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PEOPLE & CULTURE
born in auschwitz

Born in Auschwitz is a film about Inherited family trauma, that seeks the possibility
of healing in a parent-child relationship. In May 1944, Vera a young Jewish
woman arrived in Auschwitz. She was 2 months pregnant and immediately
selected by Dr. Mengele for medical experiments. Angela, her baby was born
weighing 1 kg and had to be hidden for five long weeks before the liberation of
the death camp. She not only inherited the trauma of the Holocaust but passed it
on to her daughter Kati while trying to raise a survivor. Kati became

ultra-Orthodox and now works as a cancer researcher. Kati goes out of her way
to stop the trauma and to not pass it on to her own children. Mother and Definition Episodes
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daughter are dealing with the past, traveling to places they never wanted to Producer YOP
return to, meeting people they never imagined connecting with, from German Spot Productions/Laokoon 2020
psychotherapists to Pope Francis. The directors follow the story of these fascinating Film/Arte/NDR/AMC
women as they discover the Holocaust’s long shadow on three generations....