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DOWNFALL (Bopchoi123@Gmail.com)
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I feel as if I should be angry
with that child, that...
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naive young girl.
Or that I must not forgive her...
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for not recognising the nature of that monster.
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For not being aware of what she was getting into.
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And especially that I went
along without thinking.
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Because I wasn't a fanatical Nazi.
I could have said, in Berlin:
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'No, I'm not doing it. I don't want
to go to the Führer's headquarters.'
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But I didn't do that.
I was too curious.
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I also didn't realise...
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that destiny would take me
somewhere I didn't want to be.
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But, nevertheless, I find
it hard to forgive myself.
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The ladies are here.
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It's confirmed.
- They can pass.
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'Wolfsschanze' headquarters of the Führer
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November 1942 Rastenburg, East-Prussia
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Sit down, ladies.
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One moment. The Führer is feeding
his dog. He'll see you in a short while.
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Can you tell us... How are we
supposed to address the Führer?
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The Führer first speaks to you and
then you reply: Heil, mein Führer.
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And the Nazi salute?
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That won't be necessary...
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since the Führer isn't looking for
a soldier, but for a secretary.
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Act as normal and calm as you can.
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I'll see if he has time for you.
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Mein Führer,
the ladies from Berlin are here.
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Thank you for coming in the middle of the night.
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Sometimes, during a war,
one is not in control of time.
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Can I ask your name?
- Margarethe Lorenz.
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Where are you from?
- From Fulda.
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And what is your name?
- Ursula Puttkammer. Heil, mein Führer.
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No need for that.
Where are you from?
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Frankfurt am Main, mein Füh...
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Hannah Potrovsky,
born and raised in Berlin.
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In Pankow, to be precise.
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Hedwig Brandt from Crailsheim, Schwaben.
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And you are?
- Traudl Humps. I'm from Munich.
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A lady from Munich.
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Shall we start then,
Fräulein Humps?
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My Blondi won't hurt you.
She's very intelligent.
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She's much smarter than most people.
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First, sit down, please.
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Don't be nervous. I make
many mistakes during dictation.
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You won't make nearly as many.
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You're very young.
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How old are you?
- 22, mein Führer.
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My German fellow-countrymen and women...
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fellow party members.
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It is, I think, rather special...
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that, after 20 years of service, a man
still stands in front of his supporters...
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and that in all those 20 years, his
program never needed to be modified.
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I suggest we try it again.
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I did it.
He hired me.
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Two and a half years later.
Berlin - 20 April 1945, Hitler's 56th birthday.
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Take cover.
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Hurry. Continue.
Get that off the street.
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Take cover.
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That's artillery fire.
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Don't be silly.
Where would it be coming from?
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You're right. These are no planes,
this is artillery.
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It's the Russians.
What a birthday present.
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Where is that cannon fire coming from?
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Happy Birthday,
mein Führer.
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The city centre of Berlin is under fire.
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Grenades have hit near the
Brandenburger Tor and the Reichstag.
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Where did they come from?
- We don't know yet.
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I have Koller on the line.
- Give me Koller.
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Koller, do you know Berlin
is under artillery fire?
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No.
- Can't you hear the shooting?
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No, I'm in Wildpark-Werder.
- Berlin is chaotic.
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Apparently, the Russians captured
a railway bridge over the Oder.
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The enemy has no railway artillery near the Oder.
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It's not long-range artillery.
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The anti-aircraft defence near the
Zoo-Bunker reports they're 10 to 12...
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cm calibres. The Russians have
positions near Marzahn.
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That's only 12 kilometres from the
centre. Are the Russians that close?
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They should hang the entire Luftwaffe leadership.
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This is unheard-of.
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The Russians are at 12 kilometres
from the city centre.
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Nobody told me anything.
I had to ask.
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Maybe it's long-range artillery,
after all.
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That railway bridge over the Oder...
- Nonsense.
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That Himmler,
such a pompous buffoon.
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Party bosses, everywhere.
They make me so sick.
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The Führer starts 'Clausewitz' today.
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Berlin as a front city.
He won't be able to keep the city.
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If the Führer stays here,
the Reich will go down with him.
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We have to talk him out of it.
Talk to Hewel.
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He's the only diplomat with any influence on him.
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Hewel tried everything.
It's useless.
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Talk to your sister-in-law, then.
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Why not? You're married
to the sister of Eva Braun.
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We must try everything.
Berlin is almost surrounded.
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You're still young.
You'll be a father soon.
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Do you want to die here?
- Absolutely not.
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Gentlemen, the Führer.
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Everything out. Quickly.
We're leaving in two hours.
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What's going on?
- We're leaving.
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'Clausewitz' has started.
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All the ministries and departments
are leaving Berlin.
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And who's going to look after
the people and the soldiers?
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Don't ask me, professor.
- This is insane.
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Professor.
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I won't allow the evacuation of my office.
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Is that so?
- Food supply would collapse.
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A good soldier can always find food.
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And when there's fighting all over the city,
where does he get it? The population.
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It's irresponsible.
- It's an order from the Führer.
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As department head, I
report to the SS and to Himmler.
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But as a doctor, I'm part of the
Wehrmacht and they're not leaving yet.
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Keep that in mind.
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The professor stays in Berlin.
Get him the proper papers.
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We're leaving.
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Everything for Germany.
Heil, mein Führer.
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Führer, I...
Heil, mein Führer.
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They're in such a hurry to get away from here.
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The brown nosing is the worst.
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They say 'Sieg Heil'. but they
think 'Lick my... you know what.'
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Mein Führer, I beg you: Leave Berlin.
It is not too late yet.
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Too late?
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Hewel, come here for a moment.
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I'm sure you agree we should
contact the Allies...
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and start conducting politics.
- Certainly. We need politics.
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Politics?
I don't do politics anymore.
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I'm fed up with it.
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When I'm dead, you'll have
plenty of time for politics.
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It's good, dear Himmler.
My loyal Heinrich.
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It's good.
Just go.
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He has no strength left.
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What did you expect from a
vegetarian teetotaller?
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Seriously, though, Fegelein.
I'm taking control now.
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Berlin will fall in a couple of days.
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When the Führer's dead, who will
the Allies negotiate with?
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Why do you think they'll negotiate with you?
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The Nazi state and my SS
are needed to maintain order.
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One hour with Eisenhower
and he'll feel the same way.
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The first contact has been made.
- Careful, that's high treason.
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Fegelein, I have other concerns.
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Should I give Eisenhower the
Nazi salute or shake his hand?
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Look at that.
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The best guests always arrive late.
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Leaving already, gentlemen?
I wanted to talk to you.
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The scorched-earth order...
- I really have to go now.
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Come and see me one day in Hohenlychen.
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I'm going north to help with the
battle of Berlin there.
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You know, Speer... There's an
advantage to those bombings.
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It's easier to clean up debris
than to demolish everything ourselves.
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When the war will be over,
reconstruction will be quick.
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We spent thousands of hours
together with these replicas.
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You're a true genius, Speer.
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Yes, absolutely. Only you and I know that
the Third Reich would be inconceivable...
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with only warehouses and factories.
Skyscrapers and hotels.
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This Third Reich will be a treasury
full of art and culture...
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that will survive thousands of years.
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We see, before us, the ancient
cities, the Acropolis...
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We see the medieval cities...
the cathedrals...
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and we know that the people need that.
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Indeed, Speer.
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That was my vision...
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and it still is.
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Mein Führer, if you want to realize
these plans, you must leave Berlin.
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Eva, you say something.
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He's the Führer.
He knows what's best.
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You must leave Berlin.
The Russians almost have us isolated.
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I can't do that, my child.
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I would be like a lama priest
with an empty prayer wheel.
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I have to solve the problem,
here in Berlin, or perish.
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Speer...
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what do you think?
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You have to be on the stage
when the curtain falls.
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Reload.
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Go away. Leave me alone.
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How old are you? Twelve?
And you? Fourteen?
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Why are you here?
To play at war? Go home.
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Who are you? What do you want?
I want my son. Alive.
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You should be proud.
He destroyed two tanks.
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The Führer will decorate him for it, today.
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You're still young.
At which front did you fight?
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I haven't had the honour yet.
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Count yourself lucky.
Send the children home.
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We'll defend this position to the last man.
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Which position?
This is not a position, it's a trap.
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The Russians will come from two sides
and you won't be able to get out.
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We'll shoot back.
- What with?
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With the anti-aircraft guns.
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The Russians will arrive with several
armies, tanks and heavy artillery.
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Do you really think you'll
last even five minutes?
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We promised the Führer.
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Don't you understand?
The war is lost.
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Coward.
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Go away. Right now.
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If you're still here when the Russians
arrive, you'll all be dead.
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The 9th army had to retreat
or they would have been decimated...
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We won't retreat the 9th army.
Busse must fight where he stands.
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Führer, then the 9th army is lost.
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We'll push back the Soviet armies
in the north and east...
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with a ruthless, mighty attack.
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Using which units?
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Steiner will attack from the north
and join the 9th army.
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The 9th army is unable to move.
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The enemy outnumbers us ten times.
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Wenck's 12th army must support them.
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The 12th army is approaching the Elbe.
- Then it must turn around.
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Then the western front would be open.
- Do you doubt my orders?
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I think I've been clear enough.
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The Allies will see that only we
can stop the Bolsheviks.
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We have to keep Berlin and
make a deal with the Americans.
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Mohnke, you're here.
- Mein Führer.
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Today, 'Clausewitz' started.
Berlin will be a front city.
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You will be the commander of the
defensive circle around the citadel.
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We'll fight until the last man, in Berlin.
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There are still three million civilians
here. They have to be evacuated.
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I understand your concern, Mohnke.
But we have to be cold as ice.
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We can't spend any energy on so-called civilians.
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With all due respect, what will
happen to the women and children...
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and the thousands of wounded and elderly?
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In a war such as this one,
there are no civilians.
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The Führer has lost all sense of reality.
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He's moving divisions around
that no longer exist.
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Gruppe Steiner has been scattered,
yet Steiner must attack. Madness.
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But why don't you tell him that?
- He doesn't listen to reason.
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Something has to happen.
- Are you crazy? He'll throw us out.
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We're soldiers.
We took an oath.
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Does that mean we can't use
our own brains anymore?
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And that's coming from you?
A ruthless careerist?
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I beg your pardon?
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Where were you?
- None of your business.
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The most successful tank hunters of the
Berlin Hitler-Jugend stand before you.
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I'm proud of you.
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This boy took out two tanks
using anti-tank shells.
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His name is Peter Kranz.
- So you're Peter.
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I wish my generals were as brave as you.
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Very good.
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You've made history.
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And when Germania will rise from these ruins...
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you will be the heroes.
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Heil, to you.
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I don't know about you,
but I prefer air raids.
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What will happen to us?
- I could go if I wanted to.
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But everybody is deserting him.
We can't all go, can we?
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I can't go either.
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I wouldn't know where to go.
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My parents and all my friends warned me.
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Don't get involved with the Nazis.
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What should I say: 'Hello, I made a mistake'?
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'When things went wrong,
I admitted my mistake.'
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Life will go on.
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What do you think, Herr Oberst?
- We have to go.
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Go where?
- I don't know.
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Wherever they need us.
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Let's go upstairs.
We'll party.
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Come on.
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Come, children.
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We should have fun today.
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Wherever the enemy goes,
all they find is destruction.
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That's the death sentence for the German people.
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No power, no gas, no drinking
water, no coal, no traffic.
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If you destroy everything, our country
will go back to the Middle Ages.
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This order denies the people
any chance of survival.
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If the war is lost, what does it
matter that the people are lost too?
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The primary necessities of life of the
German people aren't relevant, right now.
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On the contrary.
We'd best destroy them ourselves.
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Our people turned out weak...
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and according to the laws of nature,
they should die out.
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They're your people.
You're their Führer.
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What remains after this battle...
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is only the inferior.
The superior will have fallen.
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Come along. You have to dance.
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Care to dance, Fräulein Braun?
- I'd love to.
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May I?
- Go ahead.
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What's wrong?
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We have to leave Berlin, Eva.
You must convince him.
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Or else, come with me.
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You'll die.
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Can somebody play some music?
I want to dance.
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Dance.
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Do you have a request?
- As long as it swings.
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Traudl.
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It's all so unreal.
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It's like a dream you can't get out of.
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It keeps on going.
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Gerda, I don't feel well.
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Traudl, come.
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I did not move...
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I did not move my command post.
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To the west? How so?
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I'm at 1,000 meters from the enemy.
- General.
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And, general?
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I'll be executed.
- What? Why?
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They think I moved my command post to the west.
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Be sensible, general.
- Come along.
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Schenck.
- Mohnke.
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I'm under the chancellery.
I'm commander of the citadel now.
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I need help.
- That will be difficult. Everything's gone.
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My assistant and I are the only ones here.
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You're a doctor, aren't you?
- Yes, an internist.
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Commandeer a car and bring all the medication...
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you can find, to me.
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I'll do my best.
- Thanks. Hurry.
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I need to talk to the Führer.
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What about?
- I'm going to be executed.
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Wait here.
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Your weapon, please.
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Not here.
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Guard post 2.
Understood.
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General...
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Not you.
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What's going on here?
Why am I going to be executed?
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You know that any evasive manoeuvre
towards the west is forbidden.
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Officers who don't obey,
must be executed.
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What do you mean? My troops
have been fighting for days.
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My command post is a kilometre
away from the front line.
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Continue.
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Do you see this? I don't want you
to use that tone with me.
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And now, do whatever you feel you must.
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It's best if you tell this to the
Führer yourself. Come along.
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You can't pass, Oberst.
- Orders from brigade führer Mohnke:
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I have to get into the hospital.
We need medication.
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There's nobody left.
They all took off.
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And the wounded?
- How should I know?
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I'm going to have a look.
You stay here.
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Be very careful.
There are lots of Russians here.
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See that? That's where the Reich
ends. Behind it, is Russkie land.
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May I?
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He's damned stubborn.
Why doesn't he let me do that?
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I should have been back by now. Are
you sure the Führer still needs me?
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Drink.
- Führer's orders.
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You made a big impression on the Führer.
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But you don't think Steiner will attack, do you?
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I doubt whether Steiner
is able to do anything...
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but you probably know that better than I do.
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If Steiner doesn't attack,
Berlin is lost.
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The Führer was impressed with your report.
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He puts you in command of the defence of Berlin.
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I'd have preferred it if he executed me.
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Let them get closer.
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Tank alert.
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Take it easy. Wait, kid.
They're still too far.
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Is it German artillery that I hear?
- I'm afraid not.
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But hasn't Steiner's attack started?
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You have to go as fast as you can.
Time is running out.
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But the Führer has the situation under control.
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Steiner will make all the difference.
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He says it will change military history.
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Everybody, but the Führer, knows
that's a fantasy.
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I even wonder if he believes it himself.
- Why would he be playing games?
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What does he have to lose?
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I don't believe a word of it.
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The enemy made a breakthrough.
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They took Zossen and are advancing
towards Stahnsdorf.
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They're at the northern city border,
between Frohnau and Pankow.
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In the east, they reached
Lichtenberg, Mahlsdorf and Karlshorst.
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If Steiner attacks,
everything will be alright.
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Mein Führer...
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Steiner...
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Steiner didn't have enough force.
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The attack didn't take place.
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The following stay here:
Keitel, Jodl, Krebs and Burgdorf.
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That was an order.
Steiner's attack was an order.
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How dare you ignore my orders?
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Is this what it came to?
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The military, everybody lied to me. Even the SS.
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The generals are no more than
a bunch of disloyal cowards.
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I don't allow that...
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Cowards, traitors and incompetents.
- Führer, this is outrageous.
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The generals are the scum of the German people.
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No sense of honour.
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You call yourself general because
you spent years at the academy...
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where you only learnt to use knife and fork.
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For years, the military obstructed me.
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All you ever did is thwart me.
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I should have had...
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all the high officers executed.
Like Stalin did.
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I never went to the academy.
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But I conquered all of Europe on my own.
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Traitors.
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I've been betrayed and deceived from the start.
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Such enormous betrayal of the German people.
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But all these traitors will pay.
With their own blood.
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They will drown in their own blood.
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Calm, Gerda.
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All my orders have been ignored.
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How can I be a leader under these circumstances?
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It's over.
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The war is lost.
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But if you think this means I'll leave Berlin...
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you're wrong. I'd rather
shoot a bullet through my head.
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Do what you want.
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The Führer wasn't serious about
killing himself, was he?
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Frau Junge, Frau Christian.
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Get changed. In one hour,
a plane will take you south.
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Everything is lost.
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Completely lost.
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You know I'll stay with you.
You can't send me away.
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I'm staying too, mein Führer.
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Now what?
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Time to end this charade.
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Do you want us to stop fighting?
That's inconceivable.
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The Führer doesn't want us to capitulate.
No more November 1918. Ever.
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But he doesn't want to be in charge
anymore. He said: 'Do what you want'.
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Nobody can replace him.
He's the Führer.
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The Führer's confused.
He'll recover.
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Great. And then what?
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No capitulation. That was never his intention.
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We owe it to him.
- Hollow phrases.
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We have to act now.
Or it will be too late.
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You're only looking after yourself.
- Mind your words.
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Damn.
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We'll never get out of here alive.
It's all over.
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We've got to wait.
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Even the Führer doesn't believe in
it anymore. What will happen to us?
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Günsche says there's a tunnel
that goes under the Russian lines.
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Why did you say you wanted to stay with him?
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I don't know.
Honestly.
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It stopped.
Let's go for a walk.
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Traudl.
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Look here.
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I'm lighting another one.
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Let's go down again.
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Where do they come from?
- Volkssturm. Drafted this afternoon.
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They have to get out of the field of fire.
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The Volkssturm is under the
direct command of Dr. Goebbels.
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I want them to go away from there.
This is insane.
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I'll take the responsibility.
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I think this is wrong.
- Great.
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Stop. Lights out.
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Stop. Stay where you are.
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Stay where you are.
- Alright, Germans.
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Help. They want to kill us.
- What is all this?
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A Greifkommando.
- You're kidding.
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Stop it. Let those men go.
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What's this?
You have no authority here.
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These men are on the run.
Traitors will be killed.
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They're old men. Civilians.
You can't do this.
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Who's going to stop me?
You maybe?
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Stop it. That's enough.
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Dismissed.
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This man's a doctor.
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Can you operate?
- Not really.
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Don't let the children take too many toys.
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And not too much nightwear.
That's no longer needed.
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Herr Minister...
- Frau Junge, my family will arrive soon.
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Can you look after them for a moment? Thank you.
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Brigade führer,
what can I do for you?
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Your Volkssturm is an easy prey for the Russians.
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They have neither combat
experience nor good weapons.
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Their unconditional belief in the
final victory makes up for that.
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Herr Minister, without weapons
these men can't fight.
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Their deaths will be pointless.
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I don't pity them.
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I repeat: I don't pity them.
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The people called this upon themselves.
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This may come as a surprise
to you. Don't fool yourself.
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We didn't force the people.
They gave us a mandate.
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And now they're paying for it.
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Eva, you have to leave the Führer.
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Don't be stupid.
This is about life and death.
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How can you say that?
Where are you?
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I decided not to die in Berlin.
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Does my sister know where you are?
- Think about it. I'll call you back.
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Children, your room is to the right.
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Wait for me.
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Hello, Frau Goebbels.
- Good to see you, Frau Junge.
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Line up, children.
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Helga, come. Line up.
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Let's make ourselves look good and
then we go say hello to uncle Hitler.
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Do you remember the song?
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The best thing to do is to
shoot yourself in the mouth.
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You won't feel a thing.
You'll be dead right away.
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I want to be a beautiful corpse.
I'll take poison.
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If I have to die,
at least without any pain.
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That's definitely painless.
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It paralyses the nervous system
and the respiratory system.
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A matter of seconds.
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Can I have one too?
- Me too.
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Himmler provided me well.
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Thank you.
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I would have liked to give you a nicer present.
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Berlin, 23 April 1945.
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Dear sister. I'm sorry to write you this.
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But this is how it is. It could
be over any moment.
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First of all: Hermann isn't with us.
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But I'm sure you'll see him again.
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He'll get through this
and he'll fight from Bavaria.
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The Führer lost all hope of a good outcome.
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Dear son. I don't know
if you'll receive this letter.
-
Maybe someone will allow me
to send you a last greeting.
-
I stayed with daddy against his will.
-
Last Sunday, the Führer wanted to help me escape.
-
But you know your mother.
We have the same blood.
-
I won't even think about it. Our
ideology's going down the drain...
-
and with it, everything that made
life beautiful and worthwhile.
-
After the Führer and National Socialism,
there's nothing left to live for.
-
That's why I brought the children too.
-
They're too good for the life that awaits them.
-
God will have mercy on me
if I bring them redemption myself.
-
I'll wear my bracelet with the
green stone until the very end.
-
After that, I want you to always wear it.
-
Unfortunately, my diamond watch
is with the watchmaker.
-
I included the address below.
I hope you're lucky enough to get it.
-
I want you to get it.
-
You'll also get the bracelet
with the topaz pendant.
-
A birthday present from the Führer.
-
I owe some money to the Heise company.
-
There may be more debts, but
no more than 1,500 Reichsmarks.
-
All correspondence with the Führer must be burnt.
-
I'm sending you some food and tobacco.
The coffee is also for Lindner and Kathl.
-
The cigarettes are for Mandi, the tobacco
for daddy, the chocolate for mummy.
-
I can't think of anything else.
That's it for today.
-
Dear sister, I wish you lots of happiness.
-
And remember,
you will see Hermann again.
-
The warmest regards and a kiss from...
-
your sister.
-
Inge.
-
Listen, Keitel.
I want you to leave this evening.
-
Go to Dönitz and help him with the organisation.
-
Things have to be started up again.
-
I don't understand you.
-
We have no more oil fields.
That's catastrophic.
-
It makes any serious operation impossible.
-
When everything has been solved
here, we must get the oil fields back.
-
Any questions?
- No, mein Führer.
-
Good.
Have a good trip.
-
Mein Führer! Is it agreeable to
you after your decision...
-
to remain in the fortified zone of
Berlin as your representative...
-
do you agree that I take charge...
-
with complete freedom of action?
-
If I receive no reply by 22:00 hours...
-
I'll assume you have been incapacitated.
-
I will then act on behalf of
the country and the motherland.
-
That's high treason.
And betrayal of you.
-
Göring's concerns are not entirely unjustified.
-
If our communication system fails...
-
we'll be cut off from the outside world.
-
We won't be able to issue orders anymore.
-
I think Göring wants to seize the power.
-
I never trusted his clique on the Obersalzberg.
-
This looks like a coup.
-
The loser, the sponger.
-
A parvenu, a lazy bastard.
-
How dare he say I'm incapacitated?
-
Hello.
- How did you get into Berlin?
-
It wasn't easy,
but I must speak to the Führer.
-
If I were you,
I'd wait a bit.
-
The Luftwaffe.
What did he turn that into?
-
For that alone,
he should be executed.
-
This morphine addict corrupted the country.
-
And now this.
-
He's betraying me.
-
Me of all people.
-
I want Göring stripped of his power, right away.
-
And, in case I don't survive the war...
-
he must be executed immediately.
-
What's going to happen to us?
Is there any hope left?
-
Frau Junge, leave from here before it's too late.
-
The Führer wants to stay.
We can't leave him behind, can we?
-
He doesn't need anybody for what
awaits him. And least of all you.
-
But Herr Goebbels and his wife
stay here. And the children.
-
But the children...
-
I have always believed...
-
that there was a way out.
-
Come in.
-
Albert. Hello.
-
You have a fever.
-
Albert, I can't stand it anymore.
-
Why don't you leave with the children, Magda?
-
Leave?
And go where?
-
I can arrange for you to be
taken to Schwanenwerder by barge.
-
You can hide until everything's over.
-
It won't be long now anyway.
-
I thought about it.
-
My children cannot grow up in a
world without National Socialism.
-
Think about it. The children
have a right to a future.
-
If National Socialism dies,
there will be no future.
-
I can't believe you really want that.
-
Go now.
-
Come in.
-
I knew you'd come.
-
You wouldn't desert the Führer.
-
I've come to say goodbye to the Führer.
I'm going back to Hamburg tonight.
-
Of course, you must go.
Sit down.
-
I took some furniture you designed.
-
I couldn't leave it behind.
-
Please, you must not have eaten all day.
-
That's true.
-
It's very important that you came.
It shows him you're on his side.
-
Did he ever doubt that?
-
Lately, he often thought
you were against him too.
-
I always said you'd come and here you are.
-
I think he liked it that you
advised him to stay in Berlin.
-
I also think it's best.
-
And, you know...
-
it may sound strange...
-
but I'm really happy here.
And I'm not afraid.
-
You came.
- Mein Führer, I...
-
It's good.
-
Let's sit down.
-
I had great plans for the Germans and the world.
-
Nobody understood me.
Not even my old brothers in arms.
-
The opportunities we had.
The whole world was ours to grab.
-
Too late.
-
I can only be proud for openly
fighting the Jews...
-
and for cleansing the Lebensraum
from the Jewish poison.
-
I don't find it hard to continue.
One brief moment...
-
and then eternal peace.
-
But please spare the people,
mein Führer.
-
If my people cannot endure this ordeal...
-
I won't shed a tear.
-
They get what they deserve.
-
They called this fate upon themselves.
-
For months...
-
I have to tell you this...
-
for months I have sabotaged
your orders for destruction.
-
I not only ignored your orders,
but even acted against them.
-
I had to tell you.
-
This never compromised
my personal loyalty to you.
-
So you're leaving.
-
Good.
-
Goodbye.
-
I wish you all the best.
-
Eat well, gentlemen.
-
Peter.
-
It's alright, son.
-
He has a fever.
-
Yes, but he's alive.
-
Loyalty and courage still exist in this world.
-
Ritter von Greim
and Fräulein Reitsch, how good...
-
that the both of you arrived
more or less unharmed.
-
Sit down.
-
We came under heavy fire, but
still arrived in Gatow.
-
From there,
we couldn't continue.
-
We flew in a Fieseler Storch,
over the Russian lines...
-
and landed on the East-West axis, close to here.
-
Before landing, the Soviets had a go at us.
-
General Von Greim, I appoint you
supreme commander of the Luftwaffe.
-
I hereby promote you to General-Feldmarschall.
-
A big responsibility rests on your shoulders.
-
You have to rebuild the Luftwaffe from scratch.
-
Many mistakes have been made.
Be ruthless.
-
Life doesn't forgive weakness.
-
This so-called humanity is religious drivel.
-
Compassion is an eternal sin.
To feel compassion for the weak...
-
is a betrayal of nature.
-
The strong can only triumph
if the weak are exterminated.
-
Being loyal to this law,
I've never had compassion.
-
I've always been ruthless
when faced with internal...
-
opposition from other races.
And that's the only way.
-
Apes, for instance...
-
kill all the odd ones.
-
And what applies to apes,
must definitely apply to humans.
-
Himmler made an offer to surrender...
-
to the allied powers.
-
Via Count Bernadotte.
-
A message from the English radio.
-
Himmler.
Himmler of all people.
-
The most loyal of my loyals.
That's the worst betrayal.
-
Göring, he was corrupt.
Always has been.
-
Speer, an absent-minded artist.
All the others: yes.
-
But Himmler?
Has he gone insane?
-
He must have told them I'm sick.
-
Maybe even dead.
-
Leave me alone with Ritter Von Greim
and Fräulein Reitsch.
-
And get Fegelein.
- We don't know where he is.
-
What? He's Himmler's assistant.
He must be available.
-
We haven't seen him for days.
- I want a report immediately.
-
Please stay here, Doctor.
-
You and Greim must go as quickly
as possible. Fly to Dönitz.
-
Tell him to do anything
it takes to punish Himmler.
-
We've decided to die with you.
-
Thank you for this proof of loyalty.
-
But Himmler must die.
He committed treason.
-
He's no longer privvy to my plans.
-
Mein Führer?
-
Do you think I'll sit and wait until
those Jewish swine slaughter me?
-
This is part of a huge decoy operation.
I've allowed the enemy...
-
to invade the Reich and they think they've won.
-
But mark my words: they have
another thing coming.
-
Dönitz is mobilising in the north.
Kesselring in the south.
-
We'll surround the enemy and crush them.
-
From Prague, three armies will attack the
Russians, simultaneously, from the back.
-
I didn't know we still had
so many reserve troops.
-
I made sure you'll soon have
a 1,000 of the most modern...
-
jets at your disposal.
-
With those, you can make the
Luftwaffe ready for battle again.
-
I kneel to your genius, at the
altar of the motherland.
-
Heil, mein Führer.
-
You also request to leave Berlin?
-
Mein Führer, as you know,
all medical departments...
-
that fall under the SS and Himmler,
have left Berlin.
-
Himmler is a traitor.
He won't escape punishment.
-
Mein Führer, as Reichsarzt SS,
I have no more work here.
-
Your request to leave Berlin is unacceptable.
-
My family...
-
If the Russians...
I must leave.
-
You did nothing wrong.
-
Future generations will thank you
for you medical research.
-
I take all the responsibility.
-
We'll talk about it later.
-
Gruppenführer Fegelein cannot
be found. He's not in the bunker.
-
What, you can't find Fegelein?
-
Keep searching.
I need to talk to him. Immediately.
-
If he left just like that,
that's desertion. Treason.
-
Bring me Fegelein.
-
Fegelein. Fegelein.
-
Daddy, why are you wearing your Sunday uniform?
-
Ernst, is something wrong?
- No.
-
Thank you.
-
Brigitte is hungry too.
-
Ilse, you should eat something as well.
-
Thank you.
- There you go.
-
Thank you.
-
What is it?
- Gruppenführer, you're under arrest.
-
What?
- You're suspected of desertion.
-
Get dressed.
You'll come with us.
-
Search the room.
-
Let go of me.
You can't give me orders.
-
You can't have Hermann executed, can you?
-
There's no doubt.
He wanted to flee.
-
What does it matter?
Everything's over.
-
Think of my poor sister.
She's pregnant by Hermann.
-
He collaborated with Himmler.
He's a traitor.
-
There's no mercy for traitors.
No compassion for them.
-
He'll be court-martialled and executed.
-
What's the point of that?
-
It is my wish.
-
You're the Führer.
-
Speak.
-
The Russians are advancing more and more.
-
There are no more reserves.
Supplies from the air are impossible.
-
There is no ammunition coming in anymore.
-
In the north, the Russians are standing
in front of the Weidendammer bridge.
-
In the east: Lustgarten.
South: Potsdammer Platz.
-
West: Tiergarten, about 400 metres
away from the chancellery.
-
How long can you hold out?
- At most, two days.
-
Including the government area?
- Yes.
-
As a soldier, I suggest we
flee Berlin. It's surrounded.
-
The battle of Berlin killed about
20,000 of our best officers.
-
That's what young people are for.
-
What you suggest is insane.
Ridiculous.
-
Think of the thousands of wounded.
We can't help them.
-
Mein Führer, the orders have
been written. I give you my word...
-
The Führer cannot make a honourless
disappearance from world history.
-
Even if an advance is successful...
-
I'll end up in another troublesome situation.
-
I'd have to stay in the open air or on a farm...
-
and wait for the end.
-
Wenck is advancing with the
12th army. He can join the 9th...
-
and give the Russians the final blow.
-
Wenck's an excellent fellow.
Send a telegram to Keitel:
-
Immediately report to me the following:
1. Where are Wenck's vanguard located?
-
2. When will they attack again?
-
3. Where is the 9th army?
4. Where will the 9th make a breakthrough?
-
You'll see, gentlemen.
I'll be right.
-
Wenck will come.
-
Wenck will come.
-
I want to know if Wenck can do anything at all.
-
It's unlikely that Wenck's
small amount of troops...
-
What's unlikely about the offensive?
- Wenck can't do anything anymore.
-
Then why don't you tell the Führer
that? Has everybody gone mad?
-
Do you think the Führer doesn't
know? He'll never surrender.
-
And neither will we. I've been
through that once. Never again.
-
Come along. I have to go.
-
Stop right there.
-
Heil Hitler.
-
Excuse me. I fell asleep.
-
Did you get some rest, my child?
-
In shorthand.
-
My political will.
-
More than 30 years have passed...
-
since I made my contribution as a volunteer...
-
during the first World War.
-
During those 30 years,
I learnt to think, act and live...
-
out of love and loyalty for my people.
-
Excuse me. The shooting.
- Please sit down.
-
Centuries will pass...
-
but from the ruins
of our cities and monuments...
-
the hatred of the people...
-
who did this to us,
will continue to flare up.
-
International Judaism and its allies.
-
What is it, Herr Minister?
-
Imagine this. The Führer wants
me to leave Berlin.
-
He ordered it.
-
I've never ignored an order from the Führer.
-
But I will ignore this order.
I'll stay with the Führer.
-
Please, Frau Junge...
-
I want to dictate my will to you.
-
I'm typing the Führer's will.
-
Good.
-
I understand.
Some other time.
-
Mein Führer, according to the
racial law I'm obliged to ask you:
-
Mein Führer, are you of Aryan descent?
-
Can I see your identity card?
-
You're talking to the Führer here.
- Alright then.
-
And you, Fräulein Braun,
are you of Aryan descent?
-
Then there's nothing to stop us.
-
I'm asking you now:
Do you, mein Führer, Adolf Hitler...
-
take Eva Braun, present here,
as your wife? Answer 'yes'.
-
Do you, Eva Braun, take Führer
Adolf Hitler, present here...
-
as your husband? Answer 'yes'.
-
Then I declare you man and wife.
-
Two men here.
-
Everything will be alright.
-
You must go to the Führer right away.
- Now?
-
How long can we hold out?
- Twenty hours, no more.
-
The Russians are close. At the
moment, we forced them to stop.
-
You know, Mohnke. The western
democracies are decadent.
-
They'll succumb to the people from the east.
-
All the best. Thank you.
-
It wasn't just for Germany.
-
A message from Keitel.
-
1. Wenck's vanguard are
stuck south of Schwielowsee.
-
2. The 12th army can't continue
the attack on Berlin.
-
3. The 9th army is completely surrounded.
-
What do we do when the last
ammunition reserves have been exhausted?
-
I'll never surrender. Never.
-
I forbid you, and the other
commanders, to surrender.
-
Listen, Günsche. My wife and I
are going to commit suicide.
-
I don't want my corpse exposed by the Russians.
-
I don't want them to get me,
dead or alive.
-
I want to be burnt and never to be found.
-
Günsche, I want you to promise me...
-
that you will do all that it takes.
-
Mein Führer...
-
this is a terrible order,
but I will execute it.
-
Kempka.
- Erich, I need 200 litres of petrol.
-
Are you mad?
Where should I find them?
-
From the parked vehicles.
-
What's all that petrol for?
- I can't say.
-
Come, please.
The Führer wants to see us.
-
Should I tell the Führer you're indisposed?
-
It's only my collapsed lung.
-
I'll die soon anyway.
-
Excuse me.
-
Over here, Herr Professor.
-
One moment, please.
-
Excuse me.
-
I'm sorry to interrupt your important work.
-
Mein Führer, keep faith in the final victory.
-
Lead us and we shall follow.
-
Come along.
-
Join the gang.
-
Come. Have a drink.
-
Besides drinking, there's little we can do.
- Do sit down.
-
That's better. Yes, the
situation is pretty shitty.
-
Can we sit down?
- Please do, Fräulein...
-
Frau...
- That's Frau Hitler.
-
It's alright.
-
A pity we can't go outside anymore.
-
Only if you want to die a heroic death.
-
Fritz, control yourself a bit.
- Yes. Control.
-
Take cover.
-
What are you doing here?
- I have to report to the Führer.
-
You can't right now.
Sit down.
-
Sit. Drink.
-
Let me introduce Frau Hitler.
-
So young and so many decorations.
You must be proud.
-
Excuse me.
I'm not used to drinking anymore.
-
You can use our toilet.
-
If your hand shakes, the bullet
might only hit an optic nerve.
-
That's why it's good to also take the poison.
-
When you bite through the capsule,
pull the trigger.
-
Will I have enough time?
-
The poison starts working
after one or two seconds.
-
Tornow, you too.
-
Come Blondi.
-
You know, Frau Junge,
I've known...
-
my husband for more than 15 years.
-
But when I think about it,
I know nothing about him.
-
Even though he likes to talk.
-
I longed for Berlin,
but he's so different now.
-
He only talks about dogs and vegetarian food now.
-
I hate Blondi.
-
I sometimes kick her and Adolf
then wonders why she acts strange.
-
I think he doesn't want anybody
to really know him.
-
he can be so caring in his private life.
-
And then he uses that rude language again.
-
When he's the Führer, you mean?
-
Come, let's smoke another one.
-
I'm sorry.
-
You have so many worries and here I am, whining.
-
Frau Junge, I'm giving you
this coat as a goodbye present.
-
I like fashionable ladies.
I want you to enjoy it.
-
What a surprise. Thank you.
-
I just don't know where and when I can wear it.
-
Please, try to get out of here.
-
Promise me.
-
Thank you. That was very good,
Fräulein Manziarly.
-
The time has come. It's finished.
-
The Führer wants to say goodbye.
Come with me.
-
You're the bravest mother of the Reich.
-
Führer, you made me the happiest
woman in Germany.
-
Salute my beautiful Bavaria.
-
Children, what are you doing here?
-
We want to see aunt Eva and uncle Hitler.
-
Have you eaten anything yet?
- Only breakfast.
-
Stay here, I'll get something
to eat. I'll be right back.
-
Comrades, this is the
latest news from the outside.
-
Berlin is full of warehouses: There were
houses here, there were houses there.
-
Herr Günsche,
I want to speak to the Führer.
-
Please, I have to.
-
Frau Goebbels, the Führer
doesn't want to be disturbed.
-
Please, Günsche,
just for a moment.
-
Please.
-
Mein Führer,
Frau Goebbels is here.
-
What is it?
-
Mein Führer, I beg you: Leave Berlin.
-
Don't leave us Führer.
What will become of us?
-
Tomorrow, I'll be cursed by
millions, but that's how it is.
-
Get up. Come.
-
Come.
-
Aunt Traudl, I like it when it thunders.
-
Why?
- Nothing can happen to us here.
-
Can it?
- No.
-
Gotcha.
-
Reichsleiter, it's over.
-
The Führer is dead.
-
There's daddy.
-
Are you crazy?
For that damned petrol of yours...
-
Erich, shut up.
-
Stand back.
-
Come on, continue.
-
Continue.
-
No, don't.
-
Let grandpa go.
-
Order. Order.
We must have order.
-
Order has to return.
-
This way. We know the way.
You can trust us.
-
Hurry.
-
I was on the side of the Red Beasts.
-
I supported the Bolsheviks.
-
Let's hope the Russians got our message.
-
We'll soon find out.
- Or not.
-
What news do you have, General?
-
Adolf Hitler and his wife
committed suicide in the bunker.
-
The new government authorised me...
-
to start peace talks...
-
between our countries, that both
suffered severe losses.
-
General, if you were me,
would you make peace with you?
-
My government will never accept
unconditional surrender.
-
Given the situation,
you have no other choice.
-
Surrender? Never.
That's shameful.
-
Years ago, I conquered Berlin on the Reds...
-
and I'll defend the city to my dying day.
-
In the short time I have as Chancellor...
-
I'll never sign a surrender treaty.
-
It's for the sake of the people.
- The Führer's orders are final.
-
This is crazy.
We have to start negotiations.
-
I repeat, gentlemen: I do not surrender.
-
Send a message to Marshal Zhukov.
- Zhukov?
-
What's happening?
- We're surrendering.
-
Then I must kill you.
The Führer forbids any surrender.
-
How long does it work?
- Around four hours.
-
Children, the doctor has the
medication I told you about.
-
It's a bit bitter,
but it will work.
-
A sip for everybody.
-
Who wants to go first?
-
Heide, you're always so brave?
-
Have another sip.
-
See? That wasn't so bad.
-
Well done.
Helmut.
-
This medication makes sure you don't
get ill in this humid bunker.
-
But it's not humid in the bunker.
-
Well done.
-
Helga.
-
I don't want to.
-
What's that? Do you want to get sick?
- Please, mama. I don't want to drink it.
-
Don't cry, baby.
That doesn't help.
-
You have to drink the medicine.
-
Helga.
-
Come on, open your mouth.
-
Goodnight, children.
-
One day the lie will fall apart...
-
and there will be light in the darkness.
-
Please read that.
-
One day the lie will fall apart
and there will be light in the darkness.
-
Let's do it differently.
One day the lie will collapse...
-
and truth will triumph once again.
-
At that moment, we will stand above everybody...
-
pure and...
-
immaculate.
-
We don't stand a chance.
- So what? I want to get away.
-
How do we get through the lines?
-
Doesn't matter.
I'm not staying another minute.
-
We'll die.
- It won't be that bad, surely.
-
If we stay, the Russians will get us for sure.
-
All the best.
-
Come, let's go.
-
On 30 April 1945, the Führer
committed suicide...
-
and in doing so, he deserted
everybody who was loyal to him.
-
You, German soldiers, were loyal to
the Führer and were prepared...
-
to continue the battle for Berlin,
although ammunition was in short supply...
-
and further resistance was pointless.
-
I hereby declare an immediate cease-fire.
-
Each hour you continue fighting...
-
prolongs the suffering of the people
of Berlin and of our wounded.
-
In agreement with the supreme
command of the Soviet troops...
-
I order you to stop fighting immediately.
-
Weidling, former commander
of the Berlin defence area.
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A glass of water, please.
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I don't need you anymore.
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The game's over.
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It's time.
- Don't you see what's going on here?
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I insist that you help us,
as a doctor.
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Alright, then.
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Go. You did a lot.
Thank you.
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Schädle, hurry. Come on.
- I'm not going anywhere anymore.
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Come along.
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Are you alright?
- Keep going.
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Sturmmann Krüger and his group
defended the Wolf Bridge...
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and he receives the Iron Cross.
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Sturmmann Wagner took out two
machine-gun nests...
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and therefore, receives the Iron Cross.
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Sturmmann Rauch has gotten
messages through the lines...
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and receives the Iron Cross.
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The others are coming.
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Take cover, Müller.
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Who's that?
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A German.
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Herr Hewel?
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Thank God, you're alive.
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Where are the others?
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I don't know, Frau Junge.
Somewhere. Maybe.
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Most people from my group must be dead.
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I should never have left that bunker.
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I should have shot myself,
but I couldn't.
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Eat something first. There's
always enough time to die.
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You stay with the women.
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Come along.
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The Russians have surrounded us.
- What's going to happen to us?
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Maybe you can get through.
You could try.
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I'm not taking another step.
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Think about it. The Russians are after us.
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As a woman, you might have a chance. Try it.
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Good luck.
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When you walk past the Russians,
don't look them in the eyes.
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Remember that well. All the best.
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The Russians.
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Gerda, let's go.
- You go.
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I'm exhausted.
- Please.
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I have to give it a try.
Don't be angry with me.
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I'll be alright.
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Herr Doktor.
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My comrades want to surrender.
Can I join you?
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The Führer's dead. Do you want
to continue the war on your own?
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I'm obliged by my oath.
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Then you'd better go to the Brigadeführer.
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The Russians are evacuating the square.
- So?
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No opposition.
No shooting.
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Then they'll be here within the hour.
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What shall we do?
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We can't surrender.
- What exactly do you mean?
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When the Russians come,
we'll empty our weapons on them.
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The last bullets are for ourselves.
- That's radical.
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Is this prestigious murder
and suicide our only option?
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We're SS officers.
We can't survive the Führer.
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Who agrees with me?
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Come and sit down with me?
- Please.
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Why do you want to continue living?
- And you? Why do you want to die?
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See this?
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The Führer gave it to me personally.
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As a last decoration?
- Maybe.
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A goodbye present from Hitler.
I had to promise him something.
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If the Russians get me,
I have to kill myself.
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Did he make you promise that?
But why?
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Maybe he didn't want me to be forced...
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to say anything bad about him.
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But, as a diplomat, you're
under international protection.
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Who will benefit if you stick to your deal?
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There they are.
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Don't shoot, comrades.
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We surrendered.
The war is over.
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It's over.
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Complete surrender took place on 7 May 1945.
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Hostilities were suspended on 8 May.
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The war took the lives of more
than 50 million people.
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6 million Jews were killed
in German concentration camps.
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Gerda Christian managed to escape
and avoid imprisonment.
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She died in Düsseldorf on 14 April 1997.
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Dr. Schenck was released in 1953 by the Soviets.
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He died in Aachen on 21 December 1998.
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Wilhelm Mohnke was released
by the Soviets in 1955.
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He died in Damp, near Eckernförde,
on 6 August 2001.
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Helmut Weidling died in captivity, in 1955.
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Werner Haase was arrested
in the bunker, by the Red Army.
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He died in captivity, in 1945.
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Otto Günsche was arrested by the Soviets.
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He was released in 1956 and
died in Lohmar, in 2003.
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Hanna Reitsch survived the war
and would break many flying records.
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She died on 28 August 1979.
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Robert Ritter von Greim committed
suicide on 24 May 1945.
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Linge and Hentschel were arrested by the Soviets.
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Linge was released in 1955 and died in 1980.
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Hentschel was released in 1949 and died in 1982.
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Constanze Manziarly disappeared
without a trace, during her flight.
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Albert Speer was arrested in Flensburg, in 1945.
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He was sentenced to 20 years, in Nuremberg.
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He was released in 1966 and
died in London, in 1981.
-
Keitel and Jodl were sentenced to
death in Nuremberg and executed.
-
Hermann Göring was sentenced to death.
-
He committed suicide in his cell,
shortly before his execution.
-
Heinrich Himmler tried to escape
using a false name.
-
After he was found out,
he committed suicide.
-
Martin Bormann and Ludwig
Stumpfegger committed suicide...
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on 2 May 1945, near the Lehrter Bahnhof.
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Rochus Misch was released by the Soviets in 1955.
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He still lives in Berlin.
-
Traudl Junge was classified
as a 'young follower'.
-
She worked as a secretary and lived
in Munich, until her death in 2002.
-
All the horror I heard about during
the Nuremberg trial...
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the 6 million Jews, dissidents
or people of another race...
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who died, shocked me deeply.
-
But I hadn't made the connection
with my own past yet.
-
I reassured myself by thinking
I wasn't personally guilty of it.
-
And that I hadn't known
about the sheer size of it.
-
But one day, I walked
past a commemorative plaque...
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for Sophie Scholl,
here in the Franz-Joseph-Strasse.
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I saw that she was my age...
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and that she was executed in
the year I joined Hitler.
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And only then did I realise...
-
that youth is no excuse.
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And that it might have been
possible to find out the truth.
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DOWNFALL