The Devil Next Door

What are people getting all crazy about ? It was a good documentary, very interesting.

There is a statute of limitations on murder not on mass murders" Was he a victim of a mistaken identity or a monster?

Was he the Ivan the Terrible at Trebinka, Poland where 850,000 Jews were murdered or he was as he said just John Damjanjuk, an immigrant? Did he torture Jewish women and children,, pushed them into the gas chamber or was he just a Ford employee, a good American citizen who loved fixing kids bicycles ...He was extradited to Israel in 1984-85 by US against a wish of few like senator Pat Buchanan .. but who would defend him? In Jewish land ? This documentary does not leave any questions unanswered, it succeeds to draw a clear distinction between justice and the crucifixion.. one can clearly give a verdict after watching this.. 1.7 m Jews were annihilated in Poland... interesting fact that I learnt from this documentary is that Wernher von Braun, celebrated American hero and also, known as a Father of NASA (brain behind Moon missions) was an SS officer, a war criminal. He invented rockets during WWII to attack on UK.. But his accomplishments drew a veil over his wartime crimes!! A MUST watch.

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.

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.

I found this highly thought provoking. I didn't know the story beforehand and the directions it takes are remarkable. It doesn't hold back visually and is upsetting at times. I appreciate people have issues with historical mapping and association, however the national identities involved didn't occur to me. If viewed from a simple human perspective you'll find it eye-opening and it will leave you aghast with moral quandary. Highly recommended.