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The Commandant's Shadow

We need to leave something symbolic to let you know that yourdaughter, my mom's cello,...

We need to leave something symbolic to let you know that your
daughter, my mom's cello, literally saved her life

Full Transcript

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We need to leave something symbolic
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to let you know that your daughter, my mom's cello,
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literally saved her life.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:36
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.
- 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
On the 25th of May, our wedding anniversary of all days, - The Commandant's Shadow 00:18
On the 25th of May, our wedding anniversary of all days,
You darling little fellow, - The Commandant's Shadow 00:16
You darling little fellow,
With a very small "a," I think of myself as an activist. - The Commandant's Shadow 00:31
With a very small "a," I think of myself as an act...
Hi Mom - The Commandant's Shadow 02:08
Hi Mom
So this is Oswiecim, - The Commandant's Shadow 00:21
So this is Oswiecim,
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,