On March 27, 1964, a headline in the New York Times started a discussion about witnesses of a crime not helping the victim. The phenomenon became known as the "bystander effect" or "Genovese syndrome". "38" by L. W. Martin is a German ...See moreOn March 27, 1964, a headline in the New York Times started a discussion about witnesses of a crime not helping the victim. The phenomenon became known as the "bystander effect" or "Genovese syndrome". "38" by L. W. Martin is a German scenic short film that raises exactly these 60-year-old questions again and takes a look at the people who claimed they didn't see or couldn't help.
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