Films by Sylvia Nagel

Germany 2019, 73 min
by Sylvia Nagel, Sonya Winterberg

The untold story of the women of Block 10. Some 70 years ago, gynecologist Carl Clauberg conducted sterilization experiments in Auschwitz on women and girls. Were German companies involved in these crimes? Most of the few women that survived became sterile, only some could later still bear children. Clauberg's cruel research on birth control and infertility is part of the medical canon to this day. Meet the last survivors of the infamous Block 10 who speak candidly about their experience and how

Germany 2017, 52 min
by Sylvia Nagel, Sonya Winterberg

Children from around the globe cross borders on the promise of a better life – with Western Europe being a prime destination. Instead they find themselves on a horrific journey into forced labour, prostitution and abuse – sold into modern day slavery.We meet victims as young as nine years old who sometimes were sold by their own families into an uncertain future. Trails lead us to the illegal corners of the internet where anything can be bought. From the Darknet to our streets and neighborhoods

Germany 2009
by Sylvia Nagel

This film tells the moving story of Rebiya Kadeer and her fight for the freedom of her people: the Uyghurs. Suppressed by China, the Muslim Uyghurs are not allowed to speak their language nor exercise their religion. Particularly since 9/11 they are pursued and killed by the Chinese. Rebiya Kadeer grew up in poverty. Through hard work she became a businesswoman and the first Uyghur to get a seat in the National People’s Congress. But in 1999, after protesting against human rights abuses, Rebiya