Montana Smith
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ddschneider1972 said:Sort of but without the supernatural elements. He does spend a little time talking about the Nazi beliefs in the items, but it's more of a a well documented account of the US officers actual recovery of the artifacts. The Spear of Destiny was actually left behind in the Nuremburg vault, and only the Crown Jewels were taken, which was part of the mystery, because Hitler and Himmler revered and coveted the Spear, but left it behind, taking only the Robes, Swords, Cross and orb, the objects used in the Coronation ceremony. The thinking was that they planned to use them as a rallying point in creating the Fourth Reich.
One thing that struck me while reading, was that Himmler really wanted the Spear, he had an exact replica in Wewelsburg, and the Master Site Plan of what was to be his "Center of the World" was based on a diagram of a spear, with the castle as the point. Then they leave the Spear and it's been documented that Himmler had a hidden safe in the castle that went missing after the war...
I'm visiting the bunker the art was hidden in at Nuremburg and the Castle in July, maybe I can have my own Indy adventure, lol.
It's certainly an interesting story, and perfect territory for the Indiana Jones movie we should have seen before we got to KOTCS.
I get wary when authors, such as Ravenscroft did in Spear of Destiny (which was originally written as a novel, but then marketed as history), claim that Hitler was into holy relics and such. That was the preserve of Himmler who had some very strange beliefs, which he enacted out at Wewelsburg.
Be sure to report back on your findings at Nuremberg!