When Nazi “Sister of Death” Behind 1,500 Victims Finally Paid
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This documentary examines the life of Amanda Ratajczak, a senior nurse at the Meseritz-Obrawalde psychiatric hospital and one of the medical workers involved in Nazi Germany’s programme targeting people with mental and physical disabilities. Ratajczak had worked at the institution for decades before becoming a central participant in the systematic deaths of patients during the Second World War. The film traces the origins of Aktion T4, the secret programme authorised by Adolf Hitler in 1939. Under the scheme, institutionalised patients considered incurably ill were selected by medical evaluators and transported to specialised centres. By August 1941, more than 70,000 people had died as part of the programme. Although Hitler officially halted the centralised operation that year, the policy continued inside psychiatric institutions through deliberate starvation and lethal doses of medication. At Obrawalde, doctors Hilde Wernicke and Theophil Mootz selected patients for death, while senio
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