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Nazi propaganda film about people with disabilities: interiors of a hospital

Film | Accession Number: 2001.359.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3280 | Film ID: 2502A

Reel 7 of 8: "Koepfe von Kranken" More CUs and dramatic lighting. Focus on details. First men, then women. Distorted faces. Woman with wild gray hair, very touching. 00:43:21 Dark-haired woman, then a girl, maybe Jewish. Force feeding a young person.


Film Title
Dasein ohne Leben [Existence Without Life]
Duration
00:05:55
Date
Production:  1941?
Locale
Germany
Language
Silent
Genre/Form
Propaganda.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv

About This Film

B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Time Code
00:38:37:00 to 00:44:32:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 2502 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
    Master 2502 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
    Master 2502 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
    Master 2502 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 2502A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 2502A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 2502A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 2502A 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
See Stories 3274 through 3281 on Film ID 2502A for entire film "Dasein ohne Leben."

See Michael Burleigh, "Death & Deliverance," pp.197-200. Says film was probably completed during 1941, "as it was shown, along with the raw material [Hermann] Schweninger had shot, grouped now along rough thematic lines, to a select audience on 10 May 1942." Reports that the film has vanished, but he discovered 8 "of the 23 rolls Schweninger shot for these films, complete with soundtracks,... in 1989-1990... in Potsdam."

Conditions of Use and/or Copyright updated. Correspondence from Bundesarchiv in May 2023, initially sent to Leslie Swift states: no rights claimed anymore by Bundesarchiv, but we don't know who the rights holders might be
Copied From
35mm; b/w
Film Source
Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number
Legacy Database File: 3224
Source Archive Number: 20555 (BSP 22134) R7

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Conditions on Use
Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

 
Record last modified: 2023-06-09 11:24:26
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