Hitler's Children Film Analysis

The Holocaust is a subject studied by many and fully understood by few. Known to be one of the most famous genocides in human history, many have strong feelings towards this topic. The Nazi regime was an extremist group who believed that the German race was superior. Through this belief, Jews where the main target and classified as inferior, resulting in the Jews being alienated from the country. Approximately six million Jews were murdered under the Nazi party’s cold hands. By May 1945, the end of this horror finally came to an end. Though this atrocity finally subsided, for many others the memory will remain until the end of time. In the film Hitler’s Children, directed by third generation Holocaust survivor, Chanoch Zeevi opens up a window to the decedents of Hitler’s in-group and the heavy burden they undergo every day due to this bloodline. All describe the differing feelings of extreme culpability and blame that follows them and the opinions of their family members. Finalized in 2011, Hitler’s Children is a different lens on how these stories are told and give answers to the questions people may have about the decedents to these evil people. Director Chanoch Zeevi was …show more content…
Hitler’s Children is a different view of looking at the holocaust. For the first time, viewers are seeing family members of high ranked Nazi members and the day to day struggle they face from this relation. Director and Producer of Hitler’s Children, Chanoch, was successful in getting these descendent to talk to him resulting in an enthralling dialogue telling the story of the Holocaust from a completely new point of view. In the end of the documentary, though a party continues to celebrate German culture or a man finds peace through the words of his daughter, in reality there is very little happiness in these lives and the film has only scratched the surface of these subjects