Sliff 2019 Interview: Sonya Winterberg – Director of Made In Auschwitz: The Untold Story Of Block 10
Made In Auschwitz: The Untold Story Of Block 10 Screens Sunday, Nov 17 at 3:00pm at The Plaza Frontenac Cinema (1701 South Lindbergh Boulevard # 210 Plaza) as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival.Ticket information can be found Here
“Made in Auschwitz” focuses needed attention on a little-known aspect of the Nazis’ ghastly experiments, detailing the efforts of gynecologist Carl Clauberg to find an efficient means of sterilizing women. Clauberg’s “research” in birth control and fertility are part of the medical canon to this day, and such major firms as Siemens and the pharmaceutical company Schering (later purchased by Bayer) both participated in and profited from his work. The documentary deftly deploys archival materials and interviews with experts and historians, but the primary focus is on the testimony of a half-dozen remarkable women who survived Clauberg’s experiments, including a few who, despite the inhumane, painful treatments to which they were subjected,...
“Made in Auschwitz” focuses needed attention on a little-known aspect of the Nazis’ ghastly experiments, detailing the efforts of gynecologist Carl Clauberg to find an efficient means of sterilizing women. Clauberg’s “research” in birth control and fertility are part of the medical canon to this day, and such major firms as Siemens and the pharmaceutical company Schering (later purchased by Bayer) both participated in and profited from his work. The documentary deftly deploys archival materials and interviews with experts and historians, but the primary focus is on the testimony of a half-dozen remarkable women who survived Clauberg’s experiments, including a few who, despite the inhumane, painful treatments to which they were subjected,...
- 11/16/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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