Bibliograph

The master plan, Himmler's scholars and the Holocaust, Heather Pringle

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The master plan, Himmler's scholars and the Holocaust, Heather Pringle

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-446) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The master plan

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

60671887

Responsibility statement

Heather Pringle

Sub title

Himmler's scholars and the Holocaust

Summary

In 1935, Heinrich Himmler established a Nazi research institute called The Ahnenerbe, whose mission was to search around the world for proof of ancient Aryan conquests. But history was not their most important focus--rather, the Ahnenerbe was an essential part of the plan for the Final Solution. The findings were used to convince armies of SS men that they were entitled to slaughter Jews and other groups. Himmler also hoped to use the research as a blueprint for the breeding of a new Europe in a racially purer mold. This book, based on original research, including previously ignored archival material and interviews with living members of the institute, is an exposé of the work of German scientists and scholars who allowed their research to be warped to justify extermination, and who directly participated in the slaughter--many of whom resumed their academic positions at war's end.--From publisher description

Table Of Contents

Foreign affairs -- The reader -- Aryans -- Death's-head -- Making stones speak -- Finding religion -- Enchantment -- The Orientalist -- Intelligence operations -- Cro-Magnon -- The blossoming -- To the Himalayas -- Tibet -- In Siever's office -- Thieves -- The treasure of Kerch -- Lords of the manor -- Searching for the Star of David -- The skeleton collection -- Refuge -- Thor's hammer -- Nuremberg -- Secrets -- Shadows of history

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