(September 28, 2024 at 1:02 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(September 28, 2024 at 12:40 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Leo would also benefit from a more careful reading of the Wikipedia article to which he linked. It really doesn’t support his views on this.
Boru
I confess I didn't read that one. I've seen so many clear historical errors in wiki articles that they hold very little credibility to me.
The article largely focuses on the work of Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke (an actual historian) who makes the compelling case that occultism in the Third Reich is largely a case of modern mythology and sensationalism. To wit:
Quote:The works of the genre, he wrote,
Quote:were typically sensational and under-researched. Complete ignorance of the primary sources was common to most authors and inaccuracies and wild claims were repeated by each newcomer to the genre until abundant literature existed, based on wholly spurious 'facts' concerning the powerful Thule society,the Nazi links with the East, and Hitler's occult initiation.
Boru
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