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Germany, 1939. At the outbreak of war, Hitler authorizes a programme of mass-murder targeting the nation's disabled people, transporting them from institutions to killing centres. Elise is a patient who sweeps the institution. She doesn't speak and staff assume she doesn't understand. But she watches everything. She watches buses full of patients leave and return empty. When it's her turn, she knows what's in store. Incarcerated, what hope can there be? Based on real events, this is the story of one woman's resistance, in the only way she could.

Director : Liz Crow

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 12

Language : English

Useless Life

Detailed records of Hitler's euthanasia program was aimed at exterminating the feeble, retarted, demented, crippled, deformed and people afflicted with hereditary diseases . Names (and pictures) of the medical staff involved in the project; and of the homes and institutions where the killings took place . Accounts by witnesses, and subsequent fate of the perpetrators . Dr. Werner Katell suggests to Hitler to get rid of all worthless individuals . Letter by AH approving this scheme and naming people in charge of the execution of the euthanasia program .

Director : Peter Neusner

Production Year : 1984

Duration : 50

Language : German