Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime

The title is completely misleading. I literally had to fast forward through the first 2/3 of the movie before a single Nazi is mentioned. A very serious subject is lost in Harold Evans lengthy diatribes and just plain boring on screen talking heads.

It is not a "Nazi Drug". Nor is it a "Nazi" war crime. It was not marketed until 1957. The real criminals are the people that continued to prescribe the drug whilst surpressing knowledge of its harms.

It would be a mistake for anyone to miss this incredible and revealing documentary about a horrible pharmaceutical tragedy that could have been easily avoided.

It helps us to see just how far corrupt corporations were and may still go to protect themselves from paying for their own mistakes. But it also shows how one great man....dedicated himself to righting this horrible injustice.

There is one shocking surprise after another....but also a positive ending. I am surprised this man was not given a Nobel Peace Prize for his unselfish efforts on behalf of innocent victims.

But what is the connection to Concentration camps?

Medical professionals have been negligent? The first question will be "How do we blame someone else"? Clearly the title is misleading at best. The documentary appears to have been created to divert responsibility from those that actually caused the issue to the Nazi's. If you're looking to find the link to Nazis, save yourself 2 hours - the link is (very) tenuous at best. The actual documentary is well presented and you will gain a better understanding of the drug and it's effects. It's really rather good at doing some things, maybe just don't give it to everyone for literally any reason? The discussion of Attorney General V. The Times Newspaper (1973) would have been a more accurate title, and probably a better documentary, but Nazi's sell and the chosen title will get more attention.

Well actually I reckon you don't even call them tests overall. Even if humans were test subjects in the end. The end result was horrible - and while it should have been evident that the "treatment" people were using was responsible for a lot of horror, pain and anxiety ... it still seemed to get away with it.

Harold Evans comes into the play though and tries to uncover what others seem to either ignore or willfully underplay. Interviews with those who were affected by the decision not to pull something that should never have been made medically clear will either make you furious or at least mad and angry. Well structured and told, but anything but an easy watch.