This VE Day, the Celebrations Felt Hollow
Niklas Frank was a seven-year-old boy the last time he saw his father Hans. Today, he keeps a photograph of the man's corpse shortly after his execution by hanging as a reminder of the 4 million people murdered under Frank's Nazi command of Poland during World War II.
Speaking on the 80th anniversary of the end of the conflict in Europe Thursday, Niklas said: 'My father isn't dead....German people are fed up with democracy, like in the end of the Weimer Republic, and they're looking for a new Fuhrer, a new leader.'
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