Waking the Dead (2000) s06e12 Episode Script

assume to be Bernadetta was found dead in the lane behind The murder weapon, the dagger, was found by Jakub and Viktor Cyrak.
Jakub sold it on to Conrad.
The dagger was bought by .
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other interested parties.
One of the bidders was Holland.
The Dusniaks' family solicitor.
How did the dagger originally come into the UK? Muller, Mengele's pilot.
We know that Marek Dusniak is in fact Martin Heiss.
And he worked for Mengele in the children's death camps in Poland.
Now did he leave Poland with Hannah Muller? Well, he's here and Muller's dagger's here and it was found in his house.
But how did he end up here? My guess is that they were headed for the Republic of Ireland.
It was neutral if not friendly.
And they landed here and stayed.
And assumed the identity of the entire Dusniak family.
What? They killed them? Well, I guess so, I dunno.
Heiss became Marek Dusniak, Muller became Adriane.
We know that Heiss is not David's real family, so they just kept the Dusniak children.
They killed Bernadetta.
Killed Bernadetta, so she's gone.
So these two, did they bring them up? They parented these two for real? David would've remembered.
He would have only been, what, ten years old? Well, it's possible he's blocked it out.
Yeah, but it's possible he also knows.
This Nazi gold that Hannah Muller brought over, how much is that worth? Millions.
Apparently the Dusniaks, they live off their investments, mostly in South America, mineral rights, oil, gas.
So, if the money was found to be Nazi money it would be confiscated.
Absolutely.
Well, that's reason enough to live the lie.
But how the hell did Heiss get hold of that cyanide? The last person to visit him in that home was Dennis Holland.
You lied to me.
What do you mean? You told me you had no connection to the dagger, but you have a big connection to the man whose house the dagger was found in.
I was bound by confidentiality.
Door's locked.
Key? You can't go in there.
I can go wherever I like - can you open it, please? Er no.
No.
My God.
Why would anyone collect this filth? It was my father's room.
It's all legal.
Is this legal? It's decommissioned.
No, it isn't.
Well, I assumed it was.
You're a solicitor, you should know ignorance isn't a defence.
Let's go.
BOY CHANTS IN HEBREW Good, good.
Now the brachah.
HE CHANTS Wonderful! Beautiful.
Hello? Hello, Rabbi.
It's Sarah, isn't it? Good memory.
You were a friend of Mel.
Yes, that's right.
Good to see you again.
And you, and you.
And this is? Dr Grace Foley, I was also a friend and colleague of Mel's.
I see.
Is Grace? We're working together, yes.
How can I help you? We'd actually like to speak to you about Ben.
That's fine for today, Ben, well done.
Slowly, slowly, Spence.
Up and down in straight lines.
Slowly and methodically.
How long have you known the Dusniaks? I've known Simon for about 15 years now.
And does he come to synagogue? Well, until Ben was born, he didn't.
But having a son has changed him.
I can tell you that the first priority on his list is to be a good father.
Why? Simon didn't have one.
He was raised by his grandfather Marek and his uncle David.
His mother wasn't married.
That's Abigail? Yes.
She went away after she had the baby.
Have you met her? No.
What about Simon's grandfather? Marek.
Well, he's turned out to a few family occasions.
You said you were concerned for Ben? Yes.
Does he seem troubled to you? Troubled? I know he's recently become very interested in his family's history, but this is normal for a boy coming up to Bar Mitzvah.
He is a descendant of survivors.
I'm so sorry, Rabbi.
Have you seen Ben? Well, he just went out to meet you.
Well, he's not there.
Maybe he's with friends? Yes.
Here as well? Your name was right there in the visitors' book.
There was paperwork to sign.
According to the son, the old man wasn't even compos mentis.
Well, the doctors were saying he was having windows of clarity.
I was hoping to find him of sound mind for a few minutes.
Why? That's between me and my client.
These offshore accounts that you've been handling for the Dusniak family.
That's confidential.
Bolivian mining shares.
Equadorian minerals.
Do you know where this money came from? Where did you get those? Did Marek Dusniak tell you to bid for the dagger? I'm being held illegally.
Who are you? You don't want to know.
This book was found in your Hitler room.
Do you think the person whose skin was used to make this book cover was held legally? Have you read this? No.
It's in German.
Allow me to translate for you.
This is a good bit.
"Today a funny thing happened - we sent in the workers to clean out a chamber.
"They came running out to tell us that one was still alive in there.
"We sent her to Mengele to see why she didn't die.
"Bet she'll be wishing the gas got her in a few days.
" Now, tell me again how you are not being treated right.
Look, that's my father's.
I just kept his stuff.
You better start working with us or I will have you rendered to a country where I will be able to do whatever the hell I want to you.
The money you're handling for the Dusniak family is Nazi gold.
If you didn't know that before, you do now.
So from this point, you're either helping us or hindering us.
It's up to you.
Dr Abigail Dusniak, she's in control of the family's finances.
She told me to bid on the dagger.
Hold it there, hold it there.
What is it? We're gonna need those 10mm drills.
HE SHOUTS Do you speak English? A little.
I'm looking for Mr Cyrak.
Cyrak? Yes.
I'm Cyrak.
I went to your house.
Your wife said that I would find you here.
She was right.
I want to talk to you about your grandsons.
What is wrong? I think one of your boys is in trouble.
Jakub? Yes.
Him and trouble, great lovers.
What has he done? Do you remember the Dusniaks? Of course.
Is this them? Yes.
I saw them escape.
I was sitting here, at this window.
Heil Hitler.
Heil Hitler.
Little Bernadetta, an angel.
I bet she grew up to be a real beauty.
She was murdered in 1945, along with the rest of her family.
I'm sorry.
I don't understand.
My boys, they work for them.
No.
Have you ever heard of a man called Martin Heiss? Heiss? We think he might be responsible for the Dusniaks' death.
He worked at the Kalisz camp.
Do you know it? Everyone in Poland knows about that place.
That's what we've got.
Mother, father, sister, brother.
DNA comparisons show that they're all related to Bernadetta.
You got a cause of death? I tested their fingernails, their teeth and their hair and they all died of cyanide poisoning.
At the start of this investigation, we were under the assuption that Bernadetta was a Dusniak, right? Right, but we couldn't get a DNA link between David and Bernadetta.
Right, which is why we ruled her out, but, if Bernadetta is indeed a Dusniak Then this could be the real Dusniak family.
Adriane, Marek I presume David here with the trousers, and Abigail.
If Heiss and Muller killed Marek and Adriane to steal their identities, who are the people who grew up to be David and Abigail Dusniak? I dunno.
Has anyone got any ideas? None that make sense right now.
You know what? Let's just wait till we getOUR David's DNA results back from the lab.
So what about the other one? Well, this little girl .
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this little girl is not related to the family, but she also died of cyanide poisoning.
Interestingly, the family were all discovered in their night clothes.
So probably they were murdered in the house and Bernadetta must have made a run for it.
This little girl was left with the family.
But she is fully clothed.
And her clothes were manufactured in Poland.
Poland.
Heiss worked in Poland in the children's camp.
Could she have come over with Muller and Heiss? They could have brought children.
Did they have children of their own? Not that we know of.
Let's deal with what we've got, then.
These people that call themselves David and Abigail.
Where are they? David is at his home address, but we cannot locate Abigail.
OK, let's get him in.
Unravel his head.
It might not be that easy.
Well, I'll do it if you don't wanna do it.
No, I'll do it.
Holland wants to talk.
OK.
Um, could I possibly sample these remains in our own DNA banks? Yeah, but they have been thoroughly cross-referenced.
It's just that we have extensive data on displaced Jewish families and I don't know, I don't know, it may throw something up.
I'll get the profiles for you.
Thanks very much.
Is that OK for you? Yeah.
Is it my imagination? No, not your imagination.
Interesting.
Well, that explains everything.
I need to get back to my office.
You brought me in here to tell me that? I have a court appointment in a few hours.
You've got me confused with someone who gives a shit.
This is how it works - I'm in total control, so as long as I think you're holding out on me, I'll do everything in my power to keep you here for as long as I possibly can.
So far, you're in my book for possession of illegal artefacts connected to genocide, the money-laundering of the proceeds of the Holocaust, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and facilitating the harbouring of war criminals.
Marek Dusniak was alive and well when I saw him.
Go on.
I left him with his daughter Abigail.
She forced his hand to sign over power of attorney.
And you witnessed.
Yes.
Right, let's just get this clear - I'm gonna charge you with everything that I think you're guilty of.
But I've been compliant.
I'm doing you a favour here, you know.
I'm the good guy in the room.
You'll get a fair trial.
If it was left to her, you'd be in a place with no name with a hood over your head.
Take a seat.
Thank you.
I need to find my son.
This won't take long.
Please, could you tell Mr Boyd I need to see him? I'll let him know as soon as possible.
Please.
Please, just, just take a seat.
Would you like some tea or coffee? Ah, Viktor, feeling good? Yeah? What? A night in the cells under your belt.
They say the first night of a prison term is the hardest.
Prison? Yeah.
You been inside before? No, no, never in trouble.
Well, you'll like the English prisons.
There's a lot of love going round.
Mmmm.
A whole lot of love for a nice boy like you.
What d'you mean? Are you gay, Viktor? Gay? Homosexual.
No! Oh, don't worry.
You'll pick it up while you're in there.
You'll meet someone, fall in love.
Let's get down to business, cos I'm running out of time.
I respect that you don't want to give up your brother, but it does come at a price.
So if you wouldn't mind Sign right here, at the bottom, thank you.
It's empty.
Yeah, I know.
I'll write the confession, you just sign, right there.
You see, I really don't care whether I get you or your brother for the murder of the dealer.
One Polish guy is the same as the next to me, so, er, you wanna save your brother? Let's see.
"I rode "my moped" Please, please, don't do this.
What do you mean, don't do this? You got a better idea? Well, I can get him.
I can get Jakub for you.
I can help you.
Simon, could I ask you to step out for a moment, please? Why? Step out, please.
You OK with this? Yes, it's OK.
Thank you.
I've told you everything I know.
You've told us everything you think you know.
I don't understand.
David, I'm going to say something to you now that may or may not come as a shock to you.
I know that you are Simon's father.
His father and his uncle.
I'm not here to judge you, David.
But I will be judged, won't I? But not by me.
You have repressed memories, David.
Repressed? From your childhood.
If we can do this, it'll stop the nightmares.
How do you know about the nightmares? I'm a psychologist.
I'm going to need your co-operation in this.
Don't you think it's time for you to face your demons? Mmm.
But I don't know how to, um It's OK.
I'll help you.
OK.
Good.
Sit back and relax.
Close your eyes.
Good.
When the demons come, do they have a sound or a smell? Yes.
Petrol Strong petrol.
And the sound? ENGINE SPUTTERS The memory is just that, David - a memory.
A memory of an event that you have survived.
But the memory has a journey.
Follow it.
Follow that sound.
I can hear a sound in the roomshovelling.
Did you go into the room? Yes.
I want you to go in again.
I can't.
Go in.
Follow the sound.
I can't.
You must.
HE SPEAKS IN GERMAN Nein.
HE REPEATS ORDER I don't know if the memories are real.
How can they be my memories, how? Look at them, David.
Look at them.
They belong to a monster.
No.
They belong to a child.
Look at the child.
Gaby.
Did you watch her die? Yes.
How did she die? It's OK, David.
Erich.
Erich? That is my name.
Erich, my name is Erich .
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the name that he gave me.
Who? My father.
Heil Hitler.
Heil Hitler.
Ja.
Ja.
It's OK, David.
How can I go on? How? You will.
I'll bring Simon.
No, no, no, please don't, no.
You have to talk to him.
Simon.
Looks like nothing.
Come.
This is the room where they decided what little ones would live, and what ones would die.
They measured them.
Some were Germanised, some were exterminated.
Some were sent away to Mengele for his experiments.
Look.
Children stitched together.
This little one, a window for a stomach so he could observe.
Terrible, yes? Yes.
What? You think someone connected to this is still in the world? Yes.
Then save the tears.
These little ones are beyond us.
This one? Ah, Mengele, with his special ones.
And this.
What's this? The death book.
Each number is a child.
All accounted for.
What the hell are you saying to me? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SAYING TO ME?! Spence.
What've you put in his head? Simon, please! You can't bring a man into a room and take away his whole life! I mean, have you any idea what this madness would mean for my family? Please calm down.
Do not tell me to calm down! I came in here for help, my son is out there missing and you lot have done nothing to find him! OK, OK.
Well, perhaps we should go into another room.
No, no.
Come with me now, please! Thank you! Is Jakub ready? Almost.
Simon's desperate to see you.
Oh, I don't want to do that right now.
I've put him in Interview Two just to cool down a bit.
Yeah, OK.
And put him in One.
OK.
Come on, let's go, now.
Haven't you forgotten something? Oh, dear, colder than I thought in here.
Get him out of here.
Come on.
Come on.
OK.
This is the stuff that Jakub found behind the fireplace.
Yeah, well, these are ID cards No, they're not, they're passes.
When the Germans closed off Krakow, the non-Jewish Poles left inside were given passes to leave - that's what these are.
So this is what Jakub's grandfather printed off for the Dusniaks.
Yeah.
And these are the real papers, is that right? Marek Dusniak Adriane David Abigail Bernadetta.
They don't even look particularly Jewish, do they? Yeah, but the fact that they looked Aryan was probably what swung it for them at the checkpoint.
Oh, God.
OK, this is Heiss and Muller's military passes, keys to the kingdom.
This is gold dust for Jakub, isn't it? You bet it is.
Boyd Yeah? You might wanna take a look at this.
When I examined the body of the little Polish girl, Gaby, I noticed this on her skin.
I enhanced it and if you look closely you can see Numbers.
513 On her arm? No under it.
On the torso, same as Heiss.
Ein Moment.
Sehr gut.
So how did she die? Mel.
On duty.
What was the funeral like? I don't know, I didn't go.
Why not? What was the point? She was dead.
Funerals aren't for the dead.
They're for the people they leave behind.
Ah, you know, I gotta tell you, British sandwiches suck.
You should come to New York, I'll show you a real sandwich.
It's a long way to go for a sandwich.
Depends on the sandwich.
How does your husband feel about you going off round the world with Mossad? What do you mean, my husband? It's my job to notice these things.
Right, umthat.
Um no, I'm not married.
I'm a widow.
I'm sorry.
Recent? He was on duty and I was off.
So how did you end up with Mossad? Someone killed my husband and took my life from me.
I wanted revenge.
Did you get it? Yeah.
Did it make you feel better? No.
So when d'you think you're gonna start your life again? What's it to you? That's no answer.
Can I get back to you on that? They're in Interview One.
Right.
So why do you care when I'm gonna start my life again? Shouldn't I care? I don't mind that you care, I'm just wondering why.
I don't know.
So why are you doing this? What do you mean? Well, I know why I'm here.
I can't face New York.
What is it you can't face? Can I get back to you on that? So what is it that he wants to talk to me about? He thinks something's happened to his son, he said he's gone missing.
Since when? A few hours now.
Remember when we saw Jakub outside the synagogue, we thought he was following Simon.
Maybe he was following Ben.
Yeah.
So he might have the boy somewhere? Could be.
What have you done with the boy? I don't know what you're talking about.
Where's the boy? I don't have him.
Out! Get out! The boywhere is he? I swear, I don't have him.
Get up.
Get up! You can come in now.
Come in! We all done, then? More or less.
You are an open and shut, Jakub.
D'you know what that means? No.
Well, I'll tell you.
We've got you on tape.
We've got Viktor's statement, your DNA all over the dead body.
That's what we call an open and shut case.
So unless you've got anything to add I can charge you right now.
I didn't kill him.
I bet him you'd say that.
I just wanted a fair price.
The dagger was worth more.
You read the documents after you sold the dagger to the dealer, right? You worked out it's worth more.
You go back to the dealer.
But you don't get what you want from him so you slap him around a bit, tie him up, gag him.
Yes.
Then he falls over, chokes, that's the scenario, isn't it? If you think you're getting away with manslaughter on this, you've got another thing coming.
Unless you help me I Listen to me, damn it! Unless you help me, I'm gonna do you for murder.
I don't want to help you.
Come on, Jakub! Do you think I came halfway round the world for a dagger? I'm after the same thing you're after, the money.
What money? I don't have money.
Boyd, I need to come in.
Come in, come in everybody come in! Jakub, I have a phone call for you.
Your grandfather.
No.
Take it.
Hello? I found the papers.
I contact family and I tell them I have documents, so I know their secret.
If they want them, they pay me.
You contacted the Dusniaks? Yes.
Who did you speak to? No-one.
I put letter in door of the house and waited for them to call me.
Then a woman, Abigail, she calls me, and tells me she will pay, so And? I am to meet hertoday.
What do you think could have happened to your son? I don't know, he's missing.
You must have some idea.
I mean, is there a friend he might have gone to visit? I think my mother's got him.
And does that worry you, that your mother has him? Yes.
Jakub? Have you got them? Abigail Dusniak, you're under arrest.
Thank you.
Why does a grandmother kidnap her grandson? I'm sure you'll come up with a reason.
If you're planning on taking Ben back to Panama with you, you know that that is not gonna happen now.
We just need to know that he's safe.
It says here that you are a doctor of medicine, specialising in eugenics.
DNA research.
DNA research with a view to what? To the benefit of our species.
The eradication of hereditary weaknesses.
Eliminating illness? Weakness is an illness.
So you want to create a state of human perfection? That's not a good thing? Didn't someone try to do that once? Abigail, I'm sure you don't want any harm to come to your grandchild, Ben.
A life without purpose is an aimless waste.
A state of existence worse than death.
I don't believe all this higher-purpose crap.
What we're dealing with here is basic human greed, financial gain and incest.
If that invented thought gives you some kind of structure to what you're doing, then keep it.
I don't need to invent a structure, I have the structure of what actually happened.
Your father went into a retirement home and started to lose his mind.
At the same time some builders went into his old house, they found a murder weapon there, a dagger.
You arrived, you see the danger.
What danger? The family secret.
The man you called father is Martin Heiss.
The dagger belongs to Hanna Muller .
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the woman you called mother.
Very creative with your assumptions.
These aren't assumptions, these are facts.
Muller left Poland with Mengele's gold and diamonds, that's where your family's wealth comes from.
Now for whatever reason, Heiss and Muller bring you, David and a little girl called Gaby with them.
You arrive here, you need a new identity, so you clinically killed an entire family because it suited your needs, because they had fair hair and blue eyes, the Dusniaks.
But something went wrong because one almost got away, Bernadetta, but she didn't get away, did she, quite? Because you saw Hanna Muller kill her.
SHE SCREAMS You know so much, and yet you know nothing.
Nothing.
Boyd.
You need to come to the lab.
You'll have to excuse me for now.
May I have my handbag? Yes.
I'll get it for you.
What is it? OK, OK.
First, DNA.
David and Abigail are not brother and sister.
So no banjo players.
There's no incest, no, but David does have a tattoo on his body in the same place as Gaby and Heiss.
All right, I just got David's DNA results back and you will never believe this.
Number one, he's a Lebensborn child.
Number two, Stella sent these numbers through, this is Hiess's inventory You've lost me completely.
A Lebensborn child is In 1935 Heinrich Himmler began this breeding program for the Third Reich.
They took Aryan women, put them into breeding homes, they were then raped by chosen SS so they could produce the progeny that Hitler always wanted.
You're saying that our David and Abigail are a product of that? ErDavid was.
Abigail and Gaby were not, no, because you see, they also kidnapped children from families that looked Aryan and sent them for racial testing.
Now Mengele He was in charge of that, right? And Heiss worked for Mengele? But why did Heiss bring these particular children with them? Listen, I have read Muller's letters countless times and I cannot believe I didn't get it until now.
Mengele told her that the future of the Third Reich was in her hands, he wasn't talking about the gold He was talking about the children.
And Stella also sent this.
Apparently Abigail is carrying out Mengele's good work.
This is Abigail? Yeah.
Here is your handbag.
Are you looking for this? Not that I have a problem with you taking a cyanide pill, it's just, what would become of Ben? You're the only person who knows where he is, so until I find him I want you alive.
I can wait.
For how long? For as long as it takes.
You.
Josef Mengele.
What does it matter now? It's over.
Erich, Gaby and Frieda.
I'm gonna call you Frieda because that's who you think you are.
That is who I am.
No, it's a name that Josef Mengele gave you when you were seven years old, when he took you, when he trained you, programmed you.
Du hiesst jetzt Frieda.
Frieda.
There's a word here in Polish, "wybrancy', "the chosen".
And you and the others are there, and there's a note in Heiss's handwriting here, "Zuchtung", "breeding".
I know that there is a number on your body somewhere and the number is I know why you were chosen, to make the future.
What I don't understand is, why did you kill part of that future? Kill? Gaby.
Why was she killed? If I told you, you would not understand.
Try me.
You really want me to open your eyes? Yes, I really do.
It was necessary, she was a mistake.
What kind of mistake? She should never have been chosen for the mission, she turned out to be weak.
She became ill.
And then they killed her? No.
I did it.
Nein.
Her blood was not right.
Her blood is your blood.
Your sister.
We were sisters in idea only.
No, you were sisters in fact.
What do you mean? Your DNA matched Gaby's DNA, you were sisters.
No, that's impossible.
Are you sure? Yes.
Who were you before you were Frieda? This is another of Hiess's lists, here.
It's a before and after list.
He was very considerate.
He kept track of the names, die neue Namen.
Frieda was in fact Kristina, can you see that? Kristina.
And Gaby was Magda? But she was taken.
Nein! Nein! Magda! This was hers.
This isn't possible.
They killed her.
They killed her? In the gas chamber.
They took her.
I worked in the death camp, trained.
I saw what became of them.
Frieda.
She was on the death list.
Magda, 463.
But she was taken off it.
The man that took her off it initialled it here MH, Martin Heiss.
And here is her number on the chosen list, with the same initials.
He saved her.
Look at the dates here, He reunited you after three years.
You killed your own sister.
No.
Tell me about Kristina and Magda.
We lived in Poland.
The Germans came, and they dragged out my father and shot him.
Mama! Mama! Mama! Kristina! Then Mama came screaming out of the house running towards us and they shot her.
They shot her, Mama.
Magda and Kristina were both dead then, too.
To see Mama and Papa like that .
.
there was nothing left.
Just me .
.
and Magda.
And then no Magda .
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and then no me.
But you're still alive, you're Kristina.
No, I am dead.
I am dead twice.
That's not your choice to make.
The blood of your mother and father lives in you, it lives in your grandson, Ben.
You're not German, he's not German.
It's your blood, your true blood.
Don't let Mengele reach from the grave and take him too.
He belongs to him.
No, he doesn't! How could he, no-one belongs to history unless you let that pattern repeat itself and you can break that pattern, you can break the chain.
You were kidnapped from those who loved you.
Don't do the same to Ben.
Don't do to Ben what Mengele did to you.
The place where you arrested me, underground there is a car park.
You'll find Ben there, in my car.
Thank you, Kristina.
The numbers go up this way.
Ben Ben Ben Ben, Ben Come on, sweetheart.
Come on, Ben.
Where is she? It's over now, your father's here.
Come on.
Oh, my boy.
My boy.
Is it true? Is what true? What she told me.
What she told me about who I really am? Yes.
No, it's a lie.
A lie? A lie she believed in, but it's a lie.
This yours? I can't wear that any more.
Who you want to be is your choice.
Wouldn't you agree? Yes.
Thanks.
Thank you.
RABBI SPEAKS HEBREW Into your hand we command their spirits, you have redeemed them, Lord God of truths.
Ben, would you like to put a stone on the grave? It's a great thing you've done for this family.
You think so? Yes, I do.
God bless you.
Thank you.
Would you care to put a stone? Yeah, thanks.
Hi.
Were you with her when she died? Oh, yes, I was.
Good.
No-one should die alone.
No, they shouldn't.
So what you gonna do now? I don't know, um back to New York.
Good.
I guess.
We should keep in touch.
Yes, we should, but we won't.
So what do you think? Well, it's good.
Told you.
You've got a little, um Oh, sorry.
Um You don't want me to do it? I don't know.
OK? OK.