Documentary Explores Medical Experiments During Holocaust

Documentary Explores Medical Experiments During Holocaust
RICE NEWS OFFICE
April 2, 1998

The internationally acclaimed documentary "Healing by Killing" by
Nitzan Aviram will have its Houston premiere at 7 p.m. April 2 at the Rice Media
Center.

The film provides an inside look into the development of the medical experimentation
and euthanasia operations utilized during the Holocaust.

After the film there will be a panel discussion. Panelists will include the
Israeli filmmaker Aviram, Sharon Weinstein, M.D., and Rebecca Pentz, M.D., from
the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; and Laurence McCullough, Ph.D., from the Baylor
College of Medicine.

Moderators are Paul Lockey, assistant director of academic advising at Rice,
and Edwin Yau, vice president of Rice Pre-Med Society.

The event is sponsored by the Consulate General of Israel, Rice University
Pre-Med Society, the Maimonides Society, and the Holocaust Museum Houston.