Nobody gets to choose their parents. In many cases, everything turns out well. But some people have the misfortune to be born to tyrants or infamous figures from history. They have to live with their family name for the rest of their lives, for good or bad. In some cases, the children of dictators of war criminals have done all they can to break with their dark past. But sometimes they go the other way, refusing to condemn their parents, no matter what atrocities they might have committed. In the 1980s, Rolf Mengele decided to change his name. Up until that point, he had tried to live with it, even though it would forever link him with his infamous father, the so-called ‘Angel of Death’. Despite being a medical doctor who had sworn to “do no harm”, Josef Mengele was feared by the inmates of Auschwitz concentration camp – and rightly so. Mengele would select men, women and children for his cruel and sadistic experiments. His cruelty was legendary, though, tragically for his victims, he managed to evade justice by feeling to South America. This is the central tension of the film. On the one hand, Herman Goering's niece Bettina is obviously not Herman Goering. Rainer Hoess is not his grandfather, Rudolf Hoess, the commandant of Auschwitz. And yet, at the same time, Bettina's children would carry on Herman's genes--which is why, she explains, she and her brother both sterilized themselves. And Rainer has family photos of his father playing at their home in the camp, where their toys were made by the inmates and where they had to be sure to clean their strawberries carefully so that they didn't taste of human ashes. Everything, perhaps, doesn't depend on bloodlines--but something does.

Like father, like son: Jean-Claude Duvalier, otherwise known as ‘Baby Doc’ took over from his father as President of Haiti. Any hopes that the change at the top would lead to better conditions for the country’s people were severely misplaced. In fact, Baby Doc was even crueler and more authoritarian than his father, Francois ‘Papa Doc’ Duvalier. For 16 years, he ruled Haiti with an iron fist, hoovering up its wealth and mercilessly suppressing his opponents. Beautiful, graceful, athletic and well-spoken: Edda Mussolini was presented as the ideal Fascist woman. Adding to her propaganda value, of course, was the fact that she was the daughter of the ‘Duce’ or leader of Fascist Italy, Benito Mussolini. However, their relationship went from being one of mutual admiration to being strained and then broken completely. The President’s favorite son, Teodorin enjoyed the best education money can buy. After private school in France, he went to college in California before returning to his native country to begin his meteoric rise through the political system. However, it’s his lavish spending habits and playboy lifestyle rather than his political abilities which have ensued Toedorin regularly makes headlines around the world. On one occasion, it was reported that he blew several million in one weekend, splashing out on a new Bentley and a new Lamborghini while on holiday in South Africa. As well as these, he also owns some of the world’s rarest – and most expensive – supercars, plus he owns a global hip-hop music label and properties around the world. Despite her family being told her grandfather Ernst had had no interest in politics, Katrin discovered that he was an enthusiastic Nazi who had joined the party in 1931, and was also an officer in the Schutzstaffel (SS). Ernst was killed in the fighting in Berlin in May 1945. This time I was again delighted when you came here and used your tremendous medical skills as a token of (our) long friendship. In the many years we know each other we discussed many problems."

2. Gudrun Himmler Went to Her Grave Believing Her Father Was a Good and Misunderstood Man

But didn’t the authorities in post-war Germany know anything about the Nazi sympathies of Himmler’s daughter? It turns out that they just turned a blind eye to that. On June 29, 2018, a month after Gudrun’s death, a small message appeared in the world press that Himmler’s daughter, as it turned out, had worked for the German intelligence services. Katrin Himmler's book Die Brüder Himmler: Eine deutsche Familiengeschichte was published in 2005 in Germany by S. Fischer Verlag and in 2007 in English by Macmillan as The Himmler Brothers: A German Family History.

By 1980, Kim Jong Il had been singled out as the likely successor to his father. His chance finally came when Kim Il-Sung died in 1994. Far from adopting a different style of rule to his father, he went even further in his use of state oppression. Most notably, as “The Dear Leader”, his country suffered one of the worst famines in world history, with millions dying. Instead of feeding his people, Kim prioritized building up North Korea’s military. Any opposition to his policies was ruthlessly put down. Under Kim, the network of concentration camps his father built up was significantly expanded, and human rights groups routinely accused him of serious crimes against humanity. Kersten kept notes of everything Himmler told him. He was the only man whose "miraculous hands" could relieve Himmler's pain. Himmler's health was rather poor as he was suffering from severe stomach cramps. "The moment he was relieved of pain, Himmler began to unburden his mind," Roger Manvell and Heinrich Fraenkel write. Baby Doc was born in July of 1951. When he was just six, his father became Haitian President, a position he would hold for 14 years. Given his family status, then, Baby Doc enjoyed a privileged youth. However, despite enjoying the best possible education, when he inherited the Presidency in 1971 at the age of 20, he simply wasn’t interested in the affairs of office. Instead, he delegated most of his presidential responsibilities to friends of cronies and concentrated on doing what he did best: using Haitian wealth to fund his playboy lifestyle. Growing up, Monika Herwig was told that her father had been a good man. She was even told that he was a hero and served with honor during the Second World War. It wasn’t until she was a young woman that Monika learned the truth. Her father had indeed played a key role in the war. But he was no hero. In fact, he was a monster. Her father was Amon Goeth, the Nazi death camp commandant made infamous by the movie Schindler’s List. Not all children of Nazis spent their lives trying to distance themselves from their infamous parents. Some, like Wolf Rudiger Hess, actually dedicated their lives to trying to defend them. Indeed, Rudolf was his father’s number one supporter. He worked tirelessly for decades trying to show the world that, far from being a monster, his dad, Rudolf Hess, was innocent of war crimes and just did the job asked of him during the 1930s and early 1940s.

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Rudolf Hess was, for a while, Hitler’s right-hand man. He was with the Nazi Party from almost the very beginning and rose to the position of Deputy Fuhrer of the Third Reich. However, his fall from power has always remained one of the great mysteries of the Second World War. In May 1941, Hess flew to Scotland solo. There, he announced his intention to hold peace talks with Britain. Whether or not he had the blessing of Hitler, or even from the British Royal Family, is not known. Either way, he was promptly caught and, when the war came to an end, stood trial at Nuremberg. Hess escaped the hangman’s noose but was sentenced to live the remainder of his life as the sole prisoner of Spandau Prison. But, as Katrine admits, she is much more concerned about the inner relaxation and passive attitude towards the proliferating neo-Nazi groups rather than the unwillingness of today's young people to take a sober look at the historical truth.

But was it not defeated? Swept away, crushed to the ground? Obviously not. It simply went into the shadow for a while, retreated, gave up his position for a while. Because fascism is not somewhere out there. It is in the heart. And while the Victory Day is not celebrated in every single heart, fascism will constantly remind itself. And not just remind, especially if we are all indifferent, silent witnesses. Independent, July 5th, 2018 – Gudrun Burwitz: Heinrich Himmler’s Daughter Who Supported Nazi War Criminals For DecadesWolf Hess dedicated his whole life to trying to get his father, the top Nazi Rudolf Hess, freed from prison Times of Israel, October 9th, 2018 – One of the Last Living Relatives of Adolf Hitler Was Engaged to a Jew Himmler was born in Dinslaken. She is married to an Israeli. [2] Despite the opportunity to take her spouse's surname, she chose to keep the name Himmler, rather than deny her heritage. [2]

She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children. Family In some cases, the descendants of infamous Nazis chose to change their names – and understandably so. For instance, up until 1945, while Hitler was not a very common name in Germany or Austria, the few people that did have it as their surname opted to change it, including relatives of the dictator. Katrin Himmler, however, took a different view. Her great-uncle, Heinrich Himmler, was unquestionably one of the vilest men of the Third Reich, and the architect of the Holocaust. But still, Katrin has refused to deny her family history. Instead, she has chosen to confront it head-on.

4. Himmler, the Most Horrible Nazi Next to Hitler

Martin Bormann Jr. died on March 11, 2013. Until the end of his days, he attended school lectures in Germany to explain the whole essence of the horrors of Nazism. “The only way to prevent the revival of fascist and racist tendencies is education,” he said. “This is especially true for young people who have not found out Nazism the hard way and besotted with its outward brilliance.”