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A rather fascinating encounter between two very different types of victim: a survivor of the Holocaust and the daughter of the man who ran the camp she was held at. Göth's daughter is the really interesting one here because while you can never truly comprehend the depth of the suffering the Holocaust victims underwent you can at least give them the moral worth as victims of an unspeakable evil. But how do you deal with a background that is pure evil, even if it was in no way your fault?
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
02/22/23
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A unique inside view of the terror of the camps, this time with a direct look at the motivations and actions of the command structure.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/03/23
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As the single professional review here mentions, the movie is fairly simple. Monika Hertwig is the daughter of Amon Goeth, who was the commandant of a concentration camp in German-occupied Plaszow, Poland during World War 2. He oversaw the murders of thousands of people, mostly Jews, and was the guy who, infamously, went out on his villa and shot people from there. Monika was only 10 months old when her father was hanged and only knew about his crimes as a young adult. Basically the movie is her story to try to learn what had happened, or to at least finally truly accept what happened, by meeting one of the women that was enslaved, and abused, by Amon. The story is as much Helen's as it is Monika's but they, obviously, take two different paths. Helen agrees to meet Monika just so she can have closure during what was a particularly traumatic time in her life, as it was for many people and she achieves that closure by the end of the film. Monika, on the other hand, doesn't really get any closure because I think she was only able to put a face on the suffering the Jews went through only when meeting Helen and I don't think that their meeting really gave Monika any answers as to why her father did what she did and how her mother didn't do anything to help these women that "worked" for Amon. When you're the child of a person that committed horrible crimes against humanity, you really do have to live with that for the rest of your natural life. You may even face some discrimination even based on who your parents were, even if you had nothing to do and condemn their actions, so Monika's story is really sympathetic because no matter how much she tries to run from it, she will never be able to escape who her father was. And I think that the struggle to deal with the truth of what happened would have been even harder after her experiences with Helen because, as mentioned, she's only able to put a face on the suffering once she meets Helen. Either way, this is a really good and a moving documentary about this woman who's searching for the truth. Highly recommended.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
03/31/23
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This was a touching doucmentary about a woman who finds out later in life that her biological father is the cruel SS Commander Amon Goeth and she is horrified to find out his legacy. My heart went out to this woman and the woman she meets that was one of Goeth's housekeeprs/slave. Their pain was was raw and real. Two woman from different circumstances but yet so damaged. This women were captivating, however, the film left you feeling like there should have been more. There didn't seem to be any conclusion. This would something great to watch after seeing "Schindler's List". They reference the movie frequently. In fact, this should be included as an extra on the movie's DVD or something.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
02/10/23
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not 5 minutes long, its 1hr 14 minutes long, great documentary about amon goeths daughter Monika, Amon Goeth became famously notorious in the movie Schindlers list,this documentary shows inside the house, and Monika meets up with a former Jewish servant of Amon, who lived on the ground floor of the place, and has memories brought back to her. its worth watching especially if you are interested in one of the most infamous Nazis of ww2.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
02/10/23
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Simply the most heart-wrenching documentary I've ever seen. The true story of the daughter of Ammon Goeth, the monster who ran the "Schindler's List" death camp who met one of the survivors who worked in Goeth's kitchen in 2006 - at the camp and at the Goeth villa. The story true story is even more horrifying than depicted in the movie.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/19/23
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