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The fascinating story of the special friendship forged between two women: Perla Ubitsch, the last remnant of a family of dwarfs that survived Dr. Mengele's cruel experiments in Auschwitz, and researcher Hannelore Witkovsky, a German Protestant born after the war. Filmed in both Germany and Isra...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rozen, Shahar, 1967- (Director), Kowarsky, Edna (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In German and Hebrew with English subtitles.
Published: Tel-Aviv, Israel : Cinephil, 1998.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Ovitz, Perla > Interviews.
Mengele, Josef, > 1911-1979.
Witkofski, Hannelore.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Mengele, Josef, > 1911-1979
Ovitz, Perla
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Personal narratives.
People with disabilities > Germany > History > 20th century.
Medical ethics > Germany > History > 20th century.
Human experimentation in medicine.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities.
Dwarfs (Persons) > Interviews.
Human Experimentation
Personnes handicapées > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Éthique médicale > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Expérimentation humaine en médecine.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Atrocités.
Nains > Entretiens.
Atrocities
Dwarfs (Persons)
Human experimentation in medicine
Medical ethics
People with disabilities
Germany
Poland
1900-1999
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Documentary films
History
Interviews
Nonfiction films
Personal narratives
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:The fascinating story of the special friendship forged between two women: Perla Ubitsch, the last remnant of a family of dwarfs that survived Dr. Mengele's cruel experiments in Auschwitz, and researcher Hannelore Witkovsky, a German Protestant born after the war. Filmed in both Germany and Israel, we accompany Hannelore on her quest to find a lost film made by Dr. Mengele, featuring Perla and her siblings.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed July 22, 2020).
Physical Description:1 online resource (54 minutes)
Playing Time:00:53:01
Awards:Magnolia Prize for Best Documentary in Humanities, 2000
Production Credits:Camera, Sharon De Mayo ; editing, Rebecca Yogev ; music, Effi Shoshani.