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"
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Reel 5 of 8: Children in beds; sounds of crying, though many are very still. CU of child who appears mildly retarded. VAR close views. 00:24:24 360-degree turning shot, close, child with very enlarged skull and bulging eyes, nurse holding. Room of severely handicapped children; extreme and more dramatic than previously. 00:26:02 Man in restraint, school desk-like, with mittens. Close views of deformed feet; individuals with erratic movements. Children with twisted limbs. Boy in bed, with legs in X shape. 00:28:17 Women at wooden benches and tables. Quite severe forms of disabilities and behavior. WS of room and CUs. Woman picking nose. One looking out window to beautiful scene. Woman on floor; one laughing. Some very touching. One in corner praying; one angry and gesturing. Some fighting. Quiet group, pan.
Nazi propaganda film about people with disabilities: children and women with severe disabilities