fatherswed in his footsteps. he joined the army and later became a general.id his father was simply doing his duty by taking part in a plot against hitler. >> he is part of our family history, and that is how he is a knowledge and honored. but he was not the only one involved. the kernel was an army officer and a father of five. he became a central figure of resistance. he and other officers formed a plan to assassinate the fuehrer and end the nazi dictatorship. he placed a bomb and the headquarters of what is now poland, and it killed after your people, but hitler survived, suffering only a perforated eardrum. the kernel was executed by firing squad that night, and his wife and children were also rounded up. >> we were sent to a children's home. i think we were supposed to be sent on easter monday. that is where our relatives were, but the plan failed because there was a heavy bombing raid, and we had to go back. there, and the americans turned up and freed us. later found out that the nazis had planned to exterminate his entire family. today,happy to say th