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Ruth?

(bell dings)

Ruth?

Turn on the lights, please.

It's dark in here. I can't...

I can't see.

(pen clicking)

(doorbell rings)

- Hello.

- Hi.

Is Rudy Kurlander home?

Yeah. He is downstairs.

(man laughing)

(vacuum whirring)

(laughing continues)

(TV, indistinct)

(laughing continues)

Are you...

Rudy Kurlander?

Yes.

I'm Rudy Kurlander.

Who are you?

Can you, uh...

turn off the television?

(turns off TV)

- Do I know you?

Now, please...

stand by the window.

Who are you?

Stand by the window.

I am not going to do anything

until you tell me

who you are and why you're here.

Let us not argue.

Just stand by the window.

Now what?

I need to see light on your face.

- Turn your head.

- Who are you?

Don't yell.

Please, don't yell.

Do as I say. Turn your head.

Are you German?

Yeah.

(German):
You are also German?

- Ja.

How old are you?

Eighty-eight.

Were you in the German army?

What did you do?

- It is in the past.

- English. Please, English.

I do not like to speak German.

It's seventy years ago.

I was very young.

Answer the question.

Are you a Jew?

Yeah.

- Were you at Auschwitz?

- No!

We are too old for lies.

I didn't know about Auschwitz

until after the war.

I was in North Africa.

With General Rommel.

- You have proof?

- Yes.

Over there.

When I became a US citizen,

the immigration officer asked me

if I had ever associated

with the Nazi government of Germany

or worked at a concentration camp.

I told the officer what I'll tell you.

Yes, I served for my country.

I was a soldier.

I was a proud German

and that's what the men did.

I'm still proud of my service.

That's Rommel.

As far as the Jews...

I didn't care about the Jews.

I thought Hitler was right.

They caused many problems

for the country.

I thought we were deporting them

or putting them in work camps...

Not what they did.

It was shameful,

but that was not me.

(phone ringing)

- Hello?

- Ls this Max?

Yes.

This is Zev.

Uh... It was...

not him.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah, I'm sure.

Then you must go on.

You must do

what you said you would.

There have been rumors for years

that a number of Auschwitz SS officers

stole the identities

of executed prisoners

near the end of the war.

Shortly after my stroke,

evidence was found

that an Auschwitz Blockfuhrer

emigrated from Germany

in the 1940s

and was most likely

living under the name.

Rudy Kurlander.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center

has found four Rudy Kurlanders

who emigrated

during that period.

However, there is not enough proof

to arrest any of them.

His real name is Otto Wallisch.

You must find him.

(Charles):
I'm looking for my father.

He's almost 90 years old.

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