"Incurably insane"

Identifier
irn1002455
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.359.1
  • RG-60.3268
Dates
1 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1937
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
  • Rassenpolitisches Amt der NSDAP (Producer)

Scope and Content

A Nazi educational film (propaganda) [Aufklaerungsfilm] produced by the Rassenpolitische Amt [Office of Racial Policy] regarding "unheilbare Geistkranke" [the "incurably insane"]. Part 2: Racially mixed boy, blond, part negroid. Intertitles: indicating cost to state, mother and son - 26 years; epileptic siblings, cost ____ RM (Reichsmark); two brothers. Titles and close views of various related people. Two girls, twins seen before; one holds up the other's head. Kids outside, grass and blankets. "Bloedes, taubstummes" [imbecile deaf mute] girls. "Taubstumme, schwachsinning" [deaf mute, feebleminded]. "Irrsinning und blind" [insane and blind]. Various criminal categories, epileptic, "Lustmoerder" [rapist/murderer]. "Soll es so weiter gehen?" [Should this continue?] Symbol of the Rassenpolitische Amt incorporating horse's head and initials RA. "Darum fuehren wir die Sterilisation dieser..." [That's why we are conducting sterilization of these...] "Sonst geht unser herrliches Volk und seine Kultur zugrunde!" [Otherwise our splendid Volk and its culture will be destroyed!] ENDE. Rassenpolitische Amt der NSDAP.

Note(s)

  • Portions of record were translated by Raye Farr. See Story 3267, Film ID 2501 for Reel 1 of "Erbkrank". See also Film ID 3914. See also "Alles Leben ist Kampf" for a short version of "Erbkrank" (Story 3303, Film ID 2505A).

  • Conditions of Use and/or Copyright updated. Correspondence from Bundesarchiv in May 2023, initially sent to Leslie Swift states: Public Domain. However, since copyright law may differ between the U.S. and Germany, Use statement U3 is being applied.

Subjects

  • MENTALLY ILL
  • GERMANS
  • RACE
  • PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
  • STERILIZATION
  • PROPAGANDA
  • GERMANY
  • PROPAGANDA (NAZI)
  • RACIAL SCIENCE

Places

  • , Germany

Genre

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