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Fascist racial theory and health

Film | Accession Number: 2001.359.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3270 | Film ID: 2501

Roll 1: Title: "Filmarchiv der Persoenlichkeiten" Title: "Reichsgesundheitsfuehrer Dr. Conti" Profile of Conti at desk with two phones and lamp. 23 (date) on lamp (23 Nov 1941). Maps in background. Conti speaks, dressed in uniform with braid. ...seine erbliche Angabe...Die Erbgesundheitspflege und Rassenpflege muessen die Grundlage der Volksgesundheit sein...Nothing like this existed before 1933. Kriegsausbruch. Polnisch.


Film Title
Reichsgesundheitsfuehrer Dr. Conti [Reich Health Leader Dr. Conti]
Duration
00:04:36
Date
Event:  11/23/1941
Production:  1941
Locale
Berlin, Germany
Language
German
Genre/Form
Propaganda.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv

About This Film

B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
00:59:52:00 to 01:04:28:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 2501 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 2501 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

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
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 3271, 3272, and 3273, Film ID 2501 for entire film.
Copied From
b/w
Film Source
Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number
Legacy Database File: 3214
Source Archive Number: VK 50651 / NP 04364 / SP 20816 / SN 08545/12428 R1

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
Copyright. Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
Conditions on Use
Researchers who wish to use this footage should contact the Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to sign a release, or submit the online request form at: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
 
Record last modified: 2020-09-22 13:10:58
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