1:51:00
Glad to see you, Professor.
1:51:02
You've come at the right moment,
Baumer! Just at the right moment.
1:51:06
And as if to prove all I have said,
here is one of the first to go.
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A lad who sat before me
on these very benches...
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who gave up all to serve
in the first year of the wa;,
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one of the iron youth who have
made Germany invincible in the field.
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Look at him...
sturdy and bronze and clear-eyed.
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The kind of soldier
every one of you should envy.
1:51:31
Oh, lad, you must
speak to them.
1:51:34
You must tell them what it means
to serve your fatherland.
1:51:40
- No, I can't tell them anything.
- You must, Paul.
1:51:43
Just a word. Just tell them
how much they're needed out there.
1:51:47
Tell them why you went
and what it meant to you.
1:51:50
I can't say anything.
1:51:52
You can remember some deed of heroism,
some touch of nobility.
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- Tell about it.
- (Enthusiastic Chattering)
1:52:05
I can't tell you
anything you don't know.
1:52:08
We live in the trenches
out there. We fight.
1:52:12
We try not to be killed;
sometimes we are.
1:52:18
That's all.
1:52:23
(Professor)
No. No, Paul.
1:52:25
I've been there!
I know what it's like.
1:52:28
That's not what one
dwells on, Paul.
1:52:31
I heard you in here reciting
that same old stuff...
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making more iron men,
more young heroes.
1:52:38
You still think it's beautiful and sweet
to die for your country, don't you?
1:52:43
We used to think you knew.
1:52:45
The first bombardment
taught us better.
1:52:48
It's dirty and painful
to die for your country.
1:52:51
When it comes to dying for your country,
it's better not to die at all!
1:52:55
There are millions out there dying for
their countries, and what good is it?
1:52:59
- (All Chattering)
- (Professor) Paul!