Nazi propaganda film about people with disabilities: interviews inside a hospital
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1941?
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Nazi propaganda film about people with disabilities: interviews inside a hospital
Reel 8 of 8:"Gemeinschaftsraum der Männe" [Men's common room]. WS of men in room with wooden benches; some sit, some pacing, one crawls. One seems to be making speech. 00:46:08 One in restraints, arms held back, knocking shoulder against wall. 00:46:27 One in real restraints. Interviewer and microphone in view. Voice off-screen asking questions, seems mocking:"Wollst du nach heim" (Audible, but hard to hear)"Hast du Kinder" Answer:"". 00:48:35 Another patient interviewee, speaks fast, no pauses. 00:49:17 He sings, motions with fingers on arm."Bäcker... Amerika." 00:50:07 Woman interviewed, curtain behind. Speaks of her Kopf, Zähne, erschutternd, Der Kopf auseinander (looks normal, soft voice). 00:51:14 Woman with big gray hair (Jewish?) speaks with eyes focused on interviewer. 00:51:53 Older woman, gray hair in knot. Talks to camera and interviewer. Hospital items in BG: cart, bottles, shelves.
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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"