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Becker's father,
whose first name was also Anton...

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joined the Nazi Propaganda Ministry
that same year.

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Wife and children followed him
to Berlin a few weeks later.

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So what?
A typical move to Berlin.

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Yes, maybe so.
But there's more.

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1945, only the boy and his father
emigrated to America.

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Raised in Los Angeles, U.S.A.
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In Germany
he is presumed dead.

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No contact with his sister,
living at that time in the Soviet Zone.

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The mother disappeared
in the postwar chaos.

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Education--
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Education-- none.
Wait--yes.

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Majored in history. Quit studies.
He became a car dealer in Detroit.

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Married, divorced, bankrupt.
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Back in Berlin since 1990.
Various P.O. addresses, east and west.

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Since the reunification,
Tony Baker, Film Distributor.

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Import-export, joint ventures
with many Eastern-bloc countries.

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Except most of your business
has nothing to do with movies!

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Something's fishy.
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I've kept
a record of expenses.

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Give me a call, Mr. Baker,
or send me a postcard.

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I may send you a cement block
and a chain foryour neck.

:37:28
Mazeltov, Mr. Becker.
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Lousy luck to you!
:37:39
Charge it to Mr. Tony Baker.
Ha! " Lousy Luck"!


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