"Incurably insane"
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 2: Racially mixed boy, blond, part negroid. Intertitles: indicating cost to state, mother and son - 26 years; epileptic siblings, cost ____ RM (Reichsmark); two brothers. Titles and close views of various related people. Two girls, twins seen before; one holds up the other's head. Kids outside, grass and blankets. "Bloedes, taubstummes" [imbecile deaf mute] girls. "Taubstumme, schwachsinning" [deaf mute, feebleminded]. "Irrsinning und blind" [insane and blind]. Various criminal categories, epileptic, "Lustmoerder" [rapist/murderer]. "Soll es so weiter gehen?" [Should this continue?] Symbol of the Rassenpolitische Amt incorporating horse's head and initials RA. "Darum fuehren wir die Sterilisation dieser..." [That's why we are conducting sterilization of these...] "Sonst geht unser herrliches Volk und seine Kultur zugrunde!" [Otherwise our splendid Volk and its culture will be destroyed!] ENDE. Rassenpolitische Amt der NSDAP.
Note(s)
Portions of record were translated by Raye Farr. See Story 3267, Film ID 2501 for Reel 1 of "Erbkrank". See also Film ID 3914. See also "Alles Leben ist Kampf" for a short version of "Erbkrank" (Story 3303, Film ID 2505A).
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
- PROPAGANDA
- PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
- GERMANY
- PROPAGANDA (NAZI)
- RACE
- GERMANS
- MENTALLY ILL
- STERILIZATION
- RACIAL SCIENCE
Places
- , Germany
Genre
- Propaganda.
- Film
Copies
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