Fascist racial theory and health
Creator(s)
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
Scope and Content
Roll 2: Change of camera angle, clear picture, dull. Krieg...Ostraum...Fleckfieber, Malaria, Typhus. Grossstaedte. Many Russians. Umsiedlung. Besonders Problem - Cholera? Nicht in deutsche Gebiet. 1925-1937: high point, epidemic. Kinderkrankheiten (childhood diseases). Another danger, with war. Auslaendischearbeitskraeften [foreign work forces]. Die Flieger, der Wehrmacht so viele Aerzten brauchen [air force, army, need so many doctors]. Versorgung der Heimat deshalb bleibt eine schwarzen. Die Zahl der Kinder ist viel groesser geworden [number of children has risen greatly]. Das Rheingebiet (?)
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 3270, 3272, and 3273, Film ID 2501 for entire film.
Subjects
- GERMANY
- PROPAGANDA (NAZI)
- CHILDREN
- RACE
- RACIAL SCIENCE
- CONTI, LEONARDO
- DOCTORS
- DISEASES
- TYPHUS
- MEDICAL CARE
- NAZI OFFICIALS
- GERMANS
- PROPAGANDA
Places
- Berlin, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Propaganda.
Copies
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