Should you watch The Devil Next Door?
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The Devil Next Door
Documentary · 2019
A Cleveland grandfather is brought to trial in Israel, accused of being the infamous Nazi death camp guard known as Ivan the Terrible.
The sides of The Devil Next Door
- A retired autoworker from Cleveland
- A trial in Jerusalem
- Holocaust survivors on the witness stand
The Devil Next Door is good for you if…
- you want to understand the real trial of John Demjanjuk.
- you like a question of identity: a grandfather or a death camp guard.
- you like archive footage of a trial that gripped Israel in the 1980s.
The Devil Next Door is bad for you if…
- you can't watch survivors describe the death camps.
- you need a clear answer on who the man really was.
About: justice · memory · identity
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