Whatdoesthisplaceneedthemost?Sense.

IcannotrecommendthisGermanTVseries,nowavailableonNetflix,stronglyenough.Thetwoseasonsoftheshow,sixepisodeseach,depicttheupsanddownsofCharite,thebiggestmedicalinstitutionofGermanyandworkplaceofmanyGermanNobelPrizewinnersinmedicineandphysiology,beforetheturnofthetwentiethcenturyandtowardstheendofWWII.Youwillseehowthedoctorsandresearcherstoiledthemselvesandrisktheirownhealthtoseekacure,sometimestonoavail,forinfectiousdiseasesthatareeasilypreventedorcurednowadays.Youwillseehowthemostreputabledoctors,whilestrugglingfortheirownsurvivalundertheNazirule,strovetosavetheirpatientsandprotectthedenounced,andworkedtoresistthedictatorship.WhatIappreciatethemostaboutthisshowisthatitalsoputsthedarkerfacetsoftheinstitutionandthosegreatestmedicalprofessionalsondisplay:frompersonalmatters,suchasopioidaddictionandunapologeticinfidelity,tograndsocialstigma,includingpervasive,unconstrainedantisemitisminthe1890s,thecommon,falsebeliefinanAryanraceandinitssuperiorityevenamongtheeducatedelites,thefranticpersecutionofhomosexualsintheNaziera,andtheunmaskedbargainingandexchangeofinterestsbeforetheThirdReichx27;sdoomsday.JustasAnniWaldhausen,theheroineofthesecondseason,pointsout,everyonewasguilty.TheGermansshowtremendouscourageinrevisitingandexposingtheugly,brutaltruthsofhistory.Itwasalsothoseuglytruthsthatmadethesparklesofhumanitymorecherishable.AnursewhoinitiallythoughtofIndiansasbeastsattendedtoanIndianwomanmeticulously,despitethelanguagebarrierandthepatientx27;svisuallyunbearablesymptoms,andfinallyunderstoodthehumannessofpeoplethatlookeddifferent.Apsychiatrystudent,loyaltoherFascistsupervisorandtheideaofthequot;greaterGermanrace,quot;throughpersonalmisfortunesandcaringforherpatients,cametotheagonizingrealizationoftheNazisx27;atrocityandeventuallysupportedtheresistance.Whatstrikesmethemostisonelinetowardsattheendofthesecondseason.WhentheRedArmymarchedintoBerlin,aRussiandoctorreunitedwithhisprofessoratCharitebackinthe1920s.WhenheaskedProfessorSauerbruchwhatthisplaceneededthemost,thesurgeonwhohadcontinuedoperationsduringthemostintenseairraidsanswered,quot;Sense.quot;ThankChariteformakingtheviewerscontemplatequot;sense.quot;Weallcannevergetenoughortoomuchofit.本文版权归作者考拉先生所有，任何形式转载请联系作者。