It is one of the most harrowing scenes in Schindler’s List.
Nazi commandant Amon Goeth, played by Ralph Fiennes, shoots Jewish camp inmates from his balcony, then calmly sips wine as his dogs tear them limb from limb.
Jennifer Teege was among the millions to see the epic Holocaust film – but in her case without realising Goeth was her maternal grandfather.
She discovered the horrifying truth only by chance when, years later, she picked up a book about the SS captain in her local library.
It was written by Goeth’s illegitimate daughter, whose picture looked like Mrs Teege’s own mother, who had given her up for adoption.
‘It was like the carpet was ripped out beneath my feet,’ said the 43-year-old, who is a mother of two living in Hamburg. ‘I had to go and lie down on a bench.'
Jennifer Teege: Black woman is granddaughter of notorious Schindler's List Nazi butcher Amon Goeth | Mail Online
See also:
Documentary trailer concerning her mother Monika
If you have Netflix, the documentary.
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