- Rudolf Höss: I wasn't really paying attention... I was too busy thinking how I would gas everyone in the room.
- Linna Hensel (Hedwig's Mother): Maybe Esther Siberman is over there.
- Hedwig Höss: Which one was she?
- Linna Hensel (Hedwig's Mother): The one I used to clean for. She was the one who had the book readings. God knows what they were up to. Bolshevik stuff. Jewish stuff. I got outbid on her curtains at the street auction.