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- [Michael] Good night. 335 00:48:39,083 --> 00:48:41,710 Those of you for the special seminar group, 336 00:48:41,794 --> 00:48:43,086 please stay on in this room. 337 00:48:43,087 --> 00:48:43,920 please stay on in this room. 338 00:48:44,005 --> 00:48:46,756 Professor Rohl will be here in a moment. 339 00:49:17,413 --> 00:49:22,292 Well, we seem to be quite a small group. 340 00:49:22,376 --> 00:49:26,087 A small group and a select one. 341 00:49:26,172 --> 00:49:29,466 Clearly, this is going to be a unique seminar. 342 00:49:29,550 --> 00:49:34,095 We are going to start with a reading list, gentlemen. 343 00:49:34,180 --> 00:49:36,681 Karl Jaspers... 344 00:49:36,766 --> 00:49:41,061 - And ladies. - ...The Question of German Guilt. 345 00:49:57,620 --> 00:50:00,622 So this is where you are. 346 00:50:00,706 --> 00:50:02,248 Yes. 347 00:50:04,043 --> 00:50:05,502 Come in. 348 00:50:07,588 --> 00:50:11,341 - You take work seriously. - I don't know. 349 00:50:11,425 --> 00:50:13,843 You're rather a serious boy. 350 00:50:13,928 --> 00:50:16,012 It's how I was brought up. 351 00:50:17,598 --> 00:50:20,684 What about you? Are you serious? 352 00:50:23,562 --> 00:50:26,022 You're sure you want to work tonight? 353 00:50:27,566 --> 00:50:28,733 Yeah. 354 00:50:30,444 --> 00:50:32,112 But I won't work every night. 355 00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:34,823 See you tomorrow. 356 00:50:40,788 --> 00:50:43,915 - Yes. Exactly - That's right. 357 00:50:48,713 --> 00:50:50,547 You need a hand. 358 00:51:15,406 --> 00:51:19,576 - Why all the police? - They're worried about demonstrators. 359 00:51:19,660 --> 00:51:22,495 - For or against? - Both. 360 00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:29,461 Wow. It's a circus. 361 00:51:32,715 --> 00:51:34,632 All rise. 362 00:51:37,219 --> 00:51:39,596 All photographers are now asked to leave. 363 00:51:41,015 --> 00:51:43,808 This court is now in session. Please sit down. 364 00:51:47,313 --> 00:51:49,814 First thing I'm going to do is hear motions 365 00:51:49,899 --> 00:51:52,108 from each of the defendants' lawyers. 366 00:51:52,193 --> 00:51:55,987 They're arguing that there's no reason to keep the defendants in jail 367 00:51:56,071 --> 00:51:58,782 until the outcome of the forthcoming trial. 368 00:51:58,866 --> 00:52:01,493 - I'll take these cases one by one. - Want a pen? 369 00:52:01,577 --> 00:52:04,871 - I got a pen. - [judge] Hanna Schmitz. 370 00:52:06,540 --> 00:52:10,293 - Your name is Hanna Schmitz? - [Hanna] Yes. 371 00:52:10,377 --> 00:52:12,754 Can you speak louder please? 372 00:52:12,838 --> 00:52:15,882 - [Hanna] My name is Hanna Schmitz. - [judge] Thank you. 373 00:52:15,966 --> 00:52:21,805 - You were born on October 21st, 1922? - [Hanna] Yes. 374 00:52:21,889 --> 00:52:23,681 At Hermannstadt. 375 00:52:23,766 --> 00:52:28,102 - And you're now 43 years old? - [Hanna] Yes. 376 00:52:28,187 --> 00:52:33,274 - [judge] You joined the SS in 1943? - Yes. 377 00:52:33,359 --> 00:52:35,902 What was your reason for joining? 378 00:52:37,613 --> 00:52:40,740 You were working at the Siemens factory at the time? 379 00:52:40,825 --> 00:52:41,908 Yes. 380 00:52:41,992 --> 00:52:44,577 You'd recently been offered a promotion. 381 00:52:44,662 --> 00:52:46,496 Why did you prefer to join the SS? 382 00:52:46,580 --> 00:52:49,833 - Objection. - [judge] I'll re-phrase my question. 383 00:52:49,917 --> 00:52:52,502 I'm trying to ascertain 384 00:52:52,586 --> 00:52:55,672 if she joined the SS freely, hmm? 385 00:52:55,756 --> 00:52:57,173 Of her own free will. 386 00:52:58,759 --> 00:53:02,345 - I heard there were jobs. - [judge] Go on. 387 00:53:02,429 --> 00:53:05,223 I was working at Siemens 388 00:53:05,307 --> 00:53:08,560 when I heard the SS was recruiting. 389 00:53:08,644 --> 00:53:12,522 Did you know the kind of work you'd be expected to do? 390 00:53:12,606 --> 00:53:16,192 They were looking for guards. 391 00:53:16,277 --> 00:53:20,530 - I applied for a job. - [judge] You worked first at Auschwitz? 392 00:53:20,614 --> 00:53:23,867 - [Hanna] Yes. - [judge] Until 1944. 393 00:53:23,951 --> 00:53:28,538 Then you were moved to a smaller camp near Kraków? 394 00:53:28,622 --> 00:53:30,206 - [Hanna] Yes. - Are you OK? 395 00:53:30,291 --> 00:53:33,042 - [judge] You helped move prisoners... - I'm fine. 396 00:53:33,127 --> 00:53:36,588 ...west in the winter of 1944 in the so-called death marches? 397 00:53:57,818 --> 00:54:01,529 - So, what did you think? - I don't know. 398 00:54:02,781 --> 00:54:04,741 It wasn't quite what I was expecting. 399 00:54:04,825 --> 00:54:09,078 Wasn't it? In what way? What were you expecting? 400 00:54:09,163 --> 00:54:11,497 I thought it was exciting. 401 00:54:11,582 --> 00:54:14,083 Exciting? Why? 402 00:54:14,168 --> 00:54:...