JOSEF

After hearing that one of the passengers has died, Josef’s father insists on going to the funeral, saying that he saw too many men die in Dachau without funerals. Josef attends the funeral-at-sea with his father, where they observe several Jewish traditions, including tearing their own clothes and grabbing handfuls of sand. Before the body is dropped overboard, Schiendick says that German law requires that the body be covered by the national flag. When Schiendick presents a Nazi flag to put over the body, Josef’s father spits at Schiendick’s feet. Captain Schroeder breaks up the ensuing argument and tells Schiendick to take the flag and leave the funeral. Josef notices that the captain and first officer give normal salutes as the body goes overboard, instead of Nazi salutes.