The Ahnenerbe
The Ahnenerbe — short for Deutsches Ahnenerbe — Studiengesellschaft für Geistesurgeschichte, Deutsches Erbe (“Ancestral Heritage Research and Teaching Society”) — was one of Nazi Germany’s most mysterious and controversial institutions. Founded in 1935 under the auspices of Heinrich Himmler, the powerful head of the SS, the Ahnenerbe was a pseudo-scientific organization aimed at uncovering the ancient roots of the so-called “Aryan race.” It blended archaeology, anthropology, mythology, and mysticism in an effort to validate the Nazis’ racial ideology and to craft a glorious, mythical past for the German people.
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