The Commandant's Shadow
While Hans Jurgen Höss enjoyed a happy childhood in the family villa at Auschwitz, Jewish prisoner Anita Lasker-Wallfisch was trying to survive the notorious concentration camp. At the heart of this film is the historic and inspiring moment – eight decades later – when the two come face-to-face. This is the first time the descendant of a major war criminal meets a survivor in such a private and intimate setting, Anita’s London living room. Together with their children, Kai Höss and Maya Lasker-Wallfisch, the four protagonists explore their very different hereditary burdens.
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Cast
Hans-Jürgen Höss
Self
Kai Höss
Self
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Self
Maya Lasker-Wallfisch
Self
Rudolf Höss
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
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