The Deaf Holocaust: Deaf People and Nazi Germany

As part of the season of programmes commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Holocaust and the liberation of Auschwitz, Clive Mason visits the killing centre of Hadamar to investigate the development and impact of the Nazi policy of enforced sterilisation and the murder of deaf and disabled people, which took place in Germany between 1933 and 1945. Members of the German deaf community, who are still living with the legacy of this brutal Nazi policy, tell their moving stories for the first time on television. From the UK, in English narration & Sign language.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

43 minutes

Year:

2014

Director:

Rachel Scarrott

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Company:

BBC

Cast:
Robert Jezek

German Pastor

Clive Mason

Presenter

Donna Blagbrough

Interpreter

Gudrun Hillert

Interpreter

Daryl Jackson

Interpreter

Crew:
Rachel Scarrott

Director

David Horbury

Producer

Patsy Newey

Executive Producer

Fred Vincent

Online Editor

Chris Hainstock

Editor