Fascist racial theory and health
Creator(s)
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
Scope and Content
Roll 1: Title: "Filmarchiv der Persoenlichkeiten" Title: "Reichsgesundheitsfuehrer Dr. Conti" Profile of Conti at desk with two phones and lamp. 23 (date) on lamp (23 Nov 1941). Maps in background. Conti speaks, dressed in uniform with braid. ...seine erbliche Angabe...Die Erbgesundheitspflege und Rassenpflege muessen die Grundlage der Volksgesundheit sein...Nothing like this existed before 1933. Kriegsausbruch. Polnisch.
Note(s)
Filmed in Conti's Berlin office, Wilhelmstrasse 63, on November 23, 1941. Notes indicate Leonardo Conti was born August 24, 1900 in Lugano. Medical studies in Berlin and Erlangen. 1939-1945: Reich Health Leader. 1944: SS Obergruppenfuehrer. Defendant in the Nuremberg doctors' trial, Case 1. The Bundesarchiv "Protokoll" describes him as one of the defenders, or champions, of fascist racial theory. German portions transcribed and translated by Raye Farr. See also Stories 3271, 3272, and 3273, Film ID 2501 for entire film.
Subjects
- GERMANS
- RACE
- PROPAGANDA (NAZI)
- GERMANY
- PROPAGANDA
- MAPS
- RACIAL SCIENCE
- NAZI OFFICIALS
- CONTI, LEONARDO
- DOCTORS
Places
- Berlin, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Propaganda.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Bundesarchiv, Berlin-Lichterfelde (Abteilung Filmarchiv)