AdvertisementThalidomide Maker Apologizes After More Than 50 YearsAugust 31, 2012Scott HensleyfacebookEmailA sculpture by the artist Bonifatius Stirnberg memorializes the victims of thalidomide, a drug that caused thousands of birth defects. A translation of the German text below the chairs: "In memory of the dead and the survivors of the thalidomide catastrophe." (DAPD via AP)