The Ringworm Children

A documentary about the circumstances involving an alleged number of 20000 to 200000 Jewish individuals who were treated between 1948 and 1960 for tinea capitis ringworm with ionizing radiation to the head and neck area within Israel The population suffering from the disease in Israel at the time was composed primarily of newly arrived immigrants and populations who were expected to emigrate mostly from North Africa as well as some from Middle East and elsewhere but many Jewish children were irradiated in their home countries regardless of their intent to emigrate