In the shadow of the Reich : Nazi medicine ; The cross and the star /
"'Nazi medicine' studies the step-by-step process that led the German medical profession down an unethical road to genocide. It graphically documents the racial theories and eugenics principles that set the stage for the doctors' participation in sterilization and euthanasia, the...
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| Varying form of title: | Title on container: Nazi medicine & the cross and the star. |
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Michalczyk, John J., 1941- Yannatos, Claire. Stevens, Emily (Motion picture editor) |
| Other Corporate Authors / Creators: | Etoile Productions. First Run/Icarus Films. |
| Format: | DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : First Run Features, [2003?] |
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| Other title: | Cross and the star. Jews, Christians and the Holocaust. |
| Summary: | "'Nazi medicine' studies the step-by-step process that led the German medical profession down an unethical road to genocide. It graphically documents the racial theories and eugenics principles that set the stage for the doctors' participation in sterilization and euthanasia, the selections at the death camps, as well as inhuman and unethical human experimentation. 'The cross and the star' finds disturbing echoes of anti-Semitism in the ... Gospel of St. John, the sermons of St. Augustine, the writings of Martin Luther and in the voices of the Crusaders and the Spanish Inquisitors--all of which may have helped the ideological seeds that developed into Nazism."--Container. |
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| Item Description: | "Two films by John J. Michalczyk"--Container. 'Nazi medicine' originally produced 1997; 'The cross and the star' originally produced 1992. Includes bonus short: A window into the camps; Inside the Reich: a photographic tour; director biography and filmography. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details: | DVD. |
| Credits: | [1st work] produced, directed & written by John J. Michalczyk ; videographers, Paul Goudreau ... [et al.] ; editors, Stephen Mahan, Paul Goudreau, Robert Marshall ; narrator, Donald Winning. [2nd work] executive producer/director/script, John J. Michalczyk ; producer, Claire Yannatos ; videographers, Paul Goudreau ... [et al.] ; narrator, Chris Clausen ; music, Ken Meltz, Beth Watson. [3rd work] produced by John J. Michalczyk & Emily Stevens ; camera, Paul Goudreau, Jan Pelech ; editor, Emily Stevens. |