Synopsis
The Unworthy addresses a previously neglected aspect of the Nazi era. They categorised children on the basis of their value system. Worthy children were nurtured, unworthy children were culled and annihilated. Waltraud's mother is taken to a concentration camp, while Waltraud and her siblings are put into homes. Guenter is sent to a youth concentration camp for listening to swing music. Elfriede learns that children are being euthanised. Richard is wrested away from his mother and forced into slave labour at the age of four.The film also explores the consequences which continue to affect those concerned to this day.
