Ronald himmler biography videos

In this compelling documentary, the life of SS officer Heinrich Himmler unfolds through film footage and the letters he wrote during the war.

By HANNAH BROWN

THE DECENT ONE Hebrew title: Adam Hagon Directed by Vanessa Lapa Written by Lapa and Ori Weisbrod Running time: 94 minutes In German and English.

Check with theaters for subtitle a Lapa’s documentary portrait of SS chief Heinrich Himmler, The Decent One, is eerily fascinating. The movie is both a biography of Himmler and a history of Nazism, its soundtrack composed entirely (except for a brief interview in English at the beginning and the end, and background music) of excerpts from Himmler’s and his family’s letters and diaries.

A few titles give historical context, but the words we hear are from these letters, read by , the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, came into possession of these letters when her father bought them at auction so she could use them to ma