Mentally ill patients

Identifier
irn1003346
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.739.1
  • RG-60.3940
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
  • Valentin Faltlhauser (Subject)

Biographical History

The Kaufbeuren-Irsee sanatorium, which had been treating patients with physical and mental illness since 1876, became one of the institutions in the T-4 euthanasia program under its director, Dr. Valentin Faltlhauser. Patients destined for gassing at Grafeneck and Hartheim passed through Kaufbeuren, and in 1942 Faltlhauser began killing patients by lethal injection. He also devised a starvation diet which soon came into wider use at other institutions practicing euthanasia.

Scope and Content

b&w scenes from 01:00:00 - 01:06:42 color scenes from 01:06:42 - 01:08:27 "AGFA 1939" Mentally ill patients of Kaufbeuren-Irsee asylum. EXT, asylum building, patients dressed in costume parading on hospital grounds, on country road. Accordion player at front. "Reigen vor dem Saalbau" HS, patients entering gates, crowding together, holding hands, dancing. Closer shots, dancing more rapidly in a circle. Man with umbrella. "In der Pflegeanstalt Irsee" Closer shots of patients parading - clowns/jester, chef, folk dress, man with cane (doctor or nurse?). Nuns at entrance of old convent area of Kaufbeuren mental facility (quick). "Zug durch das alte Kloster" Patients entering hospital. COLOR: Mentally ill patients parading. Their costumes are quite elaborate and colorful. Nurses.

Note(s)

  • No burn-in time codes on VHS.

Subjects

  • PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
  • RACIAL SCIENCE
  • PARADES
  • GERMANY
  • KAUFBEUREN
  • MENTALLY ILL
  • COSTUMES

Places

  • Kaufbeuren, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Documentary.
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