This organization existed in Germany for 10 years, starting in 1935. It was originally created to study German history with a serious consideration of alternative versions of history.
I'm not sure exactly, but this is probably the only and largest government organization with a similar bias of all time.
From the very beginning, the leaders of the organization were associated with serious and influential people, which greatly helped them in the beginning of the path. And soon they were able to somehow prove their usefulness.
In 1939, the organization received an increase in funding and authority, which is interesting. Since the Ahnenerbe was engaged in the study of history and pracivilizations, this can mean providing incredible information or findings.
Thus, I am confident that reliable proof of the existence of more ancient civilizations has been obtained in Ahnenerbe. Well, or something comparable to this, for who will increase the funding and powers of a useless organization?
Wikipedia says that most of the work in the organization was carried out in strict compliance with all scientific requirements. This indicates the great reliability of their research and findings.
During the war, the Ahnenerbe gained access to libraries, artifacts and new territories. Often they were interested in any information related to Germany. However, I doubt they missed the chance to grab other unusual materials as well.
Ahnenerbe successfully coped with their tasks and in 1942 their organization was accepted into the Personal General Staff of the Reichsfuehrer SS. After that, they began to engage in military research.
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Now some interesting facts
There were several dozen research departments in Ahnenerbe, each of which dealt with its own tasks. On wikipedia, I found a short list of the expeditions of this organization, which are very interesting.
Among them are visits to Tibet, Karelia, an attempt to travel to Bolivia (to the mysterious megalithic ruins) and exploration of the Middle East. In short, all the places where the remains of structures of more ancient civilizations are located. Coincidence? I strongly doubt it.
There is controversial information about the connection between Ahnenerbe and Antarctica. This information is so secret that only small scraps have come down to us. But the Germans sailed there repeatedly, and this is a proven fact.
How ancient civilizations are connected with Antarctica and what they were looking for there remains one of the biggest mysteries.
About the loss of information
After the defeat in the war, most of the information was destroyed so that it did not fall into the hands of enemies. But the most valuable information and artifacts were taken to Antarctica!
But whether they swam to it or not, again remains a mystery. This is known from the captains of several submarines who were caught en route to the icy continent. By the way, for some reason there is no list of artifacts from their submarines either. Don't you find this strange?
Now one more logical remark of mine. If Anenrebe had only information about the history of the Germans, then what is the point of destroying it? This means that they had more valuable and secret information.
They wanted to hide them so much that they decided to destroy the remnants that had not been removed or hidden somewhere. Therefore, so little information has come down to us about the research of this organization.
