Tochter des Reichs (Daughter of the Empire)

Chapter Seventeen Blossoms Maria Theresa Barracks August 1944   In this chapter, we see the progress of Sepp's 12th Panzers in the field at Caen, Himmler learns that he was a target of the July Plot, and Dietrich and his brother in law are placed in solitary confinement. Bekka has a surprise for Rudi on his birthday, and he teaches her swing dancing. At the base dance, Hilda is introduced to Oskar, and they hit it off. Rudi's company go out for field training, Oskar and Hilda become engaged, and Huber has an unpleasant surprise for Bekka; she is saved from disaster by Rudi who happens to uncover a bug in their apartment, but her next-door neighbour is not so lucky. Rudi leaves for the Ardennes, and Oskar gives him his violin.   The barbecue:   Sepp in the Battle of Normandy: Fritz Krämer, Sepp's Chief of Staff:  Some of the 12th Panzers in Normandy: Himmler inspecting POWs: Dietrich's brother Klaus, who was also arrested: The White Rose Young Germans Who ...

Chapter Sixteen Die Erschaffung eines Gottes July-August 1944 Maria Theresa Barracks   In this chapter, we see the rigourous training that the officers and NCOs of the Waffen-SS undergo before being sent out to battle. Rudi has men assigned to him, and forms a bond wth his tank crew, and he and Bekka talk about their childhoods, finding many common bonds of early experience. We learn about his summer missions to far places as a Napola boy, and how he came to Vienna. Rudi ponders just why his family were so different to others and what it could mean.    Napola Days: Johann Kant Swingjugend:  Christlessee:   Missions: Vaduz, Liechtenstein: Waffen-SS Training: Training & Combat Tactics for the Waffen SS  -From Der Kommandant, English Inside the Waffen-SS Junker Schools: Training Grounds for Himmler’s Elite  - Short vid. Germanic Volunteers Waffen SS - German Propaganda Film  -In German. WW2: “Hitlerjugend”...