‘Poles Watching Can Be Proud’: Director Defends Holocaust Film 10-Years in the Making Sparking Backlash in Poland

Pelagia Radecka, featured in “Among Neighbors.” Photo: Courtesy of 8 Above

A documentary that addresses the historic and well-documented murder of hundreds of Holocaust survivors by local Poles in the aftermath of World War II has stirred political controversy within the Eastern European country, but its director told The Algemeiner the film mentions a lot that Poles can be proud of.

“There are stories within the film that Poles can look at and be proud of how those individuals acted...