Close to Evil
An RTÉ Radio interview marking Holocaust Memorial Day in January 2012 is the catalyst for a remarkable journey. Holocaust survivor Tomi discovers one of his former jailers - Hilde Lisiewicz is alive and living in Hamburg. Lisiewicz is a convicted War Criminal. She claims she is “a victim of victor's justice”. Tomi embarks on a quest to investigate the SS woman's claims of innocence. Unexpectedly Tomi's odyssey ends where his story began, back in his native Merasice, meeting the ghosts from the past and embracing a German woman directly related to the man who played a central role in the liquidation of Tomi's family.
- Festival
- Inverness 2015
- Title
- Close to Evil
- Title in English
- Entry Category
- Factual Single
- Produced By
- Praxis Pictures
- Producer
- Gerry Gregg
- Directed By
- Gerry Gregg
- Production Partners
- RTÉ
- Writer
- Tomi Reichental and Gerry Gregg
- Broadcaster
- RTÉ