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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.

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.

This documentary was excellent. I understand why people are angry that the map showed Poland as having death camps but I believe they did that to show us a modern perspective of where this was going on...not that Poland ran the camps or is responsible. To rate this show a 1 out of 10 is just ridiculous!

It's interesting, ironic even, that the leader of the free world (as of 2024) said that he was building a train across the Indian ocean, but you have to watch this documentary to know what this refers to...

Basically it's the part that helped let the accused free, but the problem with this documentary is it never begins to tell the story about the person they are accusing, what he did, how long he was there in America... the doc simply begins showing a kind of trailer-like montage of something you could see on a 10-minute YouTube documentary...

The really strange irony is that, Israel wanted this case to be judged fairly, or they would simply hang him instantly. The people hated the man who defended the accused (who becomes the doc's biggest villain), but didn't somebody have to defend him? Wasn't he sent to Israel to be defended? He was a bad person to try helping a bad person? Isn't that what defense lawyers do in free societies?

This documentary is somewhat intriguing but overall a let-down because it seems more like the bones of an otherwise intriguing real life story with very little meat.

Ad while he might be the real Ivan the Terrible, there IS A VERY reasonable doubt here, sorry. And that does NOT mean that those people's memories or opinions don't count. It just means that if you try to trust information by the KGB, there's gonna be... well... doubts. And then some...

But there should be more information on history, like how does a captured guy from the Ukraine, bordering on Russia which was at war with Germany, become a German Nazi villain? I'm not doubting this happened, I'm just wondering how it could happen... and this documentary plays more on emotions than information, sadly.

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.

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

I know some of you are like "thats an excelent doc, I dont know why polish people are so upset about some mistakes", but i have been in USA this year and i was working with jewish people and most of them still think that concentration camps were built by polish people and we killed them. I doubt that anyone would like to hear such horrifying accusations.

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

John Demjanjuk, a Ukrainian born, nationalised American is sent to Israel, facing charges of being Ivan The Terrible.

It's a fascinating series, it is very thought provoking, it's harrowing throughout, you will see some heart breaking scenes, and here some devastating accounts.

You may have to interpret some of the events yourself, and draw your own conclusions, nothing is really proven. The real issue is that the trial comes over forty years free the crimes, so there was always a degree of uncertainty as to Demjanjuk's real identity.

Demjanjuk's flippant attitude in court, really did get to me, he'd have been aware of the situation, the sensitivity, he behaved appallingly.

Once again, we see how damaging false evidence, and how attempts to pervert natural justice can damage a case irreparably.

Very interesting, I know how I felt about him. 8/10.

It seems as though non-English speaking Europeans all report misinformation in this documentary which leads me to believe (or at least think) that perhaps there has been something lost in translation?

Language is fluid across cultures and countries and is not always approached delicately/accurately with translators dubbing movies unfortunately. The word may have the same literal translation, but not the meaning- and vice verse.

Ex: Prego, Italian for "you're welcome" literally translates to "it's nothing." But waiters escorting you to you table at a restaurant will say "prego" to gesture as if saying "after you."

Ex: A growler in the USA is NOT the same in Australia.

With a certain amount of ambiguity, or at least enough to keep the documentary moving, this exploration of one of the last echoes of WW2 acts almost as an epilogue despite covering the WW2 era itself as part of the main story. As to the full extent of the truth about the alleged Ivan, well, it's never likely to be settled to the extent that non-biased viewers on either side of the debate will agree with each other. And, really, laying down the known facts and exploring what can be argued in the various lines of speculation is what most documentaries ought to be doing. There seemed to be certain presumptions of guilt here, but that's the nature of the beast.

I do find it amusing how many user reviews have one or two reviews to their accounts and generally parrot the same basic decidedly minor complaints about cartographical complaints as reasons for 1/10 ratings because their feelings were hurt by a brief couple of minutes in 200+ minutes aired. Seems likely these people mostly got their information from friends and raced here to post terrible reviews without watching. The problem with map labeling, of all things, is so minor that these reviews cannot be trusted. Hating Israel or pretending that people in the region of present-day Poland had no involvement isn't a good reason to get angry at a documentary about a criminal war crimes trial.

So well done, brings you back into those times , I remember it watching from USSR. Sad reality, must see for those denying Jew extermination by Nazi. Left me with even more questions...

A really interesting documentary covering the deportation and trial of a man suspected of being nazi death camp gas chamber Ivan the terrible. The doc itself did a good job of presenting both sides of the trial and following through with the story. The story is captivating and the depth of the details isn't too overwhelming but still comprehensive.

Honestly it was a really good watch however it isn't set out as clear as it should be and left me confused at some points

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.