The Occult History of the Third Reich
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The Occult History of the Third Reich, starring Patrick Allen and directed by Dave Flitton is an English language 1991 four part History Channel documentary regarding the occult influences and history of the Nazi Era, (pre, during and post) in Germany.
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[edit] Contents
The documentary was originally shown and released in four parts in 1991.
- Adolf Hitler
- The SS Blood and Soil
- The Enigma of the Swastika
- Himmler the Mystic
[edit] Television and DVD release
It was subsequently re-released on DVD in 1998 by Madacy [1] and again in 2004 in four parts by Pagasus [2]
[edit] Synopsis
The documentary contains mainly black and white as well as some color archival footage, with narration explaining the influences of alternative belief systems (occult, paganism, mysticism, etc) on the Nazi ideology and Hitler's personal philosophy. It also documents the history and development of the ideas and symbols that would be used along with eugenicist racial politics to perpetrate the murder and oppression of millions during World War II.
In the early 20th century, the young Adolf Hitler was just one of many German-speaking people attracted by a new Germanic mythology that combined ancient legends and esoteric cosmologies with cutting-edge theories of genetic science. In the hands of the Nazis, the result was a new ideology that saw racial purity as the key to human destiny.
This was a belief-system of arcane rituals and potent symbols, with the ancient swastika appropriated for the Nazi cause. By the time of the Third Reich, Hitler and the Nazis had evolved an entirely new faith, complete with holy book, venerated relics and a priestly elite in the form of Himmler's SS. It was a religion based on obedience, power, and the cult of the leader, with Hitler himself conceived in Messianic terms.
