The Devil Next Door

When will I stop reading and watching that something happened "In Poland". Did Polish people set up the camps or what? And why are the camps marked on the territory of present Poland that did not exist back then? Nazi Germany were not there or what? And I sympathize with those who lost some family members during Holocaust but even them write "In Poland". Like Nazi Germany either did not exist or were a neighbour state.

This could be a 2-hour documentary, and would be much better.

Riveting documentary, but I expected a bit more honesty than I got.

The story opens...and concludes with scenes from the Ford Motor Company plant, with workers expressing surprise that an ex-Nazi could actually have been working there...GASP!

Would have been enlightening to the viewer to explain why ex-Nazis would be most inclined to take up employment at Ford...given that the founder of the Ford Motor Company was himself an avid supporter of Adolph Hitler, was a self-admitted anti-Semite whose full length portrait hung in the Chancellor's office in Berlin and indeed, was granted Germany's highest honors by the furor himself.

That the writer/directors of this excellent documentary would dance right over these very important facts demeans their work. One wonders if they had wanted to include these cogent facts but decided against including them due to pressure from the community.

Until the full truth about the Holocaust is revealed, humanity will be at risk of a repeat.

For those giving this doc a low rating based on their view that it is historically inaccurate...your review is inaccurate and you've missed the whole point. No where in this doc do they accuse the Polish of erecting and running the German built concentration camps on Polish soil. Further, that is not what this is about is it? It's about bringing an accused mass murderer to justice. I for one am perplexed by all the negativity.

Who's evil and how can we tell? Also does age make a difference? Should you be forgiving to someone who was evil when he was younger because he is frail and old now? There are a lot of questions here, mostly moral ones. But there is also the Question of authenticity or rather of identity.

Charging someone with a heavy accusation like that is not something to take lightly. You have to be very certain ... asking the neighbors is not really helping. We know that in a lot of cases evil man have been good citizens. You would not suspect them to have done vile things.

The documentary is very thorough and still might leave people wanting/yearning for more (clarity). Then again, life is not always clear. It's as simple as that, if you can accept that and take this for what it is, you will be glued to the screen and not really disappointed by what happens or doesn't happen ... True story