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Horst Voight discusses his background ; part 1

DURATION: 00:28:40

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Horst Voight was only eight months old when his father died. Voight looked into and studied letters that his father had written because he wanted to understand how his father could be a soldier and align himself with Adolf Hitler.

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28 minutes, 40 seconds

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World War II

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Voight, Horst--Interviews Voight, Horst--Interviewee Audiotapes WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Mein kampf Hitler, Adolf—World War II

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