Liebe Perla,*
- 1999 ----- color ----- 53 min ----- vhs
- (Directed by Shahar Rozen and produced by Edna Kowarsky) Perla is the last remaining member of a family of dwarfs from Hungary. While at Auschwitz, a Nazi film was made in which Perla's family were displayed naked by Doctor Mengele. Perla asks her friend Hannelore, also a little person, to locate this film for her. We witness the friendship between Perla and Hannelore, and learn of the cruel experiments Perla and her family (and many others) were subjected to by Doctor Mengele while at Auschwitz. (In German and Hebrew with English subtitles). (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)
- Topics: (Biography, Disability Studies, Discrimination, History, History: European, Jewish Studies, Motion Pictures: Documentary, Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, Sociology, War and Peace)
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