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Summary:

"During the 1930s, the Nazis established a band of archaeologists and anthropologists under the command of Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Wirth. Designated the SS-Ahnenerbe, their aim was nothing less than to prove the superiority of the Aryan race, thereby establishing the unique right of the German people to rule Europe. ... The occult was a key feature in many of these increasingly desperate, scientifically baseless research efforts, and the organization's actions during this period were characterized by espionage, criminality, and fantasy. In pursuit of 'proof' for their claims, the SS-Ahnenerbe sent expeditions to Iceland, Tibet, Kafiristan, North Africa, Russia, the Far East, Egypt, and even South America and the Arctic."--Front flap.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Indiana Jones and Nazi Archaeology
• Ideology: Aryans, Anti-Semitism and Racism
• The Nazis in South America and the Search for the First Aryans of Atlantis
• Tibet and the Search for the Aryan Homeland
• Icelandic Sagas: Germanic Myths and Legends
• Reading the Runes in Scandinavia
• Finland: In the 'Land of Heroes'
• Spies in the Caves
• Greece: The Gates of Hades and the Delphi Treasure
• Symbols of Power in the New Germania
• Claiming the Past
• The Quest for the Holy Grail
• Conclusion: A Warning from the Past
• Endnotes
• Bibliography

Author/Creator:

Barrowclough, David A. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Digging for Hitler: the Nazi archaeologists search for an Aryan past [by Barrowclough, D.A.]

Subjects:

Ahnenerbe (Institute) — History

National socialism and archaeology — Germany

Parapsychology and archaeology

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-223).

Physical Description:

223 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

DD67.3 .B37 2016

ISBNs:

9781781555002
1781555001

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2017304594

OCLC Numbers:

925499241