The Lynchburg Story: Eugenic Sterilization In America Movie Review 1995

Provides the story of what happened at The Lynchburg Colony for the Epileptic and Feebleminded in Virginia, where over 8,000 children and young teenagers were compelled to be sterilized. The sterilization laws in 1927, was the basis of Hitler's eugenics program. Certificate of Merit, San Francisco International Film Festival, 1994.

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Available on VHS
Running time 55 minutes.

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Genres

Documentary Films, Children, Politics & Government, Birth Control, Child Abuse, Civil Rights