Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Today, im in rural northern germany. Stable, prosperous, 21st century germany. But im here to talk about the past and its relationship to the present. My guest is the writer, journalist and son, niklas frank. Now, his father was appointed by hitler to be the governor general of nazi occupied poland. He was intimately involved in the murder of millions of people. So, how has this german son dealt with the terrible crimes of his father . Niklas, im wondering why you have chosen to make your life in the very far north of germany. Is it because you wanted to get as far away as possible from yourfamily background in bavaria . No, i still love bavaria. And every year, we have about many weeks in bavaria, in the same village where i grew up. But it was my profession as a journalist at stern magazine, which i worked for 23 years, was based in hamburg. So, i had to lure my wife, she was attached to munich, because she is a big gardener, to her house with
Sackur. Today i am in rural northern germany. Stable, prosperous when he First Century germany. But i am here to talk about the past. And its relationship to the present. My guest is the writer, journalist and son, niklas frank. Now, his father was appointed by hitler to be the governor general of nazi occupied poland. He was intimately involved in the murder of millions of people. So, how has this german son dealt with the terrible crimes of his father . Niklas, iam with the terrible crimes of his father . Niklas, i am wondering why you have chosen to make your life in the very far north of germany. Is it because you wanted to get as far away as possible from your Family Background in bavaria . No, i still love bavaria. And every year we have about many weeks in bavaria, in the same village where i grew up. But it was my profession as a journalist at stern magazine, which i worked for 23 years, was based in hamburg. So i had to lure my wife, she was attached to munich, because she is
Im stephen sackur. Today im in rural northern germany. Stable, prosperous, 21st century germany. But im here to talk about the past and its relationship to the present. My guest is the writer, journalist and son, niklas frank. Now, his father was appointed by hitler to be the Governor General of nazi occupied poland. He was intimately involved in the murder of millions of people. So, how has this german son dealt with the terrible crimes of his father . Niklas, im wondering why you have chosen to make your life in the very far north of germany. Is it because you wanted to get as far away as possible from yourfamily background in bavaria . No, i still love bavaria. And every year we have about many weeks in bavaria, in the same village where i grew up. But it was my profession as a journalist at stern magazine, which i worked for 23 years, was based in hamburg. So, i had to lure my wife, she was attached to munich, because she is a big gardener, to her house with a big garden, so weve l
Im stephen sackur. Today im in rural northern germany. Stable, prosperous, 21st century germany. But im here to talk about the past and its relationship to the present. My guest is the writer, journalist and son, niklas frank. Now, his father was appointed by hitler to be the Governor General of nazi occupied poland. He was intimately involved in the murder of millions of people. So, how has this german son dealt with the terrible crimes of his father . Niklas, im wondering why you have chosen to make your life in the very far north of germany. Is it because you wanted to get as far away as possible from yourfamily background in bavaria . No, i still love bavaria. And every year we have about many weeks in bavaria, in the same village where i grew up. But it was my profession as a journalist at stern magazine, which i worked for 23 years, was based in hamburg. So, i had to lure my wife, she was attached to munich, because she is a big gardener, to her house with a big garden, so weve l