Fascist racial theory and health

Identifier
irn1002458
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.359.1
  • RG-60.3271
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

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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.

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