IcannotrecommendthisGermanTVseries,nowavailableonNetflix,stronglyenough.Thetwoseasonsoftheshow,sixepisodeseach,depicttheupsanddownsofCharite,thebiggestmedicalinstitutionofGermanyandworkplaceofmanyGermanNobelPrizewinnersinmedicineandphysiology,beforetheturnofthetwentiethcenturyandtowardstheendofWWII.Youwillseehowthedoctorsandresearcherstoiledthemselvesandrisktheirownhealthtoseekacure,sometimestonoavail,forinfectiousdiseasesthatareeasilypreventedorcurednowadays.Youwillseehowthemostreputabledoctors,whilestrugglingfortheirownsurvivalundertheNazirule,strovetosavetheirpatientsandprotectthedenounced,andworkedtoresistthedictatorship.WhatIappreciatethemostaboutthisshowisthatitalsoputsthedarkerfacetsoftheinstitutionandthosegreatestmedicalprofessionalsondisplay:frompersonalmatters,suchasopioidaddictionandunapologeticinfidelity,tograndsocialstigma,includingpervasive,unconstrainedantisemitisminthe1890s,thecommon,falsebeliefinanAryanraceandinitssuperiorityevenamongtheeducatedelites,thefranticpersecutionofhomosexualsintheNaziera,andtheunmaskedbargainingandexchangeofinterestsbeforetheThirdReich'sdoomsday.JustasAnniWaldhausen,theheroineofthesecondseason,pointsout,everyonewasguilty.TheGermansshowtremendouscourageinrevisitingandexposingtheugly,brutaltruthsofhistory.Itwasalsothoseuglytruthsthatmadethesparklesofhumanitymorecherishable.AnursewhoinitiallythoughtofIndiansasbeastsattendedtoanIndianwomanmeticulously,despitethelanguagebarrierandthepatient'svisuallyunbearablesymptoms,andfinallyunderstoodthehumannessofpeoplethatlookeddifferent.Apsychologystudent,loyaltoherFascistsupervisorandtheideaofthe"greaterGermanrace,"throughpersonalmisfortunesandcaringforherpatients,cametotheagonizingrealizationoftheNazis'atrocityandeventuallysupportedtheresistance.Whatstrikesmethemostisonelinetowardsattheendofthesecondseason.WhentheRedArmymarchedintoBerlin,aRussiandoctorreunitedwithhisprofessoratCharitebackinthe1920s.WhenheaskedProfessorSauerbruchwhatthisplaceneededthemost,thesurgeonwhohadcontinuedoperationsduringthemostintenseairraidsanswered,"Sense."ThankChariteformakingtheviewerscontemplate"sense."Weallcannevergetenoughortoomuchofit.