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There wasn't much conversation about Auschwitz in my family
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The Commandant's Shadow

There wasn't much conversationabout Auschwitz in my family. I think my dad was...

There wasn't much conversation
about Auschwitz in my family. I think my dad was always
pretty quiet about it. That's just silent generation, right? They don't really talk
about stuff that much, and he's not a big talker today either.
So, yeah, it's hard

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There wasn't much conversation about Auschwitz in my family.
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I think my dad was always pretty quiet about it.
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That's just silent generation, right?
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They don't really talk about stuff that much,
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and he's not a big talker today either. So, yeah, it's hard.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:35
Uploaded
Apr 08, 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.
For me, it's pretty difficult to kind of - The Commandant's Shadow 00:09
For me, it's pretty difficult to kind of
I think my dad probably, subconsciously, - The Commandant's Shadow 00:16
I think my dad probably, subconsciously,
The way in which my mother found some kind of way - The Commandant's Shadow 00:17
The way in which my mother found some kind of way
I'm the wrong mother for my daughter. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:10
I'm the wrong mother for my daughter.
I considered the National Socialist worldview to be - The Commandant's Shadow 00:08
I considered the National Socialist worldview to be
Antisemitism is nothing new. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:27
Antisemitism is nothing new.
Once, two little children were so absorbed into their game - The Commandant's Shadow 00:19
Once, two little children were so absorbed into their game
I also saw a woman who tried to push her children - The Commandant's Shadow 00:21
I also saw a woman who tried to push her children
Germany was finished for me. I don't belong there. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:13
Germany was finished for me. I don't belong there.
But I decided that it was time to get my citizenship. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:18
But I decided that it was time to get my citizenship.
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.