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The Commandant's Shadow

But I decided that it was timeto get my citizenship. When my German passportwas delivered...

But I decided that it was time
to get my citizenship. When my German passport
was delivered to my house, I remember just feeling
a huge sense of elation. I felt triumphant

Full Transcript

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But I decided that it was time to get my citizenship.
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When my German passport was delivered to my house,
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I remember just feeling a huge sense of elation.
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I felt triumphant.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:18
Uploaded
Apr 09, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Snowstorm Productions,Creators,New Mandate Films

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Movie Summary

Follows Hans Jürgen Höss, the son of Rudolf Höss, the Camp Commandant of Auschwitz when he confronts his father's involvement in the murder of over a million Jews during the Holocaust.
My grandfather, obviously he somehow swallowed, - The Commandant's Shadow 00:26
My grandfather, obviously he somehow swallowed,
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Look at The Frog King. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:05
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Look at The Frog King.
Oh, my God. Come on in. I have to go on-- I'm a little - The Commandant's Shadow 00:19
Oh, my God. Come on in. I have to go on-- I'm a little
Yeah. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:06
Yeah.
Don't want to talk about it anymore. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:10
Don't want to talk about it anymore.
Sometimes, I even thought, - The Commandant's Shadow 00:28
Sometimes, I even thought,
All that's history, I think. What can I do? What can I say? - The Commandant's Shadow 00:27
All that's history, I think. What can I do? What can I ...
And this is the place where my family were from. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:06
And this is the place where my family were from.
Now it's called Wroclaw, and it's Poland. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:30
Now it's called Wroclaw, and it's Poland.
The recollection of my youth is a very happy one. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:25
The recollection of my youth is a very happy one.
We have a large collection of Wroclaw photographs, - The Commandant's Shadow 00:24
We have a large collection of Wroclaw photographs,
We were, yeah, just a normal family really. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:08
We were, yeah, just a normal family really.
The front just closed, and - The Commandant's Shadow 00:23
The front just closed, and
And my parents were deported to the east. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:06
And my parents were deported to the east.
My grandparents were deported - The Commandant's Shadow 00:09
My grandparents were deported
We need to leave something symbolic - The Commandant's Shadow 00:12
We need to leave something symbolic
- What is that? - Another memorial. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:19
- What is that? - Another memorial.
The Fuhrer was dead. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:28
The Fuhrer was dead.
On the 11th of March, I was arrested. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:28
On the 11th of March, I was arrested.
I'm gonna see Mom now, and I'm gonna show her - The Commandant's Shadow 00:14
I'm gonna see Mom now, and I'm gonna show her