His commanding officer gave him and his mates the night off to celebrate.
6 seconds sound clip from the Inglourious Basterds movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:38:21 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Yeah, we got a word for that kind of odd in English. It's called suspicious.
- Everybody needs to calm down. You're letting your imagination get the better of you.
- You met the sergeant yourself. Willi. You remember him, don't you?
- His wife had a baby tonight. He had just become a... He had just become a father!
- His commanding officer gave him and his mates the night off to celebrate.
- The Germans being there was either a trap set by me or a tragic coincidence. It couldn't be both.
- The Englishman gave himself away.
[...]