:18:01
...and that the German army
would be forced to retreat.
:18:04
On October 1 1,
50 of us survivors were taken to the docks.
:18:09
We were helping wounded soldiers
to go on deck...
:18:12
...when Roschmann drove up
in a staff car...
:18:14
...and gave instructions
that they should be brought ashore again.
:18:18
He intended to commandeer the ship
for the SS.
:19:02
The Captain was dead
before he hit the ground.
:19:06
The medal that fell from him
into the snow...
:19:08
...was the Knights Cross
with the oak leaf cluster.
:19:13
Early in 1945,
a few weeks before the liberation...
:19:16
...Captain Roschmann of the SS
made up his mind to disappear.
:19:21
He slipped quietly away in a car
with two other officers.
:19:25
He was wearing the uniform
of an army corporal.
:19:28
I saw him go and I was determined
one day to bring him to justice.
:19:34
But now I know I never will.
:19:37
I bear no hatred nor bitterness
towards the German people.
:19:42
Peoples are not evil.
Only individuals are evil.
:19:47
If, after my death,
this diary should be found and read...
:19:53
...will some kind friend
please say Kaddish for me?