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[water splashing]

[man panting]

[poignant music]

[music continues]

[wind blusters]

[wind blusters]

[teaspoon taps]

Josef, what are you doing?

- I want to protect myself. - From what?

I don't know what exactly.

If you do not know what you are doing, take your hand away, you look a fool.

There is diseases out there.

Who told you that?

I can smell it in the air.

Only disease is the smell of those

who do not conform to our chosen society.

Take it away.

Well, if there is a disease,

maybe I can help them.

There are some things you cannot control.

I won't ask again.

[man clicks tongue]

[woman moaning]

[woman groaning in pain]

[groaning continues]

[heavy breathing]

[woman continues groaning]

Hello, Sylwia.

- Hello, Sylwia. - [baby cries]

Oh. [chuckles]

[baby moaning]

Shh.

Mother, you are an inspiration to me.

A giver of life.

What's wrong?

God is a giver of life.

And I am merely an assistant.

I cannot be responsible

for the achievement of the mothers who give birth.

Come.

Let me show you something.

Life. We often forget that life

from birth needs nurturing.

Consistent care, from birth until death.

The Lord gives us the opportunity,

the start, the tools to nurture future lives.

We must care for not only the poor, sick and weak.

Each life without care

can become poor, sick and weak.

What I do is just a small role at the beginning.

The stone entered the water, it's the beginning.

Creator of the energy to make the ripples.

I assisted the beginning.

The ripples are life itself,

of which I have no control.

The stone, I had no part in its creation

and the ripples are beyond my control.

The Lord creates the stone.

And the Lord determines

the duration of the ripples.

It cannot last forever.

[stone plops]

Why another stone?

We are the ripples. Are you?

[both laugh]

Let's enjoy you.

[woman yelling]

Get it out. That's fine.

You can make as much noise as you wish.

[woman moaning]

The baby will be with you very soon.

[moaning continues]

[woman screams]

It's time.

That's it. That's right.

Almost over. Now, push.

[baby crying]

[woman panting]

Now my dear, one small push.

It's the placental expulsion.

[baby crying]

[woman screams]

[baby crying]

[woman cries]

So?

Twins.

Twins?

Bring me as many twins as you can.

Why twins?

If they are not blond and blue-eyed, or twins...

you drown them.

[foreboding music]

Your role of midwife...

has changed.

How so?

I need you to help me with something else.

Just as important.

More important, in fact.

You are here for your crimes

but... not for your ethnicity.

Child killing?

- How many abortions... - I...

It's OK.

We all make mistakes.

However, we have to learn from them.

This is why I need you.

You taught yourself how to kill a child.

That makes us have a similar interest.

Expect my children are Jews and Gypsies.

You like killing children?

For research, of course.

I get to make my mistakes and learn from them.

Especially on these Jews. We have many to choose from.

For fun? No.

But to help the future of Germany

and to ensure good health

for the future generations of the thousand-year Reich,

I would do... anything.

And so must you.

But I'm a midwife?

A good midwife

with many years of experience.

Many of which, mostly successful.

Obviously, the conditions here do not help and...

I will, of course, do as you say.

I have no right to disagree with any of your orders.

- I am just a midwife. - Not anymore!

Too afraid to look at me?

You will have to look at God one day

and explain why you are a child killer.

Medical research

will be my answer.

And your answer will be?

Can I ask why I was taken from my midwife duties?

41335, Stanisława Leszczyńska.

A Catholic?

[train steaming]

[dogs barking]

[uneasy music]

[barking continues]

[barking continues]

[dogs barking]

- [man] Occupation? - [woman] Dressmaker.

Dressmakers.

- [man] Occupation? - Dressmaker.

Bless us, O Lord, for these dying gifts.

Which we are about to receive

through thy bounty.

Through Christ, our Lord.

Amen.

She should be dead.

She has lied about her occupation

but has come to us with the offer and honesty of her true occupation.

She is a midwife and she isn't a Jew.

[labored breathing]

[labored breathing]

Hail Mary, full of grace.

The Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou among women.

And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, mother of God.

Pray for our sinners.

Now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

[Mengele] She is highly accomplished.

She will do her duties and you will do yours.

- Duties? - [draws on cigarette]

Drown the offspring of these parasites.

Being rid of them early is the only way

to cut these leeches from our lives.

From existence.

Once I have, where do you want me to put them?

Do you want me to bring them to you?

Most certainly not!

You will need some help, too.

Who do you have in mind?

Sister Pfani.

She is a strong woman.

Most prostitutes are.

But, doctor, I am still unsure.

Where do you want the children to go?

After we have killed them?

Feed them to the dogs or the rats.

I don't care.

[labored breathing]

Typhus will kill us before the SS will at this rate.

You think I'm a sinner?

What I think has no relevance here.

If the world needs to be clean of the Jews,

then so be it.

Amen.

27893.

Remove this. Get me another.

[melancholic music]

No prayers today, my dear?

I gave up praying a while ago.

And has that made a difference to your life?

Just as much difference as praying did.

Faith is all that will get us through this.

Tell that to my family.

Taken.

All of them.

And they left you all alone?

Yes.

So that means even more reason to pray, no?

There comes a time

when your mind can't accept hope and optimism.

We need to fight through this.

We need to work together.

You're a stranger.

Strangers are those who want to separate us.

Our family

are those who sit in the ark together.

Ark? This is slaughter.

What is this?

My paperwork.

And the 15 different names?

You help these pigs?

Why?

You know that falsification of documents is against the Third Reich.

And punishment is death for treason.

[laughs]

You want to help the Jews?

I will allow you to.

You will travel with them on the train.

The train?

Your new home.

Regular work.

Food and plenty of opportunities to help the Jews.

But I have a family.

Your family too.

[foreboding music]

It's OK.

Nice?

Good. Good.

[poignant music]

These women need these for their babies.

But they also need the bread.

We all need bread.

It's OK, my dear.

We're all hungry here.

I'm sure it will be met with need rather than greed.

Thank you.

God bless you.

[water splashing]

[panting]

[dog barks in the distance]

[somber music]

[baby cries]

[multiple babies cry]

[Klara breathes heavily]

[crying intensifies]

[crying continues]

I...

killed... my...

child. [sobs]

[crying babies stop]

My...

intention...

was not...

to kill... my...

child.

[baby gurgles]

[Klara screams]

[Klara sobs]

[Klara sobbing continues]

[baby gurgling]

Can you pass the water, please?

Dr Mengele is waiting.

Run along. Fetch the water.

Why?

[Stanislawa gasps]

[forlorn music]

[water spewing out of pump]

I'm sorry.

Shh. Rest.

You will be with your child very soon.

[Mengele] You see.

We remove a piece of the skin on the back,

the wrists and the back of the calf muscle

on both subjects.

Then we simply attach them to each other

back to back.

[man scoffs] Attach them?

But surely this... they will reject each other?

In theory, yes.

But if twins are identical from the same egg,

mono twins can be conjoined in the womb,

so why not outside the womb?

I... What about infection?

[nervous chuckle] This will not allow you to test this theory

and it will make it difficult to rule out

whether it is rejection or infection.

You are absolutely right.

But we have quite a few.

It's me or typhus. So, why waste them?

No, it is very true.

17854.

Bring me the twin boys.

648322

and 648323.

You refuse an order from me?

No, Artz Mengele.

Look at me!

36543.

Bring me 20 children and line them up outside.

Yes, Dr Mengele.

I know. I know.

You want to save your people.

You wish for liberation

and freedom.

Well, I am afraid to tell you

that Germany rules the world

and will do for at least a thousand years.

When I give an order

you must follow.

The children, you...

personally are responsible for their death now.

20 children for your defiance.

[scoffs] But they would have died anyway,

so don't feel too bad about it and they won't feel a thing.

A simple injection to the heart.

Now...

I will try again.

OK?

Get me the twin boys.

Yes, Artz Mengele!

[woman] I need your help.

The milk. There is not enough.

The baby will need more when Klara returns from sick bay.

[melancholic music]

My dear.

And I have been drying this on my back. Just like you told me.

My dear, listen to me.

[sighs] May I have another piece of bread?

But I must have another diaper.

Eat the bread.

It is for the baby.

The baby is with the Lord.

[crying] But Klara said...

Klara is untruthful, not to be trusted.

She is with the Lord now.

[woman crying softly]

You have been given the responsibility of midwife here.

And I understand your deliveries are many?

In order to monitor the survival rate

and to test the resilience of mothers and children,

for the purposes of future research,

can you please tell me how many

of your 1,800 deliveries were stillborn?

Come along.

How many?

None.

All the children were born alive and well.

Your delinquent behavior astounds me.

You were ordered to register all births as stillborn,

yet I see from this list...

that all the children were born alive.

You may be a good midwife but I do assure you,

you won't last very long here if you persist like this.

I witness many atrocities here.

Life tends to find a way.

Even under the conditions,

the life starts.

No different from an animal in the wild.

Although a wild animal can forage for food,

a mother cannot.

I understand that you would like for me

to declare the baby dead once born.

[inhales quickly] But if they are alive...

I will not.

OK.

Let's begin at the beginning.

I'm intrigued by your... research.

My research is merely fact.

None of the children were born still

and all the mothers also survived the birth.

One thousand eight hundred and twenty four

of my patients and their children all survived...

the birth, that is.

The intervention of the SS to those lives

after that, I cannot say.

[chuckles] It's impossible.

Even the finest German physician

could not claim such a success rate.

The mothers' suffering is beyond belief.

The children are drowned in the...

I see that many of your patients

are marked as suffering from the influenza virus.

Surely it's typhus?

No.

Although my midwife title stays my profession,

it does not state my experience.

These women just have the flu.

You do understand the consequences of lying, don't you?

I understand.

Good.

These people...

it is essential that they are eliminated.

To prevent the spread of this foul disease.

It's all very confusing.

What is?

The process.

To avoid cross-contamination.

But to work everyone to death.

Dr Mengele has a very keen interest in certain children.

Twins.

We would appreciate it if you would notify us of such births.

Also all children with blond hair or blue eyes.

For Germanization.

Ahh, you see.

Those can be saved.

Miss Janina.

I cannot fathom what I have just been informed of.

I'm sure nothing you are going to say will surprise me but...

you have my attention.

Where to start.

Doesn't the fact that we are here surprise you?

This is beyond anything of our imagination.

This is not a war of countries.

This is a war against humanity.

Walk with me.

[dogs barking]

[Stanislawa] This is more safe than inside.

[Janina] Do you think we're safer out here, in the open?

I would rather risk being caught outside by an SS officer

than anyone hearing of the atrocities

that are being conducted on them that lay dying only feet away from us.

You think I'm not aware of the disease?

Of the famine? Of the gas, Mrs Leszczyńska?

This entire place has no room.

Stop for a moment and smell the air.

Take it in. Tell me, what is it?

Death.

Death is what we know. Evil is what is coming.

Evil is already here.

It has been from the beginning.

I know this entire place is more evil than

anything in all of my years I could have ever imagined.

They aren't just killing the children.

They're experimenting on them.

Selecting twins.

I hear experimentation,

although I cannot be sure of this.

The risk of not assuming is too high for innocent lives to be wasted.

Along with this, I have been ordered

to deliver all children with blond hair and blue eyes

directly to the superior.

A puzzle that cannot be solved.

Hitler is of small build,

dark hair, dark eyes

and wants to create a race opposite himself?

I thought you were going to mention the rise in typhus.

This is a serious issue that is affecting the whole camp.

To liquidize anyone who has a typhoid virus.

They could recover.

I am willing to disobey

in the hope that we can save as many lives as we possibly can.

But how can you guarantee that disease will not spread further?

We do not have medicine.

Are you suggesting that we kill

our future generation of mothers out of laziness

just in case it spreads?

No.

But to risk the lives of everyone else.

[Janina] The sick are in our hands.

The innocent children. The twins. The fair.

What do you suggest we do to help?

Do we not have any power?

Any say?

Why did you bring me here?

To make you aware that we are in charge

of ensuring that the future mothers

who are sick are our responsibility.

If we can continue to help every mother survive their flu,

safely deliver their children

and make sure every child delivered is delivered alive,

we live in hope that these children

can live a long, happy and Nazi-free life.

If we forget to look for that hope,

we may as well forget our sanity.

I am sorry, Stanislawa.

Sorry for what?

Sorry that...

The realization of this has only just been delivered to you.

You know about this?

I'm a doctor, you're a midwife.

You are the angel of life.

Mengele, the angel of death.

Of course, there is a group resistance in here.

And when it is possible, they will resist.

Too soon... they will die.

Too late...

they will die.

We have no power.

We have no choice but...

to do our duty and...

deal with this in the best way that we can.

Stanislawa.

You work tirelessly day and night.

You too need to rest or you will not

be fit enough to care for these women and children.

You are saving two at a time.

Without you...

they would die.

Especially if Sister Klara took control of delivering the babies again.

Can I ask you something?

Of course.

Do you think this will ever end?

It must.

And it will.

One way or another we...

we will be free from this place.

[sighs] We are the survivors

and whether we live or die...

we will have helped others to survive.

And they in turn will help out others.

So you see all we need to do is...

continue with our work,

whatever Mengele is doing.

We have no control.

[Stanislawa coughing]

Are you OK?

Of course.

I'm tired but I'm fine.

Take care of yourself.

We need you.

[Mengele humming]

[Mengele sighs]

How are you doing today?

Issue with...

voice box.

- Voice box. - [soft chuckle]

He speaks!

How are you feeling about the surgery today?

What are you going to do to me?

Well, a wise man once said

that curiosity killed the cat.

Just as well I'm not working with felines, isn't it?

Why?

Well, well, well.

You feel you are entitled to ask me such a question?

No, Dr Mengele.

Farming.

[tense music]

My father. A hobby that went on to be big business

producing farm machinery in Germany.

However, farming was not the fascination.

Medicine was my focus.

To assess and deliver extraordinary results.

University taught me the basics.

Everything that a young medical student would desire to know.

Human genetics.

They are most baffling.

Constantly changing factors to discover.

I served my time. For the Nazi Party, of course.

Even after I was wounded,

I remained true to my leader and my people.

My goal has always been

to increase the world's knowledge

on the biggest mystery we have yet to solve.

The human race.

Why we get sick.

Why we dysfunction.

Why we die.

And why the Jews

are such a disability to the world.

To help the imperfect.

To create a race of people

who do not fear for their imminent death

by natural selection.

Your blood is beautiful...

but wasted.

Dr Mengele, may I ask you why you are putting the subject to sleep?

If I am to make any use of a fail first

I must make sure that the second is not far behind.

The results can be used accurately this way.

So, what would you like me to do with them?

Stop the heart of this little one.

Dissect and label the parts individually for measurements.

We shall begin testing while the blood is still warm.

The measurements of the organs is of great interest to me.

You need to quieten down.

[heavy breathing] No, no.

You don't understand the pain I am feeling right now.

You will stop this selfishness at once!

Screaming is only going to bring attention

and attention is not what you or your baby needs right now.

- [heavy breathing] - You need to move to the furnace.

He is coming. I cannot move. [panting]

You are one of the lucky ones.

The fire in the furnace only burns a few times a year.

Most of the women around you

have dealt with the cold icy conditions

this camp enjoys to torture us with.

So, for you and your baby,

let's move.

He's coming.

[ethereal music]

- [woman moaning] - [Stanislawa] Slowly.

Slowly.

That's it.

[woman moaning]

I need you to breath.

What's wrong?

You're suffering from preeclampsia.

The blood pressure is too high.

If we don't deliver this baby right now, you and your baby are both at risk.

The next contraction, I need you to push.

- [woman moaning] - Just take a nice deep...

That's it, keep pushing!

[woman straining]

[baby crying]

Every life is as precious as the next.

I cannot guarantee that life will last longer than this moment.

But if I can bring a mother and her child together

for any amount of time,

then I have done my duties.

Keep her safe.

Keep her hidden.

Keep her alive.

[women panting]

[baby crying]

I will go.

[baby crying]

You feed the dogs.

[melancholic music]

Hello, sir.

Now, before we start,

you know what you paid for?

All look. No touch.

Or big man finds out.

And we don't want that happening, do we now?

I hear you have package for me?

It's a shame I won't be able to see what's inside.

For a price.

Double it.

And you can do whatever you like.

[Mengele] I want you to dance.

And I haven't got all day.

You are a dancer, correct?

So dance.

[tinny jazz music]

[shoes clacking]

[clapping]

Go.

We should be ready for phase two.

It is time.

Record the time of removal.

21:47.

Which will make it 50 minutes in immersion.

Still alive.

Just.

- How long was the last subject? - 57 minutes.

So we have already proven

that the body cannot handle the icy temperature

beyond the extra seven minutes.

Where there is the differential of the subject, Herr doctor.

Which is why we must repeat this to get the most accurate result.

At least with this patient alive,

we will be able to discover how to treat someone with hypothermia.

Intriguing.

Boiling water will warm him up.

[prisoner] Help us.

You do need help. I agree.

[prisoner groaning]

It's because you are a filthy Jew.

[spits]

Spotted fever in your blood stream.

You must all think that I am evil.

That I am doing this for sole enjoyment.

If I can use your results

in finding a way to defeat the typhus disease,

some of you may live to see the end of it.

But if they die?

Then we will try again with new test subjects.

- If you are sure... - Please!

Don't question me again, doctor.

I wouldn't choose to challenge your intelligence

and I would appreciate the same in return.

Kill her.

What is your purpose?

I need no purpose.

I am in charge of your decisions.

Kill her.

How dare you suggest I kill this woman!

She can be saved.

Who do you think you are?

You realize why they made you Kapo?

Why you're in charge?

Because I can see what is right and what is wrong.

Therefore my decision-making is accurate

and efficient.

You are delusional.

They chose you because you are an unprofessional criminal.

Why waste someone who lacks a conscience on delivering children

when they can use you to murder

without a second thought.

What makes you so competent in killing an infant?

[scoffs]

Your hesitation

tells me you might actually have something pumping in there.

I do what I have to do.

You never have to kill a child!

I am in charge. It's my job.

If you keep retaliating like that,

it will not just be infants that I'm killing.

It's your job because most are forced into leadership in this camp.

Now you get on with your day

and let me help this poor women deliver her child.

I'm suggesting we follow up the experiment with female barracks.

- Maternity? - Yeah.

They're diseased.

Not only with dysentery and typhus but with children.

I may need some of those children.

Correct.

With the information similar to that in the latrines

but from pregnant women.

We may push our research in further direction.

For now, I keep them alive.

I'm finding it...

entertaining watching the Catholic save the day. [laughs]

What an earth are you doing in here?

You need to come to the female barracks.

[melancholic music]

- Leave her alone. - Her number was called.

[Stanislawa] She's done nothing to you! Get off her!

Her number was called moments after she gave birth.

And?

And it is not in good standing for a new mother and her offspring

to be among all this stress so soon after the birth.

If I may...

I shall test their health

to ensure the children shall survive.

Her number was called?

Then take them both.

Do you know how old you are?

Where are you from?

The world isn't yet perfect.

It can be.

You are a strong one.

[labored breathing]

What if it's dysentery?

Then you will fight it,

as all these women have for the terror.

The disease.

What are your symptoms?

Stomach cramp.

Diarrhea, blood.

Then you shall rest.

I'm lifting you from any duties

for a while.

[Lagaraztem] Hmm, yeah. Right.

Your condition seems a little more serious.

Ahh, and you're a doctor.

Yes, flu, right. You already told me.

Only your desperation tells me otherwise.

If I may?

Proceed.

I care as much as you do.

Why would I want the babies I deliver

to be exposed to illness?

Continue.

This woman is a little sick.

But what you're forgetting

is that she's also carrying an eight-month-old child.

You will never know the sensations,

especially in these conditions.

Flu as well?

She is in recovery.

The flu has already left her system.

A nice cold shower will bring you back to life.

I will bring her back to life.

Up and around in no time.

Very well.

Flu?

Mother. Am I going to die?

The disease nor the evil will destroy you.

You're a survivor.

[coughs]

[Stanislawa] Angel of the heart.

You are the strength of the future.

And the beauty of past memories.

You are the love,

the light

- and the hope. - [baby gurgling]

You are life's precious gift.

An unbelievable miracle.

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy ghost.

Amen.

[uplifting music]

[woman] Stanislawa

- Stanislawa. - I'm fine.

I would like you to lie down while I go and get a doctor.

I would like to see Dr Janina

regarding an issue with data.

An issue?

Easily fixed

by a woman of her intelligence.

I will notify her.

[heavy breathing]

[dogs barking]

The midwife has requested to see Janina.

Why's that?

She claims it's something to do with a data issue and the doctor can fix it.

Why not just call Lagaraztem?

She didn't give me a...

A chance to what?

Demand?

Direct?

You are in charge.

No, Klara, you are in charge.

Fine. Get Janina.

I'm far too busy.

I'm just a messenger.

You're the one that has the control to bring Janina back to the barrack, not me.

[melancholic music]

You understand why we do what we do?

Of course.

We are part of a larger scheme

that will make the world better.

A superior version of the one we have lived in before now.

I know that.

What did you do before?

You know what I did before.

If you're not ashamed, tell me out loud.

I slept with men for money.

And did that make you feel powerful?

Yes.

The death of an infant is relevant.

It's life. It's destined for diseases.

And fatalities, regardless if we kill it or nature does.

We have the power to survive this place.

Don't waste it!

Take this to Artz Mengele.

And bring Janina.

[clicks fingers]

What's that?

We're being relocated.

Why? What's happening to the house?

The Nazis are turning this into a ghetto.

Can we stop them from doing that?

You know full well we can't.

Pack lightly.

[foreboding music]

[labored breathing]

Doctor.

My guess is that you didn't just request me regarding a data issue.

- [moaning] - Stay down. You need your strength.

You know I would

never have called you away from work

unless I needed to.

Coming from a woman that has delivered over 2,000 babies alive,

that's actually not so hard to believe.

They rely on me...

to make sure they are healthy

and protected from the doctors

who claim to look after us here.

To make sure their children

are born safely into the world.

I... I am sick.

Who assists you normally?

I work alone.

The other two are murderers.

- Of the women? - Of the children.

So what do you need me to do, Stanislawa?

I need you to take over

my duties until I am well again.

And does that include lying to the SS?

Do you think I would

have been as successful in here

if I hadn't lied to the SS?

[coughing]

You are a good women.

You need your rest.

[labored breathing]

I'll take it from here.

What is the purpose of your travels?

I have been ordered to deliver this bicycle to Heimlich Abelard, sir.

I'm not aware of a delivery to Mr Abelard.

With urgency.

So I shall be on my way.

What we're doing is being good people.

Does that make us stupid?

Would you not rather die stupid

then die guilty?

Well, whatever happens with any of this,

we must stay true

to the people we have decided to be.

I will, my love.

[labored breathing]

[Lagaraztem] Are you suggesting to me that this is only flu?

I'm not suggesting, I'm telling you.

And the rash on her arm?

Excuse my lack of appreciation, doctor, but...

have you seen the environment these women are living in?

Rats,

feces, the dead.

Why are you still on duty here? This is her job.

The woman is exhausted.

She has worked 18 months without a break.

Sleepless nights.

Now, if you will,

my shift is not yet over.

I'm keeping a close eye on you.

[Stanislawa] I will be better soon.

Until then...

[sighs] ...you rest.

[quiet moaning]

[foreboding music]

Catch your breath.

They could still be following us.

What about Mother?

She will bring your brother and sister to safety.

Will we see them again?

We need to run.

[plane engine purrs]

Dr Mengele, what are you doing?

There are rumors of liberation.

This research must be destroyed.

You're going to abandon all your present subjects?

In two weeks' time, there will be no walls for the subjects to be tested on.

Oh, and where are you going?

The Gross-Rosen camp in the south-east.

You will continue to run away until you're caught.

I will run until I need to.

I suggest the same for you, doctor.

[tense music]

What are you doing here?

I'm admiring your naivety.

I can assume you're good at reading data.

But I can assure you, you cannot read my mind.

You think?

I have... doubted myself.

That I can get well.

And you stopped doubting yourself.

Why?

Because the hope I have invested in everyone around me

cannot be unless I demonstrate it myself.

To live for others.

I had a similar conversation with an optimist once.

After she prayed

and after she preached to me about hope.

And how did that end?

However you want it to.

Why?

Lord.

Answer me!

Why, Lord?

I shall conquer this.

We shall conquer this.

How are you?

I have been very sick, my child.

But you're strong.

As are you.

The child?

Taken from my arms.

Murdered before my eyes.

My child that lived inside me for so long,

safe and healthy,

has been killed.

The camp is being liberated.

How do you know?

We need to be ready.

What's the point of living knowing that my child is dead?

And I... I couldn't protect her.

Every life has the chance to be full.

You will have other children.

You will live a full life.

- [sniffling] - I have faith in that.

For something so silent...

you say so much.

My name is Fritz Hollman.

For now.

You scare crows.

Inspiring.

I grew up in the country, not far.

And now...

I'm a prisoner.

Fugitive.

I am a man...

who has been sinned against more than sinning.

I'll share a secret with you.

I'm going to Buenos Aires.

I have friends from the Fatherland there.

I will be safe.

What happens to you eventually?

Do you just fade to dust in the wind?

I guess we all fade to dust.

Sweet?

[bird chirping]

[knocking on the door]

[knocking on the door]

[man] Signature, please.

Sir?

Sir.

Thank you.

My boy.

[son] Come in.

[melancholic music]

You have a lovely home.

Thank you. I painted it myself.

Now Hitler, there was a painter.

How was the journey?

It was good.

I ate on the train.

Good food?

Train food.

Thank you...

for writing.

The letters...

I would wait for the postman to deliver.

I can't imagine what you've been through.

I've seen the pictures.

Please. Do not believe all the crap you see from these people.

It's like I've been living a nightmare.

That's a waste.

I'm concerned.

That you may have a different frame of mind.

You should see the data,

the information I collected with my experiments.

Now...

nothing.

But you are pleased that the camp has been liberated?

The Jews won the day.

And I am scratching around trying to find documents

so I can lead a guilt-free life.

Alright.

You look like you disapprove, boy.

You're my father.

I would never betray you.

You stay as long as you need.

Thank you.

[woman] Are you comfortable?

If you hadn't slept in two years

would you be comfortable?

Were you forced not to sleep?

There was nothing more rewarding

than hearing the cry of a newborn baby

that I had just assisted into the world.

What were the conditions? We have all seen the pictures

but are they as gruesome as they look?

The pictures are...

a mouse's squeak to a lion's roar.

Rats, feces, urine,

old hay for bedding, no space for the women to sleep

or deliver their children.

Without heat, freezing almost to death.

The smell was...

unimaginable.

I did my best

to keep the women away from infection,

infested bodies.

[muffled cry]

When the rain came down

we were all soaked through.

Walking in puddles 12 inches high

just to get from one end of the barrack to the other.

They were the best days

because they drowned the rats

and kept the evil doctors out.

And you dealt with this alone?

Soon after the baby was born,

I would tattoo the newborn under the armpit.

What gave you the motivation to not give up?

[scoffs]

Because I had the power

to bring life into the world.

In the two years that I was in Auschwitz,

I delivered over 3,000 children.

Life gave me the motivation to

help the mothers in need.

To deliver their child as safely as possible.

And together they cherish

the most beautiful thing in this world.

The smile of a child.

Precisely.

Mother, who are you talking to?

My dear daughter,

you will think I have completely lost my mind.

The only way I have managed to get through this

is by talking to others

and inspiring them with my words.

I need to do that for myself now.

The only person who will completely listen

and completely understand

what I am saying...

is me.

[melancholic music]

[foreboding music]

Wolfgang, huh? [scoffs]

I'm talking to a spirit who's identity's turned more times than the tide itself.

A drowning. Over in second.

You're an alias to the world.

An alias to me.

[both panting]

OK, now, we're going to take

big deep... [breaths]

I can't do it.

Of course you can.

Now, push.

[both breathing heavily]

That's it. That's it.

[tinny jazz music]

[jazz music continues]

[doorbell]

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