there was a photograph of amon goeth.e needed the rights to the photograph and they were owned by monika, his daughter. i called her to ask for the rights to use the photograph. we talked for quite a while, and suddenly she said, you know, i am not my father. immediately i thought, i want to interview this woman. in schindler's list, ralph fiennes portrayed amon goeth. there are those scenes where he is standing, overlooking the camp, shooting his rifle at the prisoners. father.monika's when she was 11 years old, she discover the truth about her father. he was a nazi. he was a concentration camp commandant and he was responsible for the murder of thousands of jews. why did you write a book about this? ms. teege: it was a decision i did not make immediately after i found out who my biological grandfather was. it was something i decided over a long period. when i understood more i thought what happened to me was such an extraordinary story that it needed to be shared. this was one of the main reasons i decided to write it d

amon goeth, who is he? jennifer: he is known to millions of people because he was depicted in the movie "schindler's list." but, he was not a movie character. he was a real person and he was put on trial in poland after the war. he was convicted of the murder of thousands of people and was hanged in 1946, very close to the concentration camp. brian: let me go back to that chart and show your grandmother. ruth irene kalder. jennifer: my grandmother was a woman who worked for him. she was smitten by my biological grandfather from the very beginning and they lived together, even after the war. my grandmother, she still loves him very much. she took his name, although they have not been married. she was more, i would say, she was sort of his wife. host: you mentioned plaszow, what is that? jennifer: it is a concentration camp run by my grandfather, and my grandmother and grandfather stayed there for a period of, i think, several years, together. brian: back to the chart, right below that is woman whose name is

she discovered her grandfather was not see criminal -- nazi criminal amon goeth.r trade by ralph fiennes in schindler's list." >> you wrote, i and the granddaughter of a mass murderer. how hard is that? >> to find out was difficult, but now to live with it it is ok. a lot of time has passed and i came to terms with the fact. it is a big responsibility, but it is not a burden anymore. >> your book, called

she discovered her grandfather was nazi criminal amon goeth, portrayed by ralph fiennes in steven spielberg'sschindler's list." brian: you wrote, "i am the granddaughter of a mass murderer." how hard is that? jennifer: to find out was difficult, but now to live with it it is ok. a lot of time has passed and i came to terms with the fact. today i think that, yes it is a , big responsibility, but it is not a burden anymore. brian: your book, called "my grandfather would have shot me,"

amon goeth, who is he? jennifer: he is known to millions of people because he was depicted in the movie "schindler's list." but, he was not a movie character. he was a real person and he was put on trial in poland after the war. he wason