The Nazi regime’s fascination with the occult has long captivated and horrified people in equal measure. The idea that one of ...

Enter Heinrich Himmler and his SS treasure-hunting troupe, the Ahnenerbe. A handpicked collection of scientists, occultists, researchers and authors, they scoured the globe for evidence that ...

Nazi archaeologists, backed by Himmler’s SS, went on global expeditions to prove a “superior” race. Their occult pursuits knew no bounds People who are 'emotionally immature' always use ...

Among the Nazi leaders, Heinrich Himmler was, as Richard Breitman observes in this ground- breaking study, an easy man to underestimate—short, pudgy, near-sighted, chinless. Yet Himmler holds a ...

Himmler also witnessed the gassing of Jews, and he promoted Rudolf Höss, Auschwitz’s commandant, to SS Lieutenant Colonel. “I’ll never forget what I saw. Those little children, those people.