eric was told his father was far away fighting a war until his mother told him the truth. >> i said, you know, people do bad things. your father did something that was pretty bad. and he went to jail for it. and that's where he is right now, not at war. he's in jail. >> can you tell me what your relationship was like? >> i loved him to death. he was my john wayne. he looked like john wayne. >> but pat tells me that over time that love was poisoned by hate. her husband's obsession with bigotry and anti-semitism spiralled out of control. >> he was so engrossed in it. he was eaten alive like a cancer. and then eric was born and eric was to be the prince. >> so he wanted to groom eric to be his legacy.