The Story of Elisabeth Nietzsche: 1: Forgotten Fatherland
Episode 6 · 1992-04-01
- Documentary
Episode overview
In Paraguay the blond, blue-eyed people of New Germany speak the same Saxon as their ancestors did when they arrived there more than 100 years ago. They are the result of a bizarre racial experiment carried out by Elisabeth Nietzsche, sister of Germany's great philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, the man Hitler and Mussolini claimed was their inspiration. Nietzsche founded the colony with Bernard Forster, a racist, Jew-baiting schoolteacher. Her relationship with Forster had led her brother to break off contact with her. But when Friedrich Nietzsche was declared insane, it was Elisabeth who returned to Germany to take control of his affairs. Tonight's film visits Paraguay to meet the descendants of the people she chose for their "purity of blood" to form a new Fatherland. Part 1 of 2.
50 minutes
Season 11 episodes
1. Battle of the Styles1992-01-15
2. Kwai1992-01-29
3. Tito: 1: Churchill's Man?1992-02-26
4. Tito: 2: His Own Man1992-03-04
5. Woolly Al Walks the Kitty Back1992-03-11
6. The Story of Elisabeth Nietzsche: 1: Forgotten Fatherland1992-04-01
7. The Story of Elisabeth Nietzsche: 2: Mother of the Fatherland1992-04-08
8. SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich1992-06-03
9. Gladio: 1: The Ringmasters1992-06-10
10. Gladio: 2: The Puppeteers1992-06-17
11. Gladio: 3: The Foot Soldiers1992-06-24
12. The Un-Americans: 1: Five Minutes to Midnight1992-09-02
13. The Un-Americans: 2: No Place to Hide1992-09-09
14. The Un-Americans: 3: To Hell with Truth1992-09-16
15. A Diplomat in Japan: 1: A Clash of Cultures1992-09-23
16. A Diplomat In Japan: 2: Witness to a Revolution1992-09-30
17. Special: The Cuban Missile Crisis: 1: Defying Uncle Sam1992-10-07
18. Special: The Cuban Missile Crisis: 2: Eyeball to Eyeball1992-10-14
19. Sold Down the River1992-10-21
20. Roger Casement - Heart of Darkness1992-10-28
