PBS, "Inheritance" | The Children of Monsters

A rainy morning Blog post. I spent a good part of last night watching the PBS documentary, "Inheritance". It's the story of Monika Hertwig, the daughter of the notorious nazi camp commandant Amon Goeth. Goeth was portrayed brilliantly by Ralph Fiennes in "Schindler's List".
The documentary shows the meeting of Hertwig and the Jewish girl(now old) Helen Jonas who was taken in and enslaved by Goeth, she's also portrayed in the film. They meet at the site of the Plaszow death camp. Helen Jonas met the actual Oskar Schindler and talks about him in the documentary.
Here's a short preview clip, and a description from PBS:


Like Schindler's List it's hard to look away once you start watching and like that movie it's painful to watch. The documentary shows the trial of Goeth and his filmed execution which is different from the movie version. His hanging took three tries. Here's the PBS description:

Imagine watching Schindler's List and knowing the sadistic Nazi camp commandant played by Ralph Fiennes was your father. Inheritance is the story of Monika Hertwig, the daughter of mass murderer Amon Goeth. Hertwig has spent her life in the shadow of her father's sins, trying to come to terms with her "inheritance." She seeks out Helen Jonas, who was enslaved by Goeth and who is one of the few living eyewitnesses to his unspeakable brutality. The women's raw, emotional meeting unearths terrible truths and lingering questions about how the actions of our parents can continue to ripple through generations.

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