Die verformte Generation: Die dunkle Wahrheit über Rachitis in der Weimarer Republik

In the shadow of the Berlin Blockade and under the oppressive smog of the Weimar Republic, a silent but devastating medical tragedy unfolded in the 1920s: rickets. Thousands of children in Berlin's dark tenement buildings suffered from severe bone deformities caused by an extreme lack of sunlight and nutrients. This documentary reveals how the bureaucracy initially capitulated to the costs, until the courageous pediatrician Dr. Kurt Huldschinsky secretly tested a revolutionary UV light therapy ("high-altitude sun") in dark cellars. We trace the path from the forbidden quartz lamp to the state-mandated distribution of cod liver oil in schools. Learn how this epidemic not only laid the foundations for modern pediatrics but also forever changed the architecture of entire cities ("New Objectivity") – before the Great Depression threatened everything once again. #MedicalHistory #Rickets #WeimarRepublic #EpidemicHistory #UVTherapy #CodLiverOil #1920s #Berlin