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A feature film and a comedy. At a mental institution, the resident physician, Dr Cohen, encourages his patients who believe that they are important Nazi figures to act out their fantasies. The therapy sessions show Hitler consolidating his power by assembling his gang of supporters/ They are interrupted at times, because a patient who believes he is Picasso interrupts a session.

Director : Philippe Mora

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 121

Language : English

Who Do You Think You Are? - Robert Ridner

A television program. Robert 'Judge' Rinder follows the story of his grandfather, Moses/Moris Maliniczky, a Holocaust survivor, hearing testimony of the horror of Nazi forced labour camps as well as of the hope offered by a new life in Lake Windermere. Investigating the mystery surrounding his great-grandfather, Israel Medalmeyer, leads Robert to a small town in Latvia, where he uncovers a story of mental illness and trauma which will lay some ghosts to rest.

Director : David Vincent

Production Year : 2020

Duration : 58

Language : English

ZWANGSSTERILISATION UND „EUTHANASIE“ am Beispiel von Dorothea Buck

Director : Alexandra Pohlmeier

Production Year : 2020

Duration : 32

Language : German

Where are You Taking Us?

Für 89 psychisch kranke oder behinderte BottroperInnen bedeutete der Euthanasie-Befehl der Nazi-Diktatur das Todesurteil. Nur noch fünf Angehörige dieser Opfer hat der Arbeitskreis "Bottroper Opfer der Euthanasie" 2009 ausfindig machen können. Die Berliner Regisseurin Alexandra Pohlmeier hat mit ihnen Interviews geführt. Zum ersten Mal in der Nachkriegsgeschichte sprechen Angehörige von Euthanasieopfern über das Schicksal vor der Kamera. Entstanden ist eine schlichte und eindrucksvolle Dokumentation, in der die Töchter, Schwestern und Enkelinnen der Getöteten ihre Erinnerungen schildern. Diese Interviews...

Director : Alexandra Pohlmeier

Production Year : 2010

Duration : 38

Language : German