Special programme "Shoah"  

 A recently discovered cache of hundreds of personal letters, diaries and photos belonging to a Nazi Gestapo chief seems to reveal him as a thoughtful, loving husband, and a 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 and his family’s most personal writings, and rarely seen 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.

Awards

Jerusalem Film Festival – Best Israeli Documentary (2014)

Vanessa Lapa

Born and raised in Belgium, Vanessa Lapa has been living in Israel since 1995. An accomplished journalist, she has produced and directed over a hundred factual reports for Israeli Television. In 2007, she founded the Tel Aviv based independent documentary film production company, Realworks.

Selected Filmography

Citizen Number 1 (2010)