A recently discovered cache of hundreds of personal
letters, diaries and photos belonging to Nazi Gestapo
chief Heinrich Himmler seems to reveal a thoughtful,
loving husband and devoted father to his daughter.
The documents first found in the Himmler family house
in 1945 were hidden in Tel Aviv for decades and sold to
the father of the Israeli documentary filmmaker, Vanessa
Lapa. Through readings of Himmler’s and his family’s
most personal writings and rare restored film footage
from key German archives, Lapa has fashioned a
fascinating case study: a portrait of the man responsible
for some of the worst atrocities of the Second World War,
who thought of himself in heroic terms.
In English and German, with English subtitles.
Co-presented by the Toronto Jewish Film Festival