Ahnenerbe
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The Ahnenerbe was a pseudoscientific organization founded by the Schutzstaffel in Nazi Germany in 1935. Established by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler on July 1, 1935 as an SS appendage devoted to pr
Adolf Hitler, whose racial beliefs inspired research carried out by the Ahnenerbe
Wewelsburg, which Himmler adopted as an SS base on the advice of the occultist Karl Maria Wiligut
Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer-SS and founder of the Ahnenerbe
Scan from Ahnenerbe co-founder Herman Wirth's 1931 book Was heißt deutsch?
Aryan
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Aryan, or Arya, is a term originating from the ethno-cultural self-designation of the Indo-Iranians. It stood in contrast to nearby outsiders, whom they designated as non-Aryan. In ancient India, the
One of the earliest epigraphically attested reference to the word arya occurs in the 6th-century BCE Behistun inscription, which describes itself as having been composed "in arya [language or script]" (§ 70). As is also the case for all other Old Iranian language usage, the arya of the inscription does not signify anything but "Iranian".
Full figure of Darius trampling rival Gaumata
Head of Darius with crenellated crown
Arthur de Gobineau (1816–1882)