Fascist racial theory and health

Identifier
irn1002460
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.359.1
  • RG-60.3273
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv

Scope and Content

Roll 4: Closeup, head on, to camera. SS on sleeveband [see Protokoll for content]. Ein Symptom...Volk...Gefahr. Wir muessen immer zum Teil in der Grossstadt leben. Ein Lebenstil. Ich habe die groesste Angabe...der Partei...Partei und Stadt wird. Einheit. 01:25:10 VCU to camera [see Protokoll for quote in German, roughly translated]: 'A people (Volk) must be either hammer or anvil. The value of the blood determines the value of the race. The German Volk has demonstrated its worth. It must become the nucleus (kernel) of the Greater German Reich. Then we will succeed in providing the proof that indeed, the individual is mortal, and his life ends with death; but a people (Volk) can renew itself, better and stronger with each generation, to eternal life.'

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, 3271, and 3272, Film ID 2501 for entire film.

Subjects

  • ARMBANDS
  • PROPAGANDA (NAZI)
  • RACIAL SCIENCE
  • DOCTORS
  • PROPAGANDA
  • GERMANY
  • RACE
  • CONTI, LEONARDO
  • GERMANS
  • NAZI OFFICIALS

Places

  • Berlin, Germany

Genre

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