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The Commandant's Shadow

So this is Oswiecim, infamously knownand will always be remembered as "Auschwitz." It's a...

So this is Oswiecim, infamously known
and will always be remembered as "Auschwitz." It's a very strange thing
that there is a town so close to the actual concentration camp

Full Transcript

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So this is Oswiecim,
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infamously known and will always be remembered
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as "Auschwitz."
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It's a very strange thing that there is a town
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so close to the actual concentration camp.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
01:20:01
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.
When this possibility came up that I could accompany - The Commandant's Shadow 00:27
When this possibility came up that I could accompany
The Hösses and I met for the first time in the cafe - The Commandant's Shadow 00:20
The Hösses and I met for the first time in the cafe
- Ja. - Hello. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:14
- Ja. - Hello.
Yeah. I understand that. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:05
Yeah. I understand that.
By the will of the Reichsfuhrer-SS Himmler, - The Commandant's Shadow 00:11
By the will of the Reichsfuhrer-SS Himmler,
When he personally gave me the order to prepare a place - The Commandant's Shadow 00:15
When he personally gave me the order to prepare a place
This order was unusual. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:12
This order was unusual.
I had to witness death itself through the spyhole of the gas chamber. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:07
I had to witness death itself through the spyhole of the gas...
I had to witness all the processes. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:28
I had to witness all the processes.
I think there is no one else that did what he did on such a scale - The Commandant's Shadow 00:18
I think there is no one else that did what he did on such a...
May the public continue seeing in me the bloodthirsty beast, - The Commandant's Shadow 00:29
May the public continue seeing in me the bloodthirsty beast,
I think he was kinda polishing his image a little bit. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:09
I think he was kinda polishing his image a little bit.
This is the last statement Rudolf Höss, my grandfather, - The Commandant's Shadow 00:18
This is the last statement Rudolf Höss, my grandfather,
As Commandant of Auschwitz, - The Commandant's Shadow 00:19
As Commandant of Auschwitz,
I'm to pay with my life for what I'm responsible for. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:06
I'm to pay with my life for what I'm responsible f...
May the Lord God forgive me one day for what I have done. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:06
May the Lord God forgive me one day for what I have done.
Do you think we could see something like the Holocaust - The Commandant's Shadow 00:19
Do you think we could see something like the Holocaust
Ja. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:09
Ja.
So do you hate your grandfather now? What is your feeling? - The Commandant's Shadow 00:12
So do you hate your grandfather now? What is your feeling?
My grandfather, Rudolf Höss, - The Commandant's Shadow 00:09
My grandfather, Rudolf Höss,