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The Commandant's Shadow

We were, yeah,just a normal family really. We became abnormalwith the advent of Hitler

We were, yeah,
just a normal family really. We became abnormal
with the advent of Hitler

Full Transcript

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We were, yeah, just a normal family really.
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We became abnormal with the advent of Hitler.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
47
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:14
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.
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
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.