The Inheritance (1935)

Original title

Das Erbe

Directed by

Carl Hartmann

Genre

documentary film, propaganda film

Country

Germany

Runtime

12 min

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1935 Nazi propaganda film was made to justify a German law permitting forced sterilization for inherited diseases. It presents arguments to support the regime's racial policies.

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What happens

Das Erbe ("The Inheritance") was a Nazi propaganda movie released in 1935. Produced by Harold Mayer under the aegis of the Nazi party's Office of Racial Policy and directed by Carl C. Hartmann, it aimed at legitimizing the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring ("Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses"), which allowed for sterilization. The movie is 12 minutes long, and was shown as part of several trailers in contemporary German movie theaters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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