Conspiracy (2001 TV Movie)

Nicholas Woodeson: Hofmann

Quotes 

• Adolf Eichmann : Now, last summer Reichsführer Himmler asked me to visit a camp up in Upper Silesia, called Auschwitz, which is very well isolated, and close to significant rail access. And we are turning that camp into a major center, solid structures (and here's where your Jewish labor comes into play, Herr Neumann, the Jews haul the bricks and they build the buildings themselves). And when the structures are complete, we expect to be able to process 2500... an hour. Not a day, an hour.

  Heydrich : And those numbers look a lot better.

  Luther : 2500 an hour?

  Hofmann : 2500?

  Adolf Eichmann : At 24 hours a day, that is 60,000.

  Kritzinger : 60,000 each day...

  Adolf Eichmann : That's 21,900,000 Jews a year, if ever there were that many.

  Heydrich : And we are also constructing the means of disposal, which will obviously depend upon the process of combustion.

  Adolf Eichmann : Yes, it'll be industrial in nature: large commercial gas-fed ovens, no residue to speak of.

  Müller : 60,000 Jews every day go up in smoke.

  Heydrich : We can achieve that. Imagine.

• Heydrich : Emigration. The policy that will take the place of emigration, and we have collected enough practical experience to do it well, is evacuation.

  Hofmann : Which differs from emigration in what way? Evacuation to where?

  Heydrich : Let us postpone that question for a while.

  Klopfer : To hell, one hopes.

  Lange : Many already have.

  Undersecretary Martin Luther : Do they even have a hell?

  Heydrich : They do now. We provide it.

• Heydrich : [the meeting is near a close, and Heydrich is listening to everyone's decision]  Do we have any disputes left to face here either with my authority or with that we have agreed? General?

  Müller : Let us astonish Charles Darwin.

  Klopfer : [raises glass]  I second the motion. It is our most important war.

  Heydrich : Sir?

  Kritzinger : We are discussing the inevitable and bringing it about in the most practical way under one command. I have no dispute with that, I understand the realities. And indeed, count on my support.

  Hofmann : With the understanding that consideration will be given to my proposal, yes. Proceed.

  Dr. Georg Leibbrandt : I defer to the SS.

  Dr. Alfred Meyer : If you are to do it, then force-feed it. Speed it along. Our situation, such as in Warsaw, is difficult, edging towards disastrous. Thank you.

  Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart : ...Oh, yes. What can I say? My enthusiasm is boundless.

  Undersecretary Martin Luther : Obviously.

  Heydrich : Sorry?

  Undersecretary Martin Luther : I trust my enthusiasm is clear, is apparent. Yes!

  Heydrich : Neumann?

  Erich Neumann : I would like to know that adequate labor will still be available...

  Heydrich : On a case-by-case basis. Major Lange?

• Hofmann : [discussing Jewish populations by country]  Estonia, not a one.

  Hofmann : The very best thing I've ever heard about Estonia.

• Kritzinger : It is night in Moscow already. Soon, it will be dark here. Do you think we'll ever see the dawn in our lifetime?

  Hofmann : Come spring, we'll be on the move again...