The "gray zone" refers to the space where the oppressed were forced to become oppressors to survive. In the movie, the prosecutors suggest that by working as a doctor in the camp, Perl prolonged the Nazi war effort or aided Mengele. The film aggressively deconstructs this notion. It posits that Perl’s actions were the ultimate rebellion against a system designed for total extermination.
: After immigrating to the U.S., she specialized in infertility at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and reportedly delivered 3,000 healthy babies.
