The Girl From Salonika an award winning documentary follows Mazaltov “Fofo” Behar, a 17-year-old Greek Jewish girl deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and victim of Nazi doctor Horst Schumann’s sterilisation experiments at the notorious Block 10. With rare interior footage and Fofo’s testimony, the film lays bare war time atrocities there and the ‘grey’ role of prisoner-doctor Maximilian Samuel and nurse Fela, whose intervention ultimately saved Fofo’s life. Through her son David and grandson Carlos, a psychologist who travels to Auschwitz, the film tracks the long reach of her trauma across generations. Expert analysis of Nazi ‘medicine’ shows how easily medical ethics collapse when doctors submit to political or ideological demands.

THE GIRL FROM SALONIKA - DOCUMENTARY (37 MINS) DIRECTED BY ALISON JAYNE WILSON

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
With thanks to the Mordoh-Monforte family; the Claims Conference for seed funding following placement in their screenwriting competition; Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial & Museum and guide Anna; USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education; and Rosa Ríos Cortés & Dr. Esteban González López at the School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

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AWARDS AND CONFERENCES FOR THE GIRL FROM SALONIKA

Best War and Peace Film – Mannheim Arts and Film Festival
Best War Theme Film – Paris Cine Awards

Official Selection
HISTORY International Film Festival Austria

26th New York Sephardic Film Festival

Moscow Jewish Film Festival

Marbella International Film Festival

Educational Screenings
Medical Review Auschwitz: Medicine Behind the Barbed Wire (Krakow, Poland) "Creating with compassion, documentary for the classroom: Horrors and polarised characters: The Girl From Salonika: Surviving Block 10 ". - Dir, Alison Jayne Wilson Session 1: 24 September 2024 (Tuesday)