Overview
- Description
- A Nazi educational film (propaganda) [Aufklaerungsfilm] produced by the Rassenpolitische Amt [Office of Racial Policy] regarding "unheilbare Geistkranke" [the "incurably insane"].
Part 1: Nurses and people coming out of door, various, to camera (similar to opening scene of "Dasein ohne Leben"; uses same scenes). Food serving, eating. Title: "Kuenstlich ernaehrt." "Many must be fed artificially...only a few can do useful work." Men outside sweeping with straw. "Erbliche Fallsucht!" "Schizophrene!" "Idioten" - kept alive. "Besondere Schutzkleidung" [protective clothing]. "Erblich Taubstumm" [congenital deaf mute]. Exterior scenes. "Erbkrank" - parent. "Die Sünder der Väter" [the sins of the fathers]. - Film Title
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Erbkrank [Genetically Diseased (Impaired)]
- Duration
- 00:10:58
- Date
-
Production:
1937
- Locale
-
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv
- Contributor
-
Producer:
Rassenpolitisches Amt der NSDAP
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Propaganda.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Poor
- Time Code
- 00:11:38:00 to 00:22:36:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2501 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2501 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2501 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2501 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large- Preservation
Preservation 2501 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2501 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2501 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2501 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the Bundesarchiv in Berlin, Germany in January 2001 for possible use in the Museum's special exhibition "Deadly Medicine.".
- Note
- See Story 3268, Film ID 2501 for Reel 2 of "Erbkrank". See also Film ID 3914. See also "Alles Leben ist Kampf" for a short version of "Erbkrank" (Story 3303, Film ID 2505A). Image quality better here, although there is damage on early part of footage.
- Copied From
- 16mm; b/w
- Film Source
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3211
Source Archive Number: 1560 (SP 12817) R1 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:03:28
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