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He is ...

This is a nasty place, like any other.

Everyone talks behind each others back.

What happened to him?

Supposedly he drove off

the road near the ferry and died.

It ended badly.

Some say Serbs killed him.

All kinds of rumors.

I can only tell you

what I heard. I have no idea.

Mom had hard time being

alone. She remarried.

But she kept the surname Pavi.

She married some

Svetozar, he was a pilot.

He was a good man.

He treated us well.

That's the most important thing. -But they

couldn't make it work. They divorced.

Why? -Couldn't make it work.

-Couldn't make it work? -Yes.

How did you take it?

-I just kept watching my mother,

who didn't believe you died.

I think she was waiting for your return.

-I'm so sorry. -Me too. About everything.

Americans didn't want it to be known

that our scientist were

helping them out.

The case of Ivan Pavi

was special.

We made it look like he didn't

make a turn while driving a car

and crashed into the sea. Corpse was

said to have been retrieved from the ocean

and a closed-casket funeral

was arranged.

His wife was of course

also invited to the funeral.

She was pregnant at the time.

When I arrived at the Institute,

an urgent meeting was

called in a conference room.

I was running late so

I kissed her quickly and left.

Were you allowed to

say goodbye to her? -No.

We left conference room,

boarded the plane

and were flown to

NASA Center in Langley.

My wife and I never

saw each other again.

Much later Hafner told me

that I had a daughter.

I'd like to know why was I

separated from my father.

There's no programme in whole world

that is important enough

to warrant taking away

person's freedom of choice.

It would be different

if it was your choice.

But if you are forced ...

Prof. Novakovi ended up

on Goli otok, as far as I know.

But he returned to his family.

What benefit could he provide

to family considering his situation?

This is a long story. -Don't worry,

we would be okay with it.

Would you want to

meet Ivan Pavi?

It would be an interesting

encounter, especially because

we could talk about things we

weren't allowed to talk about back then.

Grudges tend to

disappear as you grow old.

We have to open it down there.

Is it far? -Right at the end.

Which grave?

-We've arrived. It's here.

Your grave.

See. -Who's lying down there?

-Probably no one.

I don't know. -Why would

there be anyone inside?

He would visit our engineers behind

closed doors. He was assuring us

that we weren't forgotten, like

the veterans of Sutjeska battle.

There was a big celebration.

Decorations were being awarded.

No one mentioned us, 26 engineers.

Like we didn't even exist.

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