Commandant's Shadow
- 1 hr 50 min
- R
- Documentary
Synopsis
The Commandants Shadow follows Hans Jürgen Höss, the 87-year-old son of Rudolf Höss, as he faces his fathers terrible legacy for the first time. His father was the Camp Commandant of Auschwitz and masterminded the murder of over a million Jews; the life of Höss and his family was recently fictionalized in the Academy Award-winning The Zone of Interest. Now, The Commandants Shadow tells the story of the real people who lived on site at Hösss death camp.