Opfer der Vergangenheit

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Opfer der Vergangenheit (Victims of the Past) was a Nazi propaganda film made in 1937. This movie was a sequel to Erbkrank (Hereditarily Ill), which showed horrific images of lunatics in German asylums in order to bolster public support for the planned euthanasia policy for the mentally ill. This movie was shown in German cinemas and Hitler himself personally liked the movie.

This movie, like the other five movies produced depicting the condition of the mentally ill in Germany, was produced by the NS-Rasse und Politisches Amt (National Socialist Racial and Political Office). However, this film was the only one produced with sound.