plane. They're after me.
Adolf, they're not after you.
Now, will try to get some rest?
We're safe. We're safe. Kessner will deliver my message.
I still have power. Power.
What message?
What are you talking about? Blackmail?
That's the only language they understand.
They're degenerate. They're corrupt.
But I'll fix them. They'll never find me.
They'll never find..
'I'm not afraid of them. I'll fix them.'
[Dramatic music]
[Door opening]
[Music continues]
[Softly] Adolf.
Adolf!
The Star of David. What did you expect?
We'll dump him on the steps of the synagogue.
Klaus!
Little Kessner is trying to make the world believe
That the Jews killed me, hmm.
[Doorbell ringing]
Klaus?
[Intense music]
The routine never varies.
He takes the bus here every morning to the factory.
Here, and every night after work, he returns back here.
What does he do with his nights?
He stays in the house. Never goes out.
From the empty bottles we find in his trash can
He probably, drinks himself to sleep.
We'll have no trouble picking him up.
Good.
[Phone ringing]
Yes? Speaking.
I see.
Alright, stick with him.
We'll get word to you.
Well, he didn't go to the factory today.
They've traced him to the house of a German here
Who goes by the name of Santos.
Oh, what are we waiting for?
I've sent your message to Europe.
They apologized for their underestimation of you.
And I too, of course.
After all, little Kessner is only a messenger boy.
I think, you'll be pleased with their decision.
They've decided to appoint you
General Co-coordinator of all North American affairs.
Your headquarters will be in Mexico City.
Here's your ticket and your new passport.
You'll leave at once.
- I will need some money. - Everything has been arranged.
You will be met at the plane by Señor Valdez.
Is that all?
- Good luck. - Oh, Kessner.
It's too bad about Klaus.
'I'm sure that you'll miss him.'
Don't underestimate the enemy.
You're right.
In order to avoid underestimating the enemy
One must know him.
It shall never happen again.
That's comforting.
After you're settled, arrangements will be made
For Anna to join you.
Oh, such kindness.
I'm sure you will enjoy Mexico City.
Good luck.
Hans.
Follow him.
His ticket is for Flight-321
Leaving for Mexico City, tonight at 7:10.
He's no fool. He may suspect.
If he does not get on that plane
We will be forced to eliminate him here.
Anyway, do not let him out of your sight.
They think, I am an imbecile who can be fooled like a child.
But why to Mexico City?
Not Mexico City, Anna. Hell.
Their method, tricking a victim to his unsuspecting doom.
[Laughing]
They forget, it is I, who invented such methods.
So, what is their plan?
I'm to be met by one, Señor Valdez at the airport.
He's to drive me away. Drive me where?
Mexico is one of our graveyards. A graveyard without a headstone.
And then, where will you go?
To Europe. I have no other choice.
I must tell them what Kessner is trying to do to me.
- To all the others. - But, Adolf.
You'll hear from me
When I'm back in power, where I belong.
[Dramatic music]
[Music continues]
[Speaking Spanish]
Pleasant journey.
Cancel this flight, please.
Instead, I must go to Europe. Immediately.
Spain or Portugal.
Do you have anything leaving before 7 o'clock this evening?
- I'll see what I can do, sir. - Thank you.
Can I have a reservation for this afternoon to Madrid?
Yeah. Yes, thank you.
Yes, I have space for one.
Flight 6, 5:30 this afternoon, to Madrid.
I'll take it.
Uh, sir, your flight to Mexico City is tourist class.
'The one to Madrid is first class.'
Oh, that's alright. How much is the difference?
Uh, 23,406 Pesos.
Twenty three thousand..
Oh, oh, I'm afraid, I..
Here take this and reserve the seat.
I will be back with the balance in an hour.
Uh, yes, sir. May I have your name, please?
My, my name..
Uh, it must be on the ticket to Mexico, here.
Here's my name.
Oh, yes, of course. Señor Wittnauer. I'm sorry.
I will be back in one hour.
Wittenauer. Herman Wittenauer.
[Dramatic music]
[Phone ringing]
- Who is it? - Anna, I need 15,000 Pesos.
Bring them to me at the airport, right away.
You didn't kiss me goodbye.
Come back and I give you everything.
Anna? Alright, Anna, I'll come.
I'll get there, right away.
[Sobbing]
[Dramatic music]
[Music continues]
- Who's that? - I don't know.
[Music continues]
You're making a mistake.
You must take orders from me, not Kessner.
Look, if you kill me, you're betraying your own cause.
You're not Kessner's. You're my men!
Once we were almost yours.
Almost!
My name is Adolf Eichmann. I regret nothing.
I do not repent. Kill me!
No. That's too easy, too quick.
You're gonna stand trial, Eichmann.
People are gonna see you. They're gonna study you.
They're gonna learn, how one man
Can become responsible for the torture and murder
Of six million human beings.
Six million!
The world will learn, and they'll remember.
[Intense music]