Liebe Perla / he New Israeli Foundation for Cinema & Television, Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sport, Arts and Culture Administration ; Keshet Broadcasting, Eden Productions ; a film by Shahar Rozen ; producer, Edna Kowarsky
- Published:
- Tel-Aviv, Israel : Cinephil, 1998.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (54 minutes)
- Additional Creators:
- Rozen, Shahar, 1967-, Kowarsky, Edna, Eden Productions, and Film Platform
Access Online
- Language Note:
- In German and Hebrew with English subtitles.
- 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.
- Subject(s):
- Ovitz, Perla—Interviews
- Mengele, Josef, 1911-1979
- Witkofski, Hannelore
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- 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
- Genre(s):
- Duration:
- ["00:53:01"]
- Digital File Characteristics:
- video file
- Note:
- Title from resource description page (viewed July 22, 2020).
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Camera, Sharon De Mayo ; editing, Rebecca Yogev ; music, Effi Shoshani.
- Awards:
- Magnolia Prize for Best Documentary in Humanities, 2000
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