“No matter how all this plays out none of those memories will disappear, nor can I take enough lives in retribution to wash away my sin. All I can do is try to give justice to those innocents that I allowed to be damaged and then destroyed. It"s been my only purpose since that day.”
“Yes, I can understand that feeling of blame and guilt, Alain. But if it wasn"t you who carried out that edict from Hitler then in all probability you"d have been shot and someone else would have been ordered to do what you did.”
“Most definitely! I have no doubt of that. However, then I"d have died with pride instead of living with the disgrace that has forced me to keep alive. Yes, if you"re wondering, I considered turning myself in and hoping for the best when the Nazis annexed Austria, after all, everyone
