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After you've learned about this war on the Occult, 🌎 Use code ExtraHistory to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/extrahistory we explore the descent of Nazi pseudoscience and occultism into darkness as World War II escalates. What started as fringe archaeological pursuits and racial theories under the Ahnenerbe morphed into sinister projects and cultural erasure. From Himmler’s obsession with mythical weapons like Thor’s Hammer to “research” used to justify extermination policies. We examine how warped ideology intertwined with pseudo-scientific ambitions affected societies, reminding us why it’s vital to recognize the danger of radical thinking and prejudice * Watch Extra History ad-free & get 1-week early access on *NEBULA* https://go.nebula.tv/extrahistory * Suggest & Vote on our next episodes, get exclusive content & 24-hour early access on *PATREON* https://bit.ly/EHPatreon * Show off your fandom with *MERCH* from our store! http://extracredits.store/ * Interested in sponsoring an episode?* Email us: extracredits@standard.tv https://twitter.com/extracreditz | https://www.facebook.com/ExtraCredits/ | http://instagram.com/extracredits | https://www.tiktok.com/@extracreditz GAMING: https://www.youtube.com/@extracredits | http://www.twitch.tv/extracredits/ https://bsky.app/profile/extracredits.bsky.social *Miss an episode in our Nazi Occultism Series?* Part 1 - https://youtu.be/TokYUITs6zs Part 2 - https://youtu.be/6MEzUovLTMs Part 3 - https://youtu.be/06fXIstwddk Part 4 - https://youtu.be/Tg8CpKzcFm8 Part 5 - https://youtu.be/1H-z5Dhy5c8 Series Wrap-up & Recommended Reading / Lies Episode - Release Date: Nov, 30th BIBLIOGRAPHY Walter C., Breintenfeld. “Nazi Liturgy,” Blacfriars 27 (1946): 44-50. DOI: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43701291 Ian Kershaw. Hitler: A Biography (W.W. Norton and Company, 2010) https://a.co/d/9sNkRi3 Erick Kurlander. Hitler’s Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017) https://a.co/d/6zEO2Hh Erick Kurlander. “The Nazi Magicians’ Controversy: Enlightenment, ‘Border Science,’ and Occultism in the Third Reich,” Central European History 48 (2015): 498-522. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43965203 Heather Pringle. The Master Plan: Himmler’s Scholars and the Holocaust (Hyperion, 2006). https://a.co/d/eMgAE9v Samuel Koehne. “Were the National Socialists a ‘Völkisch’ Party? Paganism, Christianity, and the Nazi Christmas,” Central European History 47 (2014): 760-790. DOI: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43965085 Manfred Nagl. “SPF, Occult Sciences, and Nazi Myths,” Science Fiction Studies 1 (1974): 185-197. DOI: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4238861 Leo Pavlát. “The Jewish Museum in Prague During the Second World War,” European Judaism: A Journal for the New Europe Vol. 41, No. 1 (2008), 124-130. DOI: https://www.jstor.org/stable/i40070460 Stanley Stowers. “The Concepts of ‘Religion’, ‘Political Religion’ and the Study of Nazism,” Journal of Contemporary History (2007): 9-24. DOI: https://www.jstor.org/stable/30036425 Dorothy Thompson. “Culture under the Nazis,” Foreign Affairs (1936): 407-423. DOI: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20030741 Volker Ullrich. Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939 (Vintage, 2017) https://a.co/d/cnvJN2d Jeb J. Card. Spooky Archaeology: The Myth and Science of the Past. (University of New Mexico Press, 2019). https://a.co/d/0riHwxR Thanks for the high-quality conversations & for following our community guidelines here: https://bit.ly/ECFansRNice Artist: Ali R Thome | Writer: Robert Rath | Researcher: A. Siso | Showrunner & Narrator: Matthew Krol | Video Editor: Devon House Creative | Audio Editor: Clean Waves | Studio Director: Geoffrey Zatkin | Social Media: Kat Rider | ♪ Music by Demetori: http://bit.ly/1EQA5N7 | ♪ "4,000 Miles" by Tiffany Roman #ExtraHistory #WorldWar2 #History