Monika Hertwig talks about her father Amon Leopold Göth

Snippets from the documentary "Inheritance".
Monika Hertwig talks about her father Hauptsturmführer Amon Goeth who was in charge of the Plazow Concentration Camp. As well as meeting Oskar Schindler when she was in her teens.
When Goeth was in charge of the camp. He personally killed over 500 people and had over 10000 men women and children murdered by his SS guards.
he was potrayed by Ralph Fiennes in Spielberg's "Schindler's List" (1993).
Note: The other women is Helan Jonas who was enslaved at Amon Goeth's house
A simple request please keep the comments civil
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[@ignaciomaino2281]

"I hated Spielberg for telling me the truth". That was an honest answer.

[@peterzebot9863]

It's funny how there are different versions of the truth.

[@missgemini6973]

@@peterzebot9863 Lol. Holocaust denier?

[@captainsponge7825]

@@peterzebot9863 no, there are not. there is only one truth..

[@ann1111000]

@@alecaquino4306 try to sell this to the people who’s grandparents spend time in concentration camps like mine did ! Luckely my grandparent survived ! And no it wasn’t just jews ! Open defiance of the german regime was enough to declare you an enemy of the reich and put you in one of the camps ! I believe the truth of the victims and survivors of these camps ! And you know why ! The horrors of what happened in these camps didn’t stop with the end of the war , these horrors still affected the next generations ! To see the people you love live in fear of the smallest sound, taste or smell like they are back in WWII and the camps is something you don’t even wish upon your worst enemy !

[@ann1111000]

@@alecaquino4306 if it is true or not that they knew before the trial or to what extend he had knowledge and participated nobody knows . But the way it was presented means that they had to alter history after they “officially found “ the proof . We know that all the participants from all sides declared and spook untrue facts and try to cover up a lot of things . Some of it did come to light which changed again history . And I’m pretty sure that all the history book still contain a lot of misinformation , just as they will miss a lot of actual facts that never or not yet came to light . History has the tenancy to rewrite itself everytime new facts or proof is found and this whe have to acknowledge . And what if the germans had won , ofcourse history would be completely different but that is with everything in life . Our like we say it here what if my grandfather was born as my grandmother

[@Bounty_Hunter84]

On a different note this woman had nothing to do with her dads actions and i think she is brave to tell the story.

[@jodiescookin1]

Chris Taylor - Personally, I think she was tormented from a young age by the dysfunction of her family and not treated well. If you watch her full documentary, you will see her mother was horrible to her and never loved her which explains why she rebelled. I also applaud her for giving up her child to a loving family rather than keep it and repeat the family cycle of torment. Don't you see that? And why you MUST use the N word is beyond me. Shame on you. You are as guilty as Amon with that attitude. People are people. If she is taking care of her grandson because the daughter she did KEEP is screwed that COMPLETELY proves my point. Please, for the love of God, get some education on these matters before speaking so ignorantly.

[@BIGNAST22]

jodiescookin1 EXCELLENT

[@spitshinetommy3721]

Chris Taylor you're cut from the same cloth as goeth, you pile of shit.

[@RABIDJOCK]

I see what you did there.....

[@Mimarspre]

No it was not.

[@77LUCKYNUMBER77]

The fact that Schindler didn’t want to say anything about Geoth to his daughter speaks volumes..

[@stevemuzak8526]

She wouldn't handle that truth. Her father was real monster.

[@babydriver8134]

She was probably already heartbroken and he did not want to destroy her.

[@calebsmommy812]

He couldn't handle it himself, let alone put anything on a child that young. I feel so sad for how he ended up. Despite the good he did, he struggled with the past and essentially drank himself to death. So sad

[@babydriver8134]

@@calebsmommy812 May we meet Oskar in Heaven.

[@todddavis4586]

@@babydriver8134 Actually it's fiction.

[@user-mw8um6mc3v]

How good was Fiennes that Goeths own daughter knew it was her father. Sickening part to play but Fiennes was incredible.

[@bursegsardaukar]

Not to mention he frightened one of the real survivors (Mila Pfefferberg) when he appeared in full costume in front of her.

[@annikesta8796]

a lot of people who knew the real Goeth said that the two look so similar (especially their profile) that it's eerie. They did one hell of a job casting Fiennes

[@jerkoftheyear4565]

@@annikesta8796 they dont even really look alike though the real goeth was fatter and looked alot older..just saying if you look at the pics they dont even look alike in the face.

[@annikesta8796]

@@jerkoftheyear4565 looking alike isn't just what you see on photographs. It's also the way you move, the way you smile or squint your eyes etc.

[@RocketRoketto]

@@jerkoftheyear4565 Ralph was 31 in that movie, Goth was about 35 so not that much older, Ralph did gain a lot of weight for the role, as evident by him trying to lose it in his next movie ''strange days''. so no not that much older. the tall thin goth at his arrest looks more like Ralph, I think, however, Ralph is about 5'11., Goth was 6'4

[@MarielleMorris]

i couldnt even imagine how she felt while watching Schindler's List

[@crose7412]

Her daughter's called Jennifer Teege and had a similar reaction.

[@nikolauljarevic9189]

Schindler list is my favorite film

[@nelsonx5326]

I know! It must have been overwhelming. Looks like she came to terms with it. She is of course entirely innocent.

[@nelsonx5326]

@@nikolauljarevic9189 I guess it's uplifting at the end. But I saw it once and that was enough. The brutality, I couldn't take it again.

[@noienzalbe9661]

I hope she was proud.

[@rinnix8501]

Never judge someone for their father sins.

[@gerrynightingale9045]

**YES! "As the clay is molded...so shall it set" is one of the tenets of Catholic doctrine, and to me there is no difference between that philosophy of 'worship' of a 'vengeful God' and an actual living, mortal' Fuhrer'...a 'collective of Will' made manifest by the deliberate choice of millions of people** ( **Einstein was asked, after the finish of the Nuremburg Trials, "Are you pleased by the judgments?" to which he replied "It's without meaning or substance, because if the war had not ended...THEY WOULD EVEN NOW BE GASSING THE LAST OF THE JEWS with no regret whatsoever, so the punishments rendered are only for 'show'...in the same manner as 'parades' and 'rallies' and so on...one cannot punish or kill a 'Belief' by a few examples of so-called justice"** )

[@gerrynightingale9045]

**Are you aware of how completely ABSURD your fucking 'Reply' is? In what manner is anything I wrote here 'Racist' in content???**

[@alecstewart7251]

@@InhumanCondition-gh2qj Original sin can be viewed as human influence to do evil, how it accumulates, and how strong it usually is without an opposing doctrine to intervene. You're not trumping anything, Billy Nye.

[@evverrette1]

racist is just a noise they make while their mind shuts down to ignore something they don't want to hear.@@gerrynightingale9045

[@gerrynightingale9045]

**@evverette1...that's presuming there is 'mind' capable of independent thought**

[@adamzanzie]

My eyes welled up with tears when it got to the part about Monika actually meeting Oskar Schindler. “Hi, Moni. You can’t deny your father. You’re looking quite the same.” It solidifies my impression of Oskar Schindler as, overall, an awesome guy who knew how to make people feel better.

[@ReligionOfSacrifice]

Oskar takes one look at her and says the nickname of her father. The nickname means "well done." It means he said, "Well done, my friend" to her father Amon Göth and would be significant to him as he is not a German and so would want approval from Nazi Germans like Oskar Schindler.

[@sphinxrising1129]

As far as Oscar not telling her anything, how do you tell a innocent child that her father was a monster?

[@charlesharper2357]

It's not like Oscar was a saint either.

[@charlesharper2357]

@Old Corps Marine He had a weak moral compass, but he did have a basic level of humanity. He had no problem profiting from slave labor, but he drew the line at organized genocide.

[@orfamayQ]

@@charlesharper2357 Ironically, if he didn't have a weak moral compass and many other flaws, he would probably not have been in the position to safe so many Jews in the first place. It's really ambivalent and morally complex as a situation.

[@John-zk4no]

But Oskar Schindler died before steven Spielberg decided to make the movie it doesn't make sense that she saw him after the movie.

[@johnschwalb]

Because she met him when she was a teen. ​@@John-zk4no

[@suddendee]

Her mother should've told her the truth earlier in life. It must've been devastating to hear what her father was like from a filmmaker.

[@chetyoubetya8565]

+suddendee So she would have handled it better at 7 or 10 or 15??

[@suddendee]

It's better to have heard the truth of her father in a calm collected manner from her mother instead in the bitter throes of a heated family argument, or from a filmmaker whose sole purpose is to portray him as an evil person.She would've had time to process the information before the film was being made.

[@chetyoubetya8565]

He was an evil person.From the sounds of it her mother wasn't that far behind him.There is no way to process any of this no matter what way you are told

[@suddendee]

Yes, they were. Though not perfect, but again, it's better to hear from a family member rather than a complete stranger.( Like an adopted child should hear they are adopted from a family member, not an "outsider.")It's still very shocking, but she could've been better prepared, even opting out of coming onto the movie set.

[@Aphroditethatsme]

its true, but people didnt talk about any of that stuff back then, they often didnt even learn about it in school!

[@cynrb1955]

Amon Goth made the decision to be the man that he was. He alone was responsible for his actions & paid with his life for those decisions. His daughter, Monika, bears no responsibility for her father's choices & should not be held accountable. I feel for her as it is not easy to live with the actions of a family member who committed atrocious acts.

[@lawrencekolar6273]

carolyn brown hysterically po

[@MyLolle]

carolyn brown yeah. but her POS mother had a choice. but noooo, while that monster, amon, was shooting jews from his balcony, she would just turn the volume up (the lady enjoooooyed listening to the music). what a bitch! monika is nr to be blamed but her mother. i couldn’t even stay with a guy who would shoot an animal. NEVER! ever. fuck it.

[@MyLolle]

Vlad Puscasu exactly!

[@sturejohansson1792]

Not goth göth

[@loriaverill5616]

@Dave Bronstein it's funny how Lee Harvey Oswald is known as the man who shot and killed President Kennedy but technically he was never tried and convicted of that crime. The thing that runs through my head other than him not being tried and convicted for the crime is if he was guilty of assassinating the president then why would Jack Ruby shoot and kill him?

[@aslater5]

I’m reading the book by Monika‘s daughter and it really shows how the dysfunction continues in families. Just as Monika‘s mother was not close to her, she was not close to her own daughter and gave her up to an orphanage. They met some times but never got along. Strangely, Monica would take her to visit Ruth and Ruth was a kind and loving grandmother to her. Ruth, the same woman who was fine with Amon killing people in a concentration camp.

[@corneliakobilke4638]

That’s sad

[@marieindia8116]

being a good parent is a learned skill...few things come naturally, we learn a lot of relational skills from our parents. it's difficult to unlearn the dysfunctional things.

[@javii5326]

Idk, there's something that happens with time or life, but my mother used to tell us my grandmother was really strict and kinda mean to her while they were growing up, But I couldn't believe it because with us she was the best. Myb its the burden of the situation at the time, grandparents get to have the good times with there grandkids and the parents take car of everything ealse.... who knows

[@uggggggghhhhh]

Vicious cycle

[@32446]

Parents model behaviour. If you’ve not seen how to parent well and form bonds, it’s difficult for the children to replicate that when they are adults.

[@shortlivedglory3314]

Her father's sins are his own, not her's. I hope she lived a happy life. She deserved a better father.

[@kassidymiller3223]

She's brave for agreeing to expose herself like that to the world

[@brandiericksen450]

I agree. it's sad how many generations have suffered and how children of the perpetrators become victims of the same perpetrators who is a parent they never met. Her daughter is brave too. She wrote a book that is titled " my grandfather would have shot me" her father is Nigerian. So he would have shot her father too.

[@beboploo]

+Kasandria Millo HI BABY YOU LOOK LOVELY

[@beboploo]

+Kasandria Millo were are you kasandria am from merseyside liverpool

[@winterwolk]

+Kasandria Millo I agree, she also was on oprah where also was the daughter of the woman who was the servant of Amon. She was so mean against this lady...its not justified to blaim her for what her father did.

[@oldmoviemusic]

+философич хүндэтгэх What, you mean Oprah was mean to Amon Goeth's daughter, or his former servant's daughter was mean to her? Why would they be mean to her - she finds her father's actions horrific, as she should! I pity her for having to have a father who was so evil - that must be a very challenging and conflicting thing to live with.

[@samsspade8748]

Monika Hertwig is so brave. Many children of high ranking Nazis still defend their fathers. Hertwig didn't have to do this documentary. She didn't have to look so closely at what her father did. But she had courage and chose to not to hide but to thoroughly examine her familial history.. Hurrah Monika, may you have a long and peaceful life!

[@FirebrandAL]

She was so honest in her emotions. I can appreciate it. And she's accepted it.

[@brif4279]

@Dave Bronstein That's the route Amon should have gone.lol

[@vivianbethea7866]

Yes, I agree.

[@Paddydhistorian]

Bri F, Are you serious? Your lol aside, that sounds like you are, at least in part.

[@monapause8108]

Monika is also in a movie called Hitler's Children. a very powerful documentary. look up Monika's daughter, Jennifer Teege on here, too.

[@stevemuzak8526]

Imagine yourself in that situation: You find out that your father was one of the most evil bastards ever? How would you handle that?

[@lilybond6485]

Look up the interview on KZbin of Josef Mengele’s son Rolf. Thank God he does not look like his father. What a life he must have had knowing that his father was/is one of the most detested men on the planet.

[@KneeoGeeo]

@@lilybond6485 no proof at all he did the things they said.

[@lilybond6485]

ConstantK: No proof that Josef Mengele did what he did ? Are you kidding ?

[@KneeoGeeo]

@@lilybond6485 Proof it?

[@aoikanzaki6578]

@@KneeoGeeo and you have given the proof, would you believe in it? Like aren't you aware that he was known as the "Angel of Death" who is also has a part on killing and experimenting thousands of Jews? His son will be ashamed that his father did that in the past but it doesn't erase the fact that he still loves him, but for me having a loved one killing innocent people because of a sick ideology? That's why nobody waste time with you sharing facts because in the end you won't waste your time reading it, lazy bastard.

[@THORDOX]

I completely understand when she said that her mother told her that her father was a soldier who died for his country, instead of telling her the reality. When I asked my father how his father died, he said that his father was a soldier and died from an accidental gun shot in a military base, when in fact my grandfather worked for the SS and when the Nazis lost the war my grandfather was shot in the head by the allies in his living room, in front of his family. My father was about six at the time and was playing with his cars, he had to witness his father getting shot in front of him.

[@valkyriesardo278]

I like this woman. "I hated Spielberg for telling me the truth". Such understandable genuine response. She is not responsible for her father's choices and I hope she has found peace of mind. Oh and wasn't she the cutest little toddler you could ever hope to see? What adorable baby pictures. It was mean-spirited of her grandmother to blurt out the harsh truth in that way. It is wrong to vent your angst on a child.

[@eternity68]

i so agree with you, cute as sugar as a child and a cild witch of a mother.....still she turned out alright, must be hard to live with the legacy of her father, eeeeevil parents so im glad she is ok

[@eternity68]

I mean it all starts in the childhood....

[@saeedvazirian]

Spielberg didn't say the truth, though...

[@northernlad9424]

Valkyrie Sardo what’s Spielberg got to do with it?

[@missled5466]

Schindler's Ark Schindler's Ark (released in America as Schindler's List) is a Booker Prize-winning historical fiction novel published in 1982 by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally, which was later adapted into the highly successful movie Schindler's List directed by Steven Spielberg. The United States version of the book was called Schindler's List from the beginning; it was later re-issued in Commonwealth countries under that name as well. The novel was also awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction in 1983.

[@geraldorford]

In war everyone suffers, even the next generation suffers.

[@bursegsardaukar]

"The wounds of war run deep cutting across generations. But there is always the hope of healing so long as there are souls among us whose hearts are more full of love than hate." ---The Outer Limits episode 'Tribunal'

[@ryrygoogoo]

My grandad was born in 1943 and still to this day if u mention A German or Germany around him he will begin an hour long rant

[@vercingetorix3414]

Gerald: it wasn't war that Goeth was involved in, it was brutal mass extermination of an entire people! War is indeed horrible, but don't elevate this monster to the status of a combatant, he was not. He was evil personified.

[@danrook5757]

Gerald Orford : there’s stuff my father talked about during the war with his friends made me think who is this person

[@timdyton7752]

@@danrook5757 like what?

[@emily7103]

This lady is very brave for telling her story. And I cannot emphasize enough that SHE. IS. NOT. HER. FATHER. It isn't her fault she was born of a monster, and she deserves to live her life in peace and not be tormented just because her father was the despicable man he was.

[@chiefswife1212]

What? She put herself out there, the world couldn't care less, she made it a point to tell everyone who she is, this is all BS!

[@marieindia8116]

sadly, we all have monsters in our family trees...we usually don't look very hard, and our older folks often covered up ugly truths.

[@bg1616]

​@chiefswife1212 Her world existed but you were not in it. How can you assume who was bothered snd who wasn't? He is her father and that may affect her self image.

[@brandonhaygood5286]

I don't see anybody casting blame or attacking her for being her father's daughter.

[@mattylee7620]

I am Jewish. What a brave lady to say what she has. Thank you x

[@heertezeegers316]

The drama continues, on KZbin I saw the documentary about Jennifer Reeve, het daughter. Very worthwhile to see. But these women, both of them carry the burden of her father's sins

[@heertezeegers316]

Correction Jennifer Teege

[@nikkiboyer8971]

Matty Lee But you are not a Jew from Poland.

[@nikkiboyer8971]

@@alexsheppard153 dont compare those. In 1947 there was a a half of million of palestinian Arabs in 2020 there are 5 mln. In 1939 in Poland there was 3 mln Jews , five years later 300 tys. See the difference yet?

[@raamyasharahla535]

Jewish? What’s that???

[@Ferbbie]

Cannot imagine how hard it had to be for Monika. Her mother did a poor ass job. She should have explained, not let her daughter see this in a cinema.

[@derritter4970]

Johana Bursíková Please show me something)

[@maxotaurus5140]

Kameraden Nevermind...

[@Alte.Kameraden]

+Truth Seeker propaganda of course. To justify the most destructive war of our modern times. The fact the Germans committed any crimes was only fortunate for the Allies and Soviets Post War. There is a wonderful Chicago Tribune Article dating back to February 23 1948 which I often referenced directly from the Tribune's own online archives until they "Now" require a monthly subscription to view their online data base. So sadly I can no longer refer people to it anymore. But the article was titled "NAZI Trial Judge rips 'Injustice'" an American Judge who took part at Nuremberg basically claimed the trials were unfair, and created specifically to shoulder the complete blame of the war upon Germany. While being one of the american Judges involved in the trials themselves. Worst yet the Reporter who wrote the article claimed the US Army was wire tapping his phones, as the US Army published an official reply to "interview" he gave before "his" article was even printed, so the US Army some how "knew" the information he relayed over Phone back to the Tribune so he could be published. Which it isn't a surprise the US Army often strong armed people quite a lot during the Nuremberg Trials, they only wanted "What" They wanted to get out onto the papers. When put into this context, it wouldn't of mattered if the Nazis committed any crimes or not. The allies and soviets would of made them up if they had to. The entire point of the war crimes trials post war initially was to pin blame, and the financial cost of the war upon Germany itself. It wasn't for the sake of international Justice against Evil War Criminals. Despite that is how we tried to paint it. Germany not surprisingly is still paying it's WWII War Reparations, and I'm not referring to one's to holocaust survivors but ones they have to pay individual states like France, Poland, etc. Basically Germany is still paying with "interest" the full cost of the war debt of most countries that fought in the war, on top of physical damages to said countries as well. Likely a debt that may not be paid for another century, as it took them a century to finally pay back the reparations they were demanded after WWI, which carried over after WWII. I think less than ten years ago they finally paid back their WWI reparations in full. So Germany has only just recently started paying it's WWII reparations to countries which it didn't already owe WWI reparations to. This is also why Documents ceased by the US Army during WWII from Concentration camps within the allied occupation Zone were only recently declassified back in 2007. Millions of Documents, German Documents, and reports from the US Army on the ground. Ironically, only declassified because of the Freedom of Information Act. Documents considered dangerous to National Security. Which means only select documents prior to 2007 were allowed to be reviewed by Historians and Writers, select as in supportive of already established "History." Sadly it will take decades for people to sift through the collection, and sadly most of those people will likely not sift through them honestly.

[@Alte.Kameraden]

+Truth Seeker No the man's name was Charles Wennerstrum, Sadly his Wikipedia page seems to have been purged, no longer even having a photo of the man anymore.

[@wpgjets4life]

Monika and her mother must have known about the book "Schindler's Ark" which was written 11 years earlier, and the movie was based upon it. Goth was portrayed just as horrible in the book. So it is not like information about her father being a terrible person came out in 1993. It was known for years.

[@TheJunglecrab]

Damn... her mother resented her because of the father. If anything, this video makes me really appreciate my mother - the most incredible human being in this world. I wish that everyone could say the same about their own mum, but the reality is sobering and heartbreaking.

[@nowhereman108]

What an incredible way to learn for the first time who your father actually was… by watching one of the most important films ever made.

[@Nothing-zw3yd]

I'm currently reading a book called "My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me". It's written by Monika's daughter, Jennifer Teege. Monika gave her up for adoption. Really compelling read.

[@ayushashna4615]

that's what bugs me. i don't mind her lineage but her abandon her child?

[@Nothing-zw3yd]

@@ayushashna4615 I don't get that either. But, we're talking about the daughter of one of the most evil men in human history, so anything is possible. Sometimes the apple falls just far enough from the tree to make decisions that aren't as horrifically cruel as the tree, but the apple still does make big mistakes that hurt others.

[@JonathanMoosey]

I would assume that she gave her daughter up for adoption to protect her from the dark truth of her family’s history. That is just a theory to me.

[@vitalyaloves]

There are many reasons to give your child up for adoption and many of them are not malicious. @@ayushashna4615

[@meeeka]

Her daughter is half black; that is sometimes is enough to trigger self-hate.

[@charlessutherland7619]

What I find worst of all is that Monkia's mom and grandma both thought Amon was a real hero for what he did. No remorse or shame on their part at all. Its a miracle Monika didn't become like them.

[@lifeisbeautiful5891]

They were trying to protect her. What did you want them to tell her? That her father was a monster and died as a rat?

[@turdeater8548]

maybe because they knew that it was all warpropaganda lies

[@skym5817]

TurdEater85 your username is quite fitting turd eating pos

[@M11969]

@@alexsheppard153 To compare our former President to this monster is the most vile thing I've ever seen. You have no concept of shame at all.

[@M11969]

@@alexsheppard153 you are an uninformed fool and I will not engage with you further.

[@Carol4YeshuaAdonai]

Pretty horrible to find out your Dad was such a wicked man!

[@Carol4YeshuaAdonai]

Thanks Zemmel for that info!!

[@derpestarzt]

Looks like her mother was the wicked one, she never knew her father, he might have been a wonderful father (he was a wonderful man anyway). I can't blame the mother too much thought, all these women were sent into "re-education" camps and brainwashed.

[@giovannamarletta9831]

Ahava4Yisrael i

[@chronokev76]

Ahava4Yisrael it could have been worse. Her dad could have been justin bieber

[@ackerleytrade7404]

Wicked for what he do a Good job💨😏🔥💀

[@aisa2954]

This poor woman's story breaks my heart. Imagine the trauma 😥😣

[@budjitresvalles6397]

This makes me want to watch ‘The Schindler’s List’ again.

[@Monika94100]

The movie is really hard to watch more then just one time...it makes me frustrated and angry..

[@charlesharper2357]

I could never watch the movie again...it was just so traumatizing. Unlike a horror movie, you know all too well that humans actually did this to other humans.

[@michaelwray1034]

Its a film you only watch once.

[@AbdulRahman-lu6dn]

@@michaelwray1034 I'm indian, i watched but not clear i can't recognize the faces. I thought it's all different officers, goeth was shown first in that bedroom scene, and the hinge scene was different officer, i recognized his only in 10 scenes, i don't know the full movie is beween oscar and him. And about that jew girl still i confuse. But i want to watch it again to know. But i feel scary to even foward that movie.

[@MrAquinas1]

There is an excellent documentary called "Hitler's Children" with the children of Goring, Himler, and Frank honestly confronting the evilness of their parents.

[@jzcovers]

Goring and Himmlers daughters supported their fathers. Frank’s youngest son hated his father.

[@leah1527]

Even though there’s nothing she can do about who her father is, that’s gotta be hard to live with She’s strong for speaking out about it

[@odonata9838]

Ralph Fiennes did an excellent job! Ms. Hertwig's reaction to his portrayal is better than any Oscar.

[@kevinhealey6540]

She had a difficult life. "After seeing Steven Spielberg's film Schindler's List in 1993, in which her father was played by Ralph Fiennes, she suffered a nervous breakdown and was unresponsive for several days." Wikipedia

[@ireland4evs]

It annoys me so so much how people are commenting under this video that Goth did his duty to his state and that Schindlers list is fictional. Goth did not due his duty to his state! He took pleasure in killing innocent men, women and children. Schlinder was a real person who saved many jews. No human being should ever have to face the absolute horror those poor people went through only 70 years ago, so please do not defend the men who murdered human beings.

[@mortalclown3812]

The wave of denying the planet's most awful calamities - the Holocaust, climate change, etc, as they seem to be connected in the most dismal of ways - is beyond unfortunate. I wonder if engaging with them at all is worth it - unless it's to show up as the marchers did at Charlottesville. There is no debating hate and utter ignorance wrapped so intractably. Love this quote - and there will always be a place for it in a crazy world... "Injustice will not be destroyed until those not affected by it are as outraged as those who are." Benjamin Franklin.

[@Sarasdad91]

@@mortalclown3812 I myself would never defend Goth. But I do feel pity for his daughter, at what a total ripping out of her heart she must've felt when she found out the truth.

[@Aethelhald]

@@mortalclown3812 You can't link holocaust denial with climate change denial. Nobody denies climate change, they deny that it is man made. You don't get to compare those people with holocaust deniers. It's perverted.

[@bobjones1432]

@@Aethelhald Except plenty of people do deny that it's happening at all.

[@samfisher2306]

@@mortalclown3812 holocaust and climate change in one sentence? I'm lost lol

[@GoldEvil911]

So many people defending her father like he was actually misunderstood and deserved to be a hero in the comments. It's actually sickening. No matter how innocent and nice an evil person's child grows up to be, you simply can't forgive the person for the things they've done in their life before that. Amon Göth is no different.

[@prodbyxanderjohan]

He was a monster.

[@andywood375]

Goeth was a straight up psychopath. He would shoot people at times for absolutely no reason.

[@tj2hunt]

Jeff Busby -Well Said, Sir LMAO Well Said

[@mrspicolli]

honey_drgn preciate.

[@PK779able]

What did he do? Run a labour camp?

[@Sunshine-Light]

This lady is a victim too, a victim to circumstance, you can chose your friends but not your relations

[@asdf-gh8vd]

I remember watching the entirety of this documentary. I really felt her feelings and desperation for someone who was close to her father or her father's victims to say "You are not like your father. You are you." to her. Unfortunately, no one did in that documentary. In fact, the survivor she met with during the filming of that documentary told her that she reminds her so much of her father. I was mortified and cried for her at that point. I felt that if no one tells her she's her own person, she would forever be haunted by the sins of her father.

[@asgertindjensen9112]

I've seen bad daughter-mother relationships but this is just strange... "One day you'll die like your father" :O

[@ineffablemars]

Oluf Minkovic reminds me of my mother. She calls me an evil bitch constantly.

[@tangerinesky3336]

My mother was as mean as a snake too. Some of us lost the mom lottery.

[@Incognitofrito1]

Feeling it here too on losing the mom lottery. My mom is 77 years old & still tells anyone who will listen that all 3 of her kids were what caused her divorce. Uh, ok. 😒 She was/is cruel, physically abusive & downright mean. She's been fucking her (now) 92 year old 1st Cousin for YEARS, & makes no apology for it. Everyone in my entire immediate family lives states away from each other, & nobody talks anymore. My twin sister bailed on EVERYONE over a decade ago. Can't make this stuff up. I hope all despicable abusive moms rot in hell. They are horrible, ruin people's lives (sometimes for generations), & deserve every bad thing that happens to them. If these sad excuses for women hate being a mom, maybe they should have used birth control. Most selfish women on the planet.

[@Petra-R]

GiGi im sorry you had such an awful experience! i think the most important thing is family. its so horrible that a lot of people dont experience love and safety in their childhood - i hope you have a good life now! its sad that you have no contact to your twin

[@Niko-lm3mb]

@@ineffablemars Are you?

[@alexg5513]

So very sad for her to live with a legacy like that. She is brave!

[@alexg5513]

***** Hahaha, so you're a Nazi, charming profile picture, obviously you are speaking the truth - You are such a freak. There might be a job for you out East, I hear they are looking for people just like you.

[@mopar21]

She did nothing wrong

[@gom3432]

Alex G she’s not brave at all. She should be ashamed. You feminists are such a joke!

[@georgebrown8312]

GOM, Monika lived in the shadow of her father's evil legacy. Can you imagine living under such circumstances, knowing either one or both of your parents were war criminals, such as Amon Goth? I am sure she felt very much ashamed of his legacy. .

[@AncientPharaoh]

Her daughter is Jennifer Teege. That would be Amon Geoth’s black and Jewish granddaughter.

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

Yeah, and maybe he could have stayed around to see the beautiful woman his daughter and granddaughter became. Instead he chose to kill children for the Reich. Bad life choice.

[@Seydlitz338]

Poor guy

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

@@Seydlitz338 stf you perv

[@Seydlitz338]

@@KindCountsDeb3773 why?

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

@@Seydlitz338 You said "poor guy" about Amon Goth. Or maybe you misunderstood the post.

[@ChrisMhiclochlainn]

It's great to actually hear from her about her childhood, lies that she was told growing up, then finding out the truth in her adulthood. It reminds me of an interview I watched of Josef Mengele's son Rolf in the 70's and the guilt he carries for the sins of his father. Your heart aches for these people because they did not commit these horrible acts, their fathers did, but they still carry that burden. At some point you have to reconcile the fact that you can only control what you do in life, not what your family did. My great grandfather was a physically abusive alcoholic and my GG literally fled from Calgary, AB to Seattle, WA to get away from him because he was threatening to take away my grandfather and my great uncle from her then disappear. We never knew why she left Canada, why she left her husband, until my GG's death when we found some letters to her sister back in the 40's and the 50’s. You want to think of your family as decent, nice people but in reality some of them were evil.

[@aww773]

you cant really feel bad for Mengeles son considering he visited him in South America while he was an international fugitive and then kept his death a secret for years

[@thibsteven1]

Monika is one strong and sweet lady.....that got blindsided by the news of her "monster" father. God bless her and I hope she finds peace for the rest of her life.....

[@JakeDisselt]

This is honestly one of the saddest things I've ever seen.

[@katarzynazabinska6487]

Imagine the first impression of your father was watching him be a monster in Schindler's List...

[@ilovesteveclark6084]

In the documentary "Inheritance" I felt so sad for Monika....Helen never acknowledged that nothing was Monika's fault, and berated her for saying she only knew what she was told about her Father. Helen made Monika feel so guilty at that point. Helen vented her anger at Monika and that was totally inappropriate.

[@jodiescookin1]

This woman has had nothing but torment, you can see it in her eyes... some from her mother, some from herself and some from the knowledge of her family's past.... She speaks honestly and bravely. We can never understand the depth of her pain and anguish. Yes, she had a child out of wedlock and gave her up for adoption, but I actually think it was very merciful for her to do so knowing that she nor her family were capable of giving the baby what it deserves. She had another daughter and kept her and unfortunately has turned out tormented and incapable of raising her own child. The cycle continued... She now raises her grandchild, hopefully with some therapy and help, the cycle will be broken of this very twisted family. Watch the whole documentary, you will see how her mother hated her and treated her so very poorly... it is a miracle she is as functioning as she is considering the life she has had. We have no choice in who we are born to... just remember that.

[@kassidymiller3223]

+jodiescookin1 Well said

[@jodiescookin1]

thank you

[@CosmicBackgroundRadiation01]

Contradictory because she says she learned of what happened from Spielberg. She should have to contend with the children of her father's victims.

[@lindamills3899]

Yes she gave up her daughter , because she was a "brown baby"

[@glen7318]

@@CosmicBackgroundRadiation01 why?

[@marcusm4151]

"The Truth will set you Free, but 1st it's going to piss you off"

[@tarquinftangftangolebiscui8606]

He didn't die for his country. He was executed for war crimes.

[@AR-ws1gr]

That he committed for his country

[@tarquinftangftangolebiscui8606]

@@AR-ws1gr He was a bloody murderer. He didn't do it for his country. He liked murdering people and he was a sadistic murderer as well. So stop talking bollocks.

[@tarquinftangftangolebiscui8606]

@Joshua Haynes Don't be an apologist for a murderer, it says something about your character, or lack of it. You are probably a Holocaust denier as well. He was nothing but an evil, sadistic, willing executioner and you are a twat.

[@davidlynch9049]

@@AR-ws1gr He was a barbarian, you fucking Nazi. You are reported.

[@malcolmtyler1673]

@@tarquinftangftangolebiscui8606 The person who uploaded the video asked viewers to keep the comments civil.

[@fewerbeansplease]

This is one of the most amazing videos on KZbin...it's not just about Nazi Germany. It's about the courage it takes to deny your parents' legacy and think and live in new ways. My parents didn't have that courage...or maybe (probably) they were just ignorant. Either way I find it difficult to forgive them for what they did. This woman is an inspiration to me!!

[@luv2travel2000]

Very sad that her mother had no mothering instincts at all and didn't even want Monika to call her Mom. The mom seems to care about her own looks more than her own child. Thank God Monika had a grandmother who loved her. So sad what her parents put her through. 😥

[@corneliakobilke4638]

I mean she stayed with her husband through the Concentration camps she has to be psycho

[@msd.2869]

Ruth turned around and did the exact same thing to her own daughter...

[@thebutterflyreportbyjeffie9220]

Hands down the best documentary I’ve ever watched. The sympathy for both Helen and Monika is overwhelming. I hope they both find peace in their lives, especially, Helen. I understand her husband also committed suicide. She has a burden that no one person should have to carry. And Monika is a a special woman. She seems so wounded by her Inheritance.

[@scot60]

She can’t help who her parents were. I applaud her courage in coming forth and telling her story.

[@ryanfindlay599]

Mum "I'm off to the cinema to see Schindler's list now " .....(mum) "eerrr you might want to give that 1 a miss sweetie "

[@kennethlyneham138]

The reality of it is, she may have looked a little like her father, but she was not like him. He was obviously a maniacal person yet his daughter who was shielded from his reality, has compassion. There is nothing about Amon Göth that could be seen as redeemable and certainly not by his daughter. She really is an amazing person, to have come from such horrendous beginnings yet seem so good. It seems terrible for me to say but perhaps it was a good thing that she hated her mother.

[@MisterBlueSky1000]

Of course Oscar was "very good friends with Muni" - he had to in order to save as many people as possible from that monster.

[@charlesharper2357]

No...Oscar was a real hedonist and he actually liked Amon. Don't ever think that Schindler was an angel...

[@debrickashaw9387]

@@charlesharper2357 he bankrupted himself in his efforts and died a poor man. I wouldn't call that especially hedonistic. He was a hedonist when in company of hedonists

[@charlesharper2357]

@@debrickashaw9387 He didn't bankrupt himself...the war did. War profiteers had their profits stripped by the allied tribunals...it wasn't his choice.

[@caelachyt]

@@charlesharper2357 - There are many many Jews who think he is. You do the man a disservice to emphasize his flaws while ignoring his virtues.

[@charlesharper2357]

@@caelachyt He helped redeem himself by saving some of the Jews he exploited. If he hadn't he probably would have been hung for profiteering from slave labor.

[@michaelk3267]

I don't envy her at all. Knowing your father was an evil monster can't be easy.

[@88mphDrBrown]

Props to this woman for doing this interview.

[@studentofhistory1554]

I feel for Monika. What her father has done weighs very heavily on her heart. On the other hand, her father got exactly what he deserved.

[@petezereeah517]

None of her father's actions were her fault! Hitler has at least 5 grand nephews in the United States, and they have changed their name. Nobody goes after them.

[@longmemory1620]

+Pete Zereeah we germans are not all smiles and chocolate

[@mdensham]

They also all choice not have children

[@juanruiz325]

Now let’s see Paul Allen’s opinion on this

[@JohnMckinney-ix1ow]

You can't choose your parents...he father was One of the worst human beings that ever walked this planet. She should not be held responsible in any way.

[@CharliThinks]

I saw a documentary years ago, and I was shocked at the vitriol & blame, that Helene (the blond woman in this clip) who is a survivor of Amon's concetration camp, directed at Monika. I don't want anyone to think I'm attacking the victim, of the worst crimes of humanity, and I believe Helene has every right to her feelings, but how she treated Monika, who is innocent if her Fatther's crimes, was not right and it was disturbing to watch. Monika looked utterly destroyed & guilt stricken, as Helene seemed to blame her, for her Father's evil. Helene put the responsibility to atone, on Monica's stooped shoulders.. Monika, courageously met the woman and subjected herself to days of ,listenoing to the horrors her Father committed. She never once said anything to defend herself, against the guilt trip that woman heaped on her. Helene lived through the worst of what humanity has done and I feel tremendous sympathy for her. I'm happy she sems to have had a lovely life here in the US,, living in Colts Neck, NJ (a beautiful & wealthy area) but Monika, hasnt had a great life ever. . Helene, sadly didn't seem to see or care what she was doing to Monika, who has obviouslt gone through hell, because of who her shitty parents were. She's suffered deeply for their crimes. So it was hard to watch as she visubly suffered through what Helene put her through. Monika has had an unhappy life, and is also a victim of her NAZI parents. I'm not comparing the 2 women's pain, just expressing how sad it made me, to see her punished for her biological relationship to monsters.

[@Sharmuta6311]

You cannot help who your parents are!!

[@icecastles1432]

Her mother wouldn't let her call her mother . A little girl wants a mommy not a Ruth. Finds out her father is a mass murderer . Imagine the inner struggle. Human beings ?

[@brif4279]

Marie Murley well at least she got to live

[@littlesongbird1]

It sounds like her grandma was kind to her though..

[@sf.9731]

Monika, You were just looking for a parent to love dearly. So sorry your parents were so hard to love. You are a valuable human. I respect you.

[@fewerbeansplease]

This woman has such courage...she is suffering for something she did not do.

[@mistermornevanderberg]

I am at a loss for words... I too was so angry at this man, her father, but she was not involved, so my heart goes out to her, who discovered the truth in such an awkward way - and she had such a sad relationship with her mother. What it must have felt like to watch this movie and to suddenly learn the truth about your dad, that in itself is an evocative movie theme.

[@libertasela8431]

She is such a brave woman ❤️ Imagine the rollercoster she went through in life

[@Gratios]

When you get right down to it, anyone blaming a child for the father’s sins is just plain dumb.

[@TheGamePlayZoneDE]

bUt iT's iN tHeIr dNa aNd bLoOd

[@weaponsofwarfare9537]

@@TheGamePlayZoneDE Blood isn't personality 🤦‍♂️ personality hsd to do with the brain and what information it's field with which leads to how someone behaves. Choices they make

[@TheGamePlayZoneDE]

@@weaponsofwarfare9537 sorry for not understanding clearly marked sarcasm

[@ejames9319]

yet some women will abort because the child is conceived through rape the child will be punished for its father's crime

[@rebeccaabel4986]

I can't even begin to imagine how it must have felt to know your father was such a monster and to find out with the rest of the world too

[@TheRoark85]

That poor lady... that's a terrible burden to be born with.

[@crmatlockIII]

Wow, that's quite some interview!

[@mr.williams7911]

What a huge weight on a child. Can you imagine being the kid of that maniac?

[@derekpierkowski7641]

I can't comprehend how some humans can justify such nefarious, despicable, appalling behavior. It continues sadly

[@michaeleves6911]

well if you ever read this Monika , you have my full respect , and as for the other comments made well please ignore them , they are ignorant , Mike

[@amandaj.barnes5919]

Very brave lady. Having lost ancestor's I do not feel it is necessary to blame the children of the SS. "She is not her father", as she says and I respect her totally. She is helping us all understand and grieve loss.

[@MotherAotearoa]

Monika, a brave woman! Seeing life and her inheritance in a pragmatic way, although bearing the family past, but courages enough to speak up that her ancestors were doing wrong. I admire her, she is a strong woman, and for her daughter that unfortunately had to give up very young, she is even stronger to denounce the cult and extremism that some family member can fall into, unfortunately with terrible consequences as in this case....

[@VidalBesse]

My heart broke for Monika. She clearly didn't deserve that kind of father.

[@foxycat8751]

Monika looks so much like her mother…. I feel so sad for her. To be rejected by both her parents then find out who and what her father had done must have been so traumatic! It’s not her burden to carry; it belongs solely to them, them alone.

[@chrissybrown9205]

Interesting; you’re the first person I’ve seen online who says that Monika looks like her mother bc everyone say she looks so much like Amon

[@foxycat8751]

@@chrissybrown9205 it's interesting how all see abd view things differently. Such a sad story all the same.

[@chrissybrown9205]

@@foxycat8751 I can see both parents in her though! I hate to say it but she is a great mix of Amon and Ruth Irene.

[@davidbagley1783]

Thank you..for sharing your heart

[@paultom40]

Thank you for sharing your story...

[@Sogeking995]

Time has hardened our hearts to this tragedy. I'm afraid we may be doomed to see it repeated soon.

[@Sogeking995]

No my friend, leftists are not forcing them to go anywhere. If anything, the right wing war hawks who ravaged these regions with war and political upheaval for private profit are to blame, but of course you turn and blame the one's trying to find a solution. What's your solution to all of the refugees in this world?

[@mosessofer3447]

grayBox the big talker needs to follow up his words with action by having thousands of islamoNazis move into his home

[@marciadiehl5733]

+TheGrayBox Wow....I had no idea that Angela Merkel was a "right-wing war hawk."

[@Sherpaful]

+TheGrayBox You're right. The rise of Communism in post WW1 Europe birthed a backlash known as Nazism. I would say the rise of Socialism will do the same here in the US

[@Sogeking995]

Ha, that's your argument against "socialism"? That it creates Nazis? Listen you neo-con freak, despite what Hannity may have told you, we are a mixed economy, and there is plenty of socialism in the U.S.. Most of it was instituted by Republican administrations.

[@dansharp6990]

AMON GOETH WAS A MONSTER!!!!!!

[@themishmish101]

pat mcgroin pat you are so dead i your soul ,its gone beyond hatred ,you are pure evil like your master ,the sick gitler ,with his altzhiemers and dementia ,hitler had intercourse with his german shepard ,as well as his mother

[@themishmish101]

pat mcgroin an irish mic ,whos own mother raped his catholic soul

[@themishmish101]

pat mcgroin ye Patrick I said it again weasel

[@bassmith448bassist5]

Jessica _ huh??????

[@saeedvazirian]

so is the us military, but where is your accusation of them?

[@dianewalker4633]

My heart goes out to that woman. She idealized her father, only to find out what he was really like. How sad. She clearly has a good heart and cares about others. She cannot help who her parents were.

[@anthonypucci2982]

wow great interview

[@ervingoertzen7233]

Sins of the parents are not on the children .

[@raewynurwin4256]

Sins of the forefathers will be visited upon the next generations is so sadly true for those who have had to endure.Theres a paradox hidden within, the choice to heal or continue the harm.

[@kahunaburger6502]

I find it very sad that she grew up without her family. There is such sadness in her voice when she was telling her childhood story. This shows how important it is for children to grow up with loving parents to guide them, otherwise they make mistakes like Monika who has an afro german daughter. I hope she finds peace in life and always remains happy. Also remember one thing, no matter horrible people are. They will always be amazing to their families.

[@helloitsme100]

So few of words uttered in sentences although it echoes immense layers of depth one can only imagine the volume of what’s left unspoken. Powerful testimony

[@robertbishop5357]

It had to be incredibly horrible and overwhelming for her to find out the kind of person her father was.

[@DKennett2013]

The irony is Amon probably loved her more than anyone before his death

[@chrissybrown9205]

Is the her Monika?

[@acohen3951]

I give her credit for speaking to the world about her father. One can only imagine the shock to her when she found out what her father had done, and about the organization of which he was a part. These are things about which she probably had many night mares.

[@RandomEmperor]

Imagine her watching all those edits of her dad

[@gabriellesmith5661]

It’s not an easy thing to have monsters in the family tree, especially one so close in relation

[@avishekm1985]

I feel sorry for you Monika. It's very hard to live after knowing about who your father was.

[@mimih5889]

"I started to hate Spielberg, because I didn't want to know the TRUTH" most people have this reaction when you tell them the TRUTH. JOHN 15:18

[@coffeecrimegal5968]

The crazy thing is no matter what else he was, he was her father! It must be so horrible and perplexing on yourself to know that your father was so evil! To literally know his name will forever be synonymous with evil!

[@monicacalifornia9693]

Thank for saying your story❤️

[@lawrencebittke8478]

What a way for Monika to learn about her father’s past and confronting it. Her mother was evidence for the type of woman she was for associating with Amon Goeth.

[@28purplehaze]

You know Ralph's performance was good when even Amon daughter said he nailed it!

[@pamelaryland]

But she never knew her father. She had only ever seen one photograph. He just looked like him.

[@gordonbookeriii4053]

She never even met him.

[@mikac.8643]

She had to find out about this in a movie theatre. This shows that school did not sufficiently teach the children at that time about this part of history. The first reflex was to deny and forget.

[@wendiesweetwood3619]

Although both of my grandparents are survivors of the Holocaust (both of them lost their entire families in the concentration camps), I have never really heard either one talk about their experiences, or even their families

[@Marcel_Audubon]

better start asking some pointed questions coz they're not going to be with us forever

[@izabella7174]

Yeah, my great grandmom had a rule that no one can ever mention war in her house or anywhere near her.

[@bernardokrolo2275]

Because they honest people..they dont wana that hatred live throu another generation

[@littlesongbird1]

My ex fiance was Jewish and his parents were the first Generation born after the holocaust from Holocaust survivors (in fact his maternal grandma had actually survived a concentration camp). Most survivors suffered from PTSD and other psychological issues and often don't like to talk about it nor their children. (in fact he and his parents didn't even like to talk about the film Schindler's List even though they saw it with his grandparents while they were still alive and his grandma told him it was accurate but after they saw it once in the theaters they never spoke of it again).

[@nicknavarro9418]

I'm a jew. Probably 2 painful to remember

[@Holocaustof6000000]

ALWAYS to REMEMBER, NEVER to FORGET.

[@missled5466]

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