Hitler's Master of the Dark Arts

by Bill Yenne

  Fürstenberg, Dietrich von, 111

  Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic, 295

  Geheime Staatspolizei (Secret State Police), or Gestapo, 80, 83, 181, 190, 194, 195, 261, 276

  Geheime Staatspolizeihauptamt (Secret State Police Principal Office), 190

  Georg, Enno, 123

  Germanenorden (Germanic Order), 30, 36, 39, 41, 66, 78

  Germanische Zweckforschung (Germanic Applied Research), 116

  Gesellschaft Zur Fürderung und Pflege Deutscher Kulturdenkmäler (Society for the Advancement and Maintenance of German Cultural Artifacts), 112

  Geschichte der Hunnen, (History of the Huns), 293

  Glauer, Adam Alfred Rudolf (see also Rudolf Freiherr von Sebottendorff), 41, 47, 66, 78, 79, 294

  Glazial-Kozmogonie, 251, 292

  Gobineau, Arthur de, 23, 25, 32–33

  Goebbels, Dr. Paul Joseph, 61, 62, 84, 143, 180, 183, 184, 193, 197

  Göring, Hermann, 46, 49, 50, 79–84, 258, 259, 263, 276, 286

  Goslar in Lower Saxony, 101, 103, 205, 294

  Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods), 16, 19, 269–270, 278

  Graddon, Nigel, 136

  Great Men in Science, a History of Scientific Progress, 239

  Grese, Irma Ilse Ida, 231–232, 290

  Guderian, General Heinz, 256, 270

  Guido von List Gesellschaft (Guido von List Society), 27, 30, 150

  Günther, Hans Friedrich Karl, 43–44, 122–123, 141–142, 144

  Halgarita, 99

  Harrer, Heinrich, 146

  Harrer, Karl, 14

  Haushofer, Karl Ernst, 169–170, 255, 294

  Hausser, Paul, 156, 213

  Heck, Walther, 68, 70, 72, 87, 124

  Hedin, Sven, 247, 267

  Heeresgruppe Nord (Army Group North), 171, 175

  Heiden, Erhard, 59–60

  Heiligenkreuz (Holy Cross), 30–32

  Heilige Urschrift der Menschheit, Die (The Holy Origins of Mankind), 127

  Heinrich I, 4–7, 9, 55, 117, 121–124

  Heinrich Himmler: The Sinister Life of the Head of the SS and Gestapo, 54

  Heinrici, General Gotthard, 275

  Herndl, Franz, 34

  Hess, Rudolf, 14, 47, 49, 50, 79, 169, 255, 276, 287

  Heuneburg, 129

  Hexe von Buchenwald, Die (the Witch of Buchenwald), 232, 291

  Heydrich, Reinhard, 80–81, 83–84, 90–91, 92, 155, 159, 167, 175, 179, 183, 184–185, 189, 195–200, 205, 209, 287

  Himmler, Anna Maria, 5

  Himmler, Ernst Hermann, 5

  Himmler, Gebhard Ludwig, 5

  Himmler, Gudrun, 57, 96, 97, 201, 264, 285, 286, 296

  Himmler, Heinrich Luitpold, 2–3, 43;

  addressing the SS, 257–259;

  and Ahnenerbe, 125–126, 130–134;

  arrest of, 281–283;

  and Aryan race, 125, 237, 238;

  and astrology, 276–277;

  at the Beer Hall Putsch, 51;

  and Blud and Boden, 96;

  childhood of, 4–6, 8–10, 12, 13;

  and concept of a World Reich, 241;

  and Count Folke Bernadotte, 274–276;

  covered by Time magazine, 270–273, 284, 285;

  death of, 278, 283–285;

  early days with the Nazi Party, 46, 47, 52, 54;

  and the end of World War II, 270–271, 273, 279;

  and Ernst Röhm, 44–49, 52–53, 83;

  and Externsteine, 110;

  and family life, 54–56, 96–97;

  and Hedwig Potthast, 206–208;

  and Heeresgruppe Weichsel (Army Group Vistula), 270, 275;

  and Hermann Wirth, 126, 127;

  and the Holy Grail, 136;

  and Johann Ludwig Schwerin von Krosigk, 278–279;

  and Karl Dönitz, 280;

  and Karl Maria Wiligut, 98, 106, 108, 110, 128, 204, 205;

  and Lebensborn, 95–96;

  as the “new Hitler,” 270–271, 273–274, 277;

  and NSFB, 52–53;

  in 1944, 257, 258, 260;

  and portfolio of power, 260;

  and Quedlinburg, 122–124;

  and the Reich Main Security Office, 90–91;

  and Reichsflagge, 44–45;

  and Reinhard Heydrich, 80–81;

  on the run, 280–281;

  and religious beliefs, 39, 93;

  and Schloss Wewelsburg, 108–116, 118, 120, 121;

  and scientific experiments, 242, 246, 265–266;

  and SD intelligence, 261–262;

  and speech at Posen, 257–259, 264–265;

  and the SS, 59–60, 62, 69, 72, 82–84, 87–90, 93–95, 108;

  and Thule Society, 41, 42, 46;

  university days 13, 15, 28, 30, 36–39;

  “Virtues of the SS Man, The,” 223–226;

  and Vril, 254–255;

  and the Wiking Division, 238–239;

  and World War II, 264, 265

  Himmler, Helge, 208

  Himmler, Joseph Gebhard, 5

  Himmler, Margarete, (see also Margarete Concerzowo) 54–57, 96, 97, 206, 285, 286

  Himmler, Nanette Dorothea, 208

  Hindenburg, Paul von, 74, 76, 154

  Hirt, Dr. August, 245–247, 265, 266, 288–289

  Hirthammer, Hans, 8

  Historisches Museum des Hochstifts Paderborn (Historical Museum of the Paderborn Bishopric), 297

  Hitler, Adolf, 3, 14, 35, 57, 73, 80, 88, 93, 94, 106, 117, 121, 123, 124, 147, 197, 201;

  and astrology, 276–277;

  bomb at Wolfsschanze (the Wolf ’s Lair), 260–261, 264, 265;

  as chancellor, 77;

  commemoration of Beer Hall Putsch, 263;

  and coup of Weimar Republic, 47–48;

  and the DAP, 45–46;

  death of, 277;

  and declaration of war against the United States, 183–184;

  and Drang Nach Osten, 51, 164, 168–177;

  and Dr. Philipp Eduard Anion von Lenard, 250;

  and the end of World War II, 270–271, 275;

  and the Final Solution, 178, 179, 182–183;

  and Heeresgruppe Weichsel, 275;

  and Hohlweltlehre, or Hollow Earth Theory, 251–252, 253;

  and Hermann Steinschneider, 78–79;

  Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, 105, 189;

  and Lebensraum, 97, 192;

  in 1944, 262;

  and Night of the Long Knives, 84, 85;

  and nuclear weapons, 250;

  at Odeonsplatz, 49–50;

  and presidential election, 74, 76;

  as president, 154–159, 164–167;

  after prison term, 53–54, 57;

  and Reinhard Heydrich, 196, 198;

  and the SA, 59, 60, 62, 83–84;

  and the SS, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 221, 222;

  and Sven Hedin, 247;

  and the swastika, 63, 66–69, 72, 82;

  and Welteislehre (World Ice Theory), 148;

  and the Wiking Division, 238–239;

  and view of Aryan purity, 237–238;

  and Vril, 254–255

  Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth Organization), 71, 228, 229

  Hitzinger, Heinrich, 281

  Hoffman, Heinrich, 46, 156, 169

  Hoffstatter, Ferdinand, 68, 70

  Hoher Armanen Orden (Higher Armanen Order), 27–30

  Hohlweltlehre, or Hollow Earth Theory, 251–253

  Höhne, Heinz, 54–55, 91, 196, 200, 206, 207, 237, 238, 261–263, 265, 273

  Holy Grail, 28, 114, 115, 118, 135–136, 140

  Hommel, Conrad, 2

  Hörbiger, Hanns, 148–251

  Hossbach, Heinrich, 3, 84

  Hugo Boss, 87

  Hyperborea, 40

  Imperial German Army, 13, 45, 56, 58, 138

  International Military Tribunal, 286

  Institute for the Study of the Jewish Question, 77

  Institut für Wehrwissenschaftliche Zweckforschung (Institute for Military Scientific Research), 2
42

  Irmin, 100

  Irminen, 99–101, 103–105, 128, 129, 205, 235, 254, 258, 294

  Irminism, 100, 105

  Irminsul, 101–103, 110, 128, 130, 205

  Jewish ancestry, 88

  Jodl, General Alfred, 280, 286

  Jörd, 7

  Jordan, Wilhelm, 116

  Journey to the Center of the Earth, 251, 252

  Jüdische Physik (Jewish Physics), 249, 250

  Jungmädel, 228

  Kahr, Gustav Ritter von, 47–48

  Kalevala, 129–130, 248

  Kaltenbrunner, Ernst, 200, 201, 287

  Karelian, 130

  Karner, Theodor, 116

  Kasten, Frederick, 267

  Keitel, Wilhelm, 263, 280, 286

  Kersten, Felix, 169, 172, 173, 188, 192, 234, 236, 241, 274, 276, 289–290

  Kirchhoff, Günther, 128, 129

  Kiss, Edmund, 152–153, 292–293

  Kluke, Paul, 237

  Knight, Death and the Devil: The Heroic Idea, The, 43

  Knilling, Eugen von, 47–48

  Knobelsdorff, Manfred von, 115–116

  Koch, Ilse Köhler, 232, 291

  Koch, Karl Otto, 232, 291

  Kossinna, Gustaf, 24, 42–44, 125, 127, 256

  Krause, Ernst, 143–145, 244

  Kreuzzug gegen den Gral (Crusade Against the Grail), 135–136

  Kriminalpolizei, or criminal investigation police, 90, 91, 194

  Krosigk, Johann Ludwig Schwerin, von, 277–279

  Landshut, 5, 6, 9, 10, 24, 54, 59

  Landwacht Niederlande, 239–240

  Lanz, Adolf Josef, 30–31;

  aka Liebenfels, Jörg Lanz von, 1, 3, 29, 31–37, 41, 42, 44, 105, 127, 180, 189, 245, 249–250, 295

  Lasch, Karl, or Karlernst, 116

  Lebensborn (fountain of life), 95–97

  Lebensraum (living space), 50, 51, 97

  Légion Wallonie, 240

  Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, 81, 84, 88, 155–157, 165, 171, 201

  Lenard, Dr. Philipp Eduard Anion, von, 249

  Ley, Dr. Robert, 117, 123

  Ley, Willy, 254–255

  Linden, Cornelis Over, de, 127

  Lindenfycht bei Gmund, 96, 97

  List, Guido von, 1, 3, 16, 17–23, 25–37, 40, 69, 70, 99, 100, 109, 124, 127, 139, 148, 150, 254;

  death of, 295

  Littleton, C. Scott, 115, 191

  Litvak, Lilya, 229

  Loritz, Maria, 38

  Lossow, Otto von, 48

  Lubbe, Marinus van der, 76, 79

  Ludendorff, General Erich von, 10, 46, 49, 50, 53

  Luitpoldhain amphitheater, Nuremberg, 76, 85

  Lutze, Viktor, 83, 84

  Luzifers Hofgesind (Lucifer’s Court), 136

  MacDonald, James, 284

  Macher, Heinz, 271–272, 276, 297

  Manvell, Roger, 54, 278–279, 281

  Mein Kampf (My Struggle), 50, 51, 64, 66, 67, 78, 97, 168–170, 192

  Mengele, Dr. Josef, 243–244, 289

  Militant League for German Culture, 77

  Montgomery, Bernard, 279

  Montségur, 135–136

  Morning of the Magicians, The, 253

  Müchener Post, 57

  Muller, Dr. Karl Alexander von, 39, 48, 79

  Munich, 4, 5, 14, 15, 27, 37–41, 44, 45, 47–49, 55, 61, 74, 80, 84, 87, 105, 110, 117, 120, 126, 157, 170, 180, 217, 263, 268, 292

  Murg Valley, 128

  Murphy, Colonel Michael, 283

  Mussolini, Benito, 158, 201

  Nacht der Langen Messer (Night of the Long Knives), 84–86, 96, 155, 159, 218

  Nagal, Wilfried, 270, 271

  Nagy, Franz, 116

  Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging, 239

  Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP, or National Socialist German Workers’ Party), 1, 2, 40, 41, 43, 46, 49–54, 56, 57, 59, 61–63, 72–74, 77, 79–81, 83, 87, 91, 92, 96, 105, 150, 153, 157, 179, 183, 208, 232, 242;

  and Dr. Sigmund Rascher, 244

  Nationalsozialistische

  Freiheitsbewegung (NSFB, or National Socialist Freedom Movement), 52–54

  Natzweiler, 247

  Nauhaus, Walther, 39, 41

  Nazi flag, 65, 66–69

  Nazis and the Occult, The, 115

  Nebe, Arthur, 262–263

  Neun Gebote Gots (Nine Requirements of God), 99

  New Templars, 34, 35, 37, 105

  Nibelunglied, 6, 16, 17, 35, 107

  Niederkirchner, Käthe, 285

  Nietzsche, Friedrich, 43

  Nordic ancestry, 30, 60, 86, 88–89, 94, 126, 127, 139, 140–142, 144, 145, 149, 152, 241, 258

  Nordic mythology, 6–7, 16, 17, 19–21, 25, 30, 39–40, 44, 50, 62, 63, 93, 102, 106, 107, 115, 126–130, 235, 252, 269, 277

  Nordische Gesellschaft (Nordic Society), 42

  Number 8 Prinz-Albrechtstrasse, 82, 209, 270, 285

  Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, 286

  Oberkommando des Heeres (Army High Command), 155, 261

  Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (Air Force High Command), 159, 196, 229, 244, 258, 259, 288

  Oberkommando Wehrmacht, 159, 174, 253, 260, 280

  Odeonsplatz, 49

  Operation Valkyri, 261

  Operation Wacht am Rhein (Watch on the Rhine), 263

  Order of the Death’s Head: The Story of Hitler’s SS, The, 54, 91, 196, 200, 206, 237, 262

  Ordo Novi Templi, or “Order of the New Templars,” 34, 105

  Ordnungspolizei (Order Police), 80, 89–91, 194

  Organization der Ehemaligen SS Angehörigen (Organization of Former SS Members), 289

  Origine et Situ Germanorum, De (The Origin and Situation of the Germans), 18, 100, 102

  Ostara, 29, 35

  Ostara, 35–37, 44, 66, 105, 189

  Osten, Lina von, 81, 92, 196, 206

  Otto I, 5, 6, 55, 122

  Paderborn, 108–112, 119, 202, 213

  Papen, Chancellor Franz von, 76

  Pätel, Karl, 257

  Pauwels, Louis, 253, 255

  Peasantry as the Life-Source of the Nordic Race, 56, 88

  Pohl, Oswald, 219

  Poland, 51, 157–159, 164, 173, 182, 183, 186, 211, 259, 270

  Porzellan Manufaktur Allach, 116

  Potthast, Hedwig, 206–208, 234

  Preston, John, 135, 136, 138

  Prinz-Albrechtstrasse, 192, 193, 197, 203–206, 276, 281

  Prussia, 8, 9, 13, 28, 51, 55, 79–82, 112, 184, 211, 259, 260

  Quedlinburger Dom (Quedlinburg Cathedral), 108, 117, 121–124, 141

  Racial Elements of European History, The, 43, 122–123

  Raeder, Erich, 81

  Ragnarök, or Götterdämmerung, 269, 270

  Rahn, Otto, 135–136, 138, 140

  Rascher, Dr. Sigmund, 244–245, 283, 288

  Rasmussen, Knud, 41

  Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt (Race and Settlement Office), or RuSHA, 97, 106, 260, 291

  Ravensbrück, 231

  Red Army, 212, 216, 223, 259, 267, 270, 275, 279

  Reichskreigsflagge (Nation-War-Flag), 14, 44, 49

  Reichsparteitag, 76, 85

  Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA, or Reich Main Security Office), 90, 193–195, 198, 200

  Reichstag, 53, 62, 73, 74, 76, 77, 79, 80, 82, 179, 200

  Reichswehr, 14, 45, 49, 50, 82, 83, 154, 156

  Revolt Against Civilization: The Menace of the Under-man, The, 42

  Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 158, 276, 286

  Riefenstahl, Leni, 85

  Riek, Gustav, 129

  Ring of the Nibelungen, Der (The Ring of the Nibelung), 16, 269

  Ritscher, Captain Alfred, 151, 256

  Röhm, Ernst, 44–45, 47, 48–50, 52, 53, 57, 62, 83, 84, 278

  Rommel, Erwin, 261

  Roosevelt, President Franklin, 250, 251

  Rosenberg, Dr. Alfred, 42, 43, 47, 77, 139, 142, 172–174, 179, 190, 236, 249, 286

  Rüdiger, Ernst, 105

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p; runes and symbols, 68, 69, 120

  Saal des Hohen Gerichtes der SS (Hall of the High Court of the SS), 120

  Sachsenhausen, 232

  Salomon, Franz Pfeffer von, 59–62

  Salon Kitty, 91–92

  Sanai, Darius, 296

  Schäfer, Ernst, 141–144, 146, 148, 151, 191–192, 244, 252, 267, 293

  Schäfer-Gerdau, Käthe, 105

  Schellenberg, Walther, 91, 92, 261, 273–275, 287–288

  Schiller, Friedrich, 105

  Schloss Wewelsburg, “the castle of Wewel,” 110, 117, 121;

  current state of, 297;

  demolition of, 272–273, 297;

  and Himmler, 113, 114, 120;

  history of, 111–112;

  origin of, 108, 109;

  and possible human sacrifices, 191;

  restoration of, 113–115, 117;

  rooms of, 114–115;

  secrecy of, 114, 115, 202

  Schloss Eberstein, or Alt Eberstein, 128–129

  Schopenhauer, Arthur, 42

  Schreck, Julius, 58, 60, 71

  Schutzstaffel, or “Protection Squad,” (SS), 3, 21, 53, 57–62, 68, 69, 72, 76, 80–84, 86–98, 103, 106, 107–124, 126, 129, 130–133, 136, 141, 146, 155–161, 163–167, 169, 171–174, 176–178, 180, 181, 184–187, 189, 193–196, 199–204, 206, 207, 209–211, 213–214, 217–221, 227–236, 278;

  and address by Himmler at Posen, 257–259, 264–265;

  the end of World War II, 271;

  insignia, 69–72, 119–120;

  logo, 87;

  mythology, 118–119;

  Aufseherinnen, 231, 290;

  Ausleseprinzip, Die, (The SS Selection Principle), 90;

  Eheweihen, 93–94, 232;

  Einsatzgruppen, 174–176, 184;

  fate of officers, 287;

  Freiwilligen Verband Flandern, 240;

  Helferinnenkorps, 228–231;

  Jagdverbände 502, 201;

  Junkerschulen (leadership schools), 108;

  Marriage Code, 94;

  Schule Haus Wewelsburg, 113, 114, 116, 118–119, 202, 271;

  and SD intelligence reports, 262;

  Sippengemeinschaft, or “Kinship Clan,” 232;

  Totenkopfverbände, 164, 187, 189, 242, 290;

  turning against Hitler, 262–263; “Virtues of the SS Man, The,” 223–226;

  Waffen SS (Armed SS), 155, 171, 174, 187, 212, 213, 231

  Schwarz, Franz Xaver, 263

  Schwarz, Gudrun, 94, 232–233

  Schwarze Corps, Das (The Black Corps), 92–94, 233–234

  Schwarzwald (Black Forest), 128, 129

  “Schmiede Grossdeutschland, Die,” (“The Forge of Greater Germany”), 126

  Sebottendorff, Rudolf Freiherr von (see also Adam Alfred Rudolf Glauer), 47, 78, 293

  Second Reich, 8–10, 63

  “Secret Masters of the Caucasus,” 115, 191

  Seisser, Colonel Hans Ritter von, 48

  Selvester, Captain Tom, 281–283

  Seyfrieds Runen, 99