"Incurably insane"

Identifier
irn1002454
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.359.1
  • RG-60.3267
Dates
1 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1937
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
  • Rassenpolitisches Amt der NSDAP (Producer)

Scope and Content

A Nazi educational film (propaganda) [Aufklaerungsfilm] produced by the Rassenpolitische Amt [Office of Racial Policy] regarding "unheilbare Geistkranke" [the "incurably insane"]. Part 1: Nurses and people coming out of door, various, to camera (similar to opening scene of "Dasein ohne Leben"; uses same scenes). Food serving, eating. Title: "Kuenstlich ernaehrt." "Many must be fed artificially...only a few can do useful work." Men outside sweeping with straw. "Erbliche Fallsucht!" "Schizophrene!" "Idioten" - kept alive. "Besondere Schutzkleidung" [protective clothing]. "Erblich Taubstumm" [congenital deaf mute]. Exterior scenes. "Erbkrank" - parent. "Die Sünder der Väter" [the sins of the fathers].

Note(s)

  • See Story 3268, Film ID 2501 for Reel 2 of "Erbkrank". See also Film ID 3914. See also "Alles Leben ist Kampf" for a short version of "Erbkrank" (Story 3303, Film ID 2505A). Image quality better here, although there is damage on early part of footage.

  • Conditions of Use and/or Copyright updated. Correspondence from Bundesarchiv in May 2023, initially sent to Leslie Swift states: Public Domain. However, since copyright law may differ between the U.S. and Germany, Use statement U3 is being applied.

Subjects

  • PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
  • MENTALLY ILL
  • GERMANY
  • EATING
  • GERMANS
  • PROPAGANDA (NAZI)
  • RACE
  • NURSES
  • RACIAL SCIENCE
  • PROPAGANDA
  • FOOD

Places

  • , Germany

Genre

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