Herbert Gerdes
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Herbert Gerdes
directed the films Erbkrank
(1936), Alles Leben ist Kampf
(1937), Was du Ererbt (1938), Schuld oder Schein (1921), and Das Große Geheimnis (1920).
Erbkrank and Alles Leben ist Kampf are Nazi propaganda film
s that demonized people in Germany diagnosed with mental illness and mental retardation.
Gerdes
Gerdes is a surname of German origin. It is a patronymic name, ie. it comes from "son of Gerhard". When around 1800 the Prussian government under French occupation decided to fix the surnames, the contemporary "son of Gerhard" had to keep his name...
directed the films Erbkrank
Erbkrank
Erbkrank is a 1936 Nazi propaganda film.Directed by Herbert Gerdes, it was one of six propagandistic movies produced by the "NSDAP, Reichsleitung, Rassenpolitisches Amt" or the Office of Racial Policy, from 1935 to 1937 to demonize people in Germany diagnosed with mental illness and mental...
(1936), Alles Leben ist Kampf
Alles Leben ist Kampf
Alles Leben ist Kampf is a National Socialist propaganda film produced in 1937, directed by Herbert Gerdes, and W. Hüttig....
(1937), Was du Ererbt (1938), Schuld oder Schein (1921), and Das Große Geheimnis (1920).
Propaganda film
The term propaganda can be defined as the ability to produce and spread fertile messages that, once sown, will germinate in large human cultures.” However, in the 20th century, a “new” propaganda emerged, which revolved around political organizations and their need to communicate messages that...
s that demonized people in Germany diagnosed with mental illness and mental retardation.
See also
- Opfer der VergangenheitOpfer der VergangenheitOpfer der Vergangenheit was a Nazi propaganda film made in 1937. This movie was a sequel to Erbkrank , which showed horrific images of lunatics in German asylums in order to bolster public support for the planned T-4 Euthanasia Program for the mentally ill...
- EuthanasiaEuthanasiaEuthanasia refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering....
- List of films made in the Third Reich
- Nazism and cinema
- ReichsfilmarchivReichsfilmarchivThe Reichsfilmarchiv was the state film archive of the Germany of the Third Reich. The first German national film archive, it was opened in 1935, and based in Berlin...
or Realm Film Archives
External links
- ALLES LEBEN IST KAMPF via cine-holocaust
- Erbkrank via cine-holocaust
- http://german.imdb.com/name/nm1768179/ IMDb Bio