Tyla

To make sure you never miss out on your favourite NEW stories, we're happy to send you some reminders

Click 'OK' then 'Allow' to enable notifications

Not now
OK
Advert
Advert
Advert

If You Liked 'The Devil Next Door' Then You Need To Watch This Harrowing BBC Nazi Documentary

Ciara Sheppard

Published 
| Last updated 

If You Liked 'The Devil Next Door' Then You Need To Watch This Harrowing BBC Nazi Documentary

Featured Image Credit: BBC

An upcoming BBC documentary which tells the story of the oldest known survivor of the Nazi concentration camps is landing soon.

This month, true crime fans have spoke of nothing but Netflix's The Devil Next Door, which delved into horrors of the holocaust through the lens of one bizarre case.

Now, BBC's The Man Who Saw Too Much plans to throw fresh light on the genocide through the gut-wrenching stories of 106-year-old Boris Pahor, the oldest known survivor.

Advert

Pahor was a political prisoner from the Slovenian resistance who spent time in Dachau, Bergen-Belsen and Natzweiler, in France.

Natzweiler is described as relatively small but one of the deadliest camps, and one of the first to be discovered by Western allies 75 years ago.

 Boris Pahor talks through his trauma as the oldest known survivor of the holocaust. (Credit: BBC)
Boris Pahor talks through his trauma as the oldest known survivor of the holocaust. (Credit: BBC)

Nazi conducted medical experiments there, and 86 Jews were murdered to make a Jewish skeleton collection in order to exhibit them as racially inferior.

Advert

The Man Who Saw Too Much will air on BBC One on Wednesday 27th November, and you'll be able to watch it on iPlayer at the same time.

The doc follows The Devil Next Door, which arrived on Netflix on Monday 4th November.

The documentary centres on the true story of John Demjanjuk, a Ukrainian-American immigrant who lived a peaceful life in a leafy suburb in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife and daughter.

The ID suspected to be John Demjanjuk which was used in evidence. (Credit: Netflix)
The ID suspected to be John Demjanjuk which was used in evidence. (Credit: Netflix)
Advert

Demjanjuk, an auto worker, was by all accounts living the American Dream, until in 1975, Michael Hanusiak, an editor of Ukrainian News, cited his name in a list of ethnic Ukrainians living in the US suspected of collaborating with Germans in World War II.

Eleven survivors of the Holocaust identified Demjanjuk as 'Ivan the Terrible', a notorious guard at a Nazi extermination camp responsible for untold savagery and torture and an accessory to systematic murder of thousands of Jews.

Ever since, the documentary has been getting rave reviews online with people calling it "harrowing" and "gripping".

Topics: BBC, TV News, TV Entertainment

Ciara Sheppard
More like this
Advert
Advert
Advert

Chosen for YouChosen for You

Entertainment

New BBC iPlayer show has 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating with viewers already calling for season two

an hour ago

Most Read StoriesMost Read

Gypsy Rose Blanchard announces separation from husband just months after serving prison sentence

3 hours ago