Hitler's Children (2011)

Hitler’s Children: Directed by Chanoch Ze’evi. With Bettina Göring, Katrin Himmler, Monika Hertwig, Rainer Höß. A look into the lives of the descendants of the top Nazi officials who worked under Hitler’s command.

“Do the following names have a familiar sounding ring to them? Heinrich Himmler? Herman Goring? Rudolf Hoess? Hans Frank? Amon Goeth? u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWell, if you are at all up on your WW2 history, and, especially, if youu0026#39;re hip to whou0026#39;s who in the notorious Nazi camp, then these particular names should, of course, ring a very clear bell that comes straight from a Gestapo, concentration camp from hell.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnyways – For anyone who might be a little vague about these 5 names and the significance that they had in the scheme of things during WW2, then hereu0026#39;s a brief run-down of their general relevance.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHeinrich Himmler was second in command of the Nazi Party. His position was directly under Adolf Hitler.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRudolf Hoess was the creator and commander of the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHans Frank was the Polish Governor-General who, during WW2, was directly responsible for all of the ghettos and concentration camps that existed in Poland.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHermann Goring was a high-ranking Nazi official responsible for countless WW2 atrocities.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis well-produced, 60-minute documentary consists of interviews with 5 descendants of these once powerful figures who had reigned supreme in the Nazi regime. These interviewees are people who had inherited a legacy that had permanently associated them with one of the greatest crimes in all of history.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd their names are as follows – Bettina Goring, great-niece of Herman Goring; Rainer Hoess, grandson of Rudolf Hoess; Katrin Himmler, great-niece of Heinrich Himmler; Niklas Frank, son of Hans Frank; and Monika Goeth, daughter of Amon Goeth.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor more than 60 years these people have, in a sense, lived in the shadows, trying to rebuild their lives without being constantly reminded of what their fathers or fore-fathers once did.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn Hitleru0026#39;s Children each of these people discusses the delicate balance that they reached between the natural admiration that a child has for his father or relative and the innate revulsion that they clearly hold towards the crimes which their ancestors committed.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe viewer is told of the challenges that these people had to face in protecting their families as they passed down their family name to future generations.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll-in-all – Hitleru0026#39;s Children was an interesting documentary that provided the viewer with even more insight into the devastating effects of a worldwide event, like WW2, which, even today, still continues to have an impact on us.”