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What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy
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What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy

Apr 19, 2015
1h 30m
★ 6.6

Overview

Can you imagine what it means to grow up as the child of a mass murderer? Hans Frank and Otto von Wächter were indicted as war criminals for their roles in WWII. Nazi Governors and consultants to Hitler himself, the two are collectively responsible for thousands of deaths. But what stood out to Philippe Sands were the impressions they left on their sons. While researching the Nuremberg trials, the human rights lawyer came across two men who re-focused his studies: Niklas Frank and Horst von Wächter. The men hold polar opposite views on the men who raised them.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Wildgaze Films
Oscilloscope

Cast

Niklas Frank

Himself

Niklas Frank

Philippe Sands

Himself

Philippe Sands

Horst von Wächter

Himself

Horst von Wächter

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