All the terrible tilings in the world begin with small acts of cowardice ...
Dr Hautval and the Doctor's Conscience
Compiled and introduced by HALLAM TENNYSON
Dr Adelaide Hautval, a psychiatrist and a French Protestant, was imprisoned in Auschwitz as ' Friend of the Jews.'
Her point-blank refusal to take part in any of the Nazi medical experiments conducted in the camp led to her giving evidence in the action for libel brought by Dr Dering in 1964 against the author and publishers of Exodus.
In this programme, based on conversations recorded in French, Dr Hautval discusses her experiences and their relevance to the problems of contemporary medical ethics which she regards as more complex even than the questions she faced at Auschwitz With contributions from LOUIS BLOM-COOPER
DR MICHAEL O'DONNELL , editor Of World Medicine and the voices of WILLIAM FOX MARTIN FRIEND, RONALD HEADMAN JO MANNING WILSON who re-create moments of the Dering libel action. with Joan Matheson as Dr Hautval Producer RICHARD IMISON