Band of Brothers (TV Mini Series)

Why We Fight (2001)

Ross McCall: Joseph D. Liebgott

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Quotes 

• Cpt. Nixon : Hitler's dead.

  Joseph Liebgott : Holy shit.

  Cpt. Nixon : Shot himself in Berlin.

  Sgt. Denver 'Bull' Randleman : Is the war over, sir?

  Cpt. Nixon : No. We have orders to Berghtesgaden. We're gonna move out in one hour.

  David Webster : Why? The man's not home. Should've killed himself three years ago, saved us a lot of trouble.

  Cpt. Nixon : Yeah, he should've. But he didn't.

• Joseph Liebgott : [speaking with a prisoner]  He said the guards left this morning, sir. Langsamer, bitte, langsamer.

  ["Slow down, please"] 

  Joseph Liebgott : They burned some of the huts first... with the prisoners still in them, sir... alive.

  Cpt. Nixon : Jesus Christ.

  Joseph Liebgott : Some of the prisoners tried to stop them... some were killed... they didn't have enough ammo for all the prisoners, so... they killed as many as they could... before they left the camp. They locked the gates behind them and headed south.

  Cpt. Nixon : Someone in town must have told them we were coming.

  Joseph Liebgott : Yeah, I think so.

  Cpt. Nixon : Will you ask him, uh... will you ask him what kind of camp this is? What, uh... why are they here?

  Joseph Liebgott : Was ist das hier?

  Otto Herzfeld : Das, das, das, das hier? Das, das ist ein arbeitslager fur, fur, fur, fur Unerwuenschter.

  Joseph Liebgott : He says it's a work camp for..."Unerwuenschter." I'm not sure what the word means, sir. Uh, "unwanted," "disliked," maybe?

  Cpt. Nixon : "Criminals?"

  Joseph Liebgott : I don't think "criminals," sir. Verbrecher?

  Otto Herzfeld : Verbrecher? Nein, nein.

  Joseph Liebgott : No.

  Otto Herzfeld : Ärzte, Musiker, Beamter, Bauern...

  Joseph Liebgott : Doctors, musicians...

  Otto Herzfeld : Schreiber, Schneider, Intellektuelle...

  Joseph Liebgott : Tailors, clerks, farmers, intellectuals. I mean, normal people.

  Otto Herzfeld : Juden. Juden. Juden.

  Joseph Liebgott : [softly]  They're Jews.

  Otto Herzfeld : Pole, Ziegeuner.

  Joseph Liebgott : Poles and Gypsies.

• Joseph Liebgott : [discussing their postwar plans]  What about you, Web?

  David Webster : I guess I'll finish school first, and then...

  Joseph Liebgott : Wait a minute, *finish* school? You mean all this time you've been talking about "Harvard this" and "Harvard that" and you ain't even finished?

  David Webster : For one thing, I haven't told you anything. But yes, yes, I haven't finished, so the fuck what?

  Joseph Liebgott : All right, Web, breathe a little, Jesus. It's just the way you always talked, you know? We all figured that...

  [trails off as Webster glares at him] 

  Joseph Liebgott : You know what, you're right. So the fuck what.