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Fonthill Media Language Policy Fonthill Media publishes in the international English language market. One language edition is published worldwide. As there are minor differences in spelling and presentation, especially with regard to American English and British English, a policy is necessary to define which form of English to use. The Fonthill Policy is to use the form of English native to the author. David Barrowclough was born and educated in England and now lives in Cambridge, United Kingdom; British English has therefore been adopted in this publication. Fonthill Media Limited Fonthill Media LLC www.fonthillmedia.com [email protected] First published in the United Kingdom and the United States of America 2016 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data: A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © David Barrowclough 2016 ISBN 978-1-78155-500-2 The right of David Barrowclough to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission in writing from Fonthill Media Limited Typeset in 10.5pt on 13pt Sabon Typeset in 10.5pt on 13pt Sabon Printed and bound in England Preface I first had the idea for this book when an undergraduate at Cambridge in the 1990s. I was frustrated that lecturers would often refer to the appropriation of archaeological science by the Nazis without being able to refer students to a confirmatory text. The Indiana Jones franchise, for all its value as entertainment, only served to enhance those frustrations with its confusing mix of historical fact and contemporary fiction. Thus was the seed sown for the production of this volume, which it is hoped goes some way to explaining how and why the Nazis looked to archaeology and anthropology during the Third Reich. In writing this book, I have had support and assistance from a number of academics, institutions and friends. I would like to thank Dr Francisco Garcia Alonso, Prof Heinrich Härke, Pippa Payne, Dr Sarah Ralph, Prof Thomas Schneider, Prof Oebele Vries, and Prof Robert Williams for their contribution to the text, helpful conversations and access to images in their private archives and libraries. Access to original documents and secondary texts was given by the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; Bundesachiv, Berlin; Federal Archives, Koblenz; Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Munich; Library of Congress, National Archives, Washington; Lancashire County Library Service; Oriental and India Office Collections, British Library; and the Public Record Office, Kew. Finally, I would like to thank my publisher and family for their support. Responsibility for any omissions or errors is my own. Since the first stirrings of the idea for this book, things have moved forward somewhat, and the appearance of Heather Pringle’s excellent The Master Plan (2006) and Christopher Hale’s Himmler’s Crusade (2006) are particularly welcome additions to the corpus. I recommend both, having drawn from them in writing this text. I have also found Léon Poliakov’s The Aryan Myth (1974), Peter Levanda’s Unholy Alliance (2010), Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke’s Occult Roots of Nazism, and Robert Bowen’s Universal Ice (1993) very useful secondary texts when writing what follows. For anyone wishing to follow up the themes discussed in the following chapters, they make an ideal starting point. Many of the primary sources that underpin the text are now available online, and where possible I have indicated their location in the Endnotes. Contents Preface 1 Indiana Jones and Nazi Archaeology 2 Ideology: Aryans, Anti-Semitism and Racism 3 The Nazis in South America and the Search for the First Aryans of Atlantis 4 Tibet and the Search for the Aryan Homeland 5 Icelandic Sagas: Germanic Myths and Legends 6 Reading the Runes in Scandinavia 7 Finland: In the ‘Land of Heroes’ 8 Spies in the Caves 9 Greece: The Gates of Hades and the Delphi Treasure 10 Symbols of Power in the New Germania 11 Claiming the Past 12 The Quest for the Holy Grail 13 Conclusion: A Warning from the Past Endnotes Bibliography
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