Ernst Schaeffer, one of the youngest and most talented employees of the Ahnenerbe Institute, who went as a zoologist in 1931 to Eastern Tibet on the Dolats expedition. After this campaign, the young biologist began to lead a double life: on the one hand, he continued his open scientific research, on the other, he plunged headlong into occult topics.
Himmler's affection for him grew stronger. In 1933, immediately after the founding of the Ancestral Heritage Institute, Schaeffer became its staff member. In 1935, Schaeffer was invited to join a new German-American expedition. At the very beginning of the journey, a serious conflict occurred between the parties, and the Americans turned back. Judging by the evidence I have, it was Schaeffer who provoked the conflict in order to get rid of those extra eyes. The Germans continued their journey and reached the sources of the Yangtze and the Mekong. According to official data, Schaeffer did not make it to Lhasa, the official capital of Tibet. But didn't you really get there?
The results of the second expedition were even more striking. A lot of new species of plants and animals were discovered, and Schaeffer was appointed head of the newly formed Tibetan department "Ahnenerbe". Here the results of the "branches" that Schaeffer did from his official route that did not seem to correspond to the direct goal of the route emerge. The SS received thousands of ancient Tibetan manuscripts, a significant part of the huge cultural heritage, the wisdom of the East. And immediately the question arose about organizing the next, third expedition.
On September 10, 1938, a top secret meeting takes place in Himmler's office. Its participants are the Reichsfuehrer SS himself, Schaeffer and several other leading specialists of the Tibetan department. It was at this meeting that the composition, as well as the dates and tasks of the expedition, were finally determined. The composition turned out to be very variegated: in addition to professional scientists, the expedition included professional scouts and saboteurs, as well as radio communication specialists. Himmler at that time dreamed of organizing direct radio communication with Lhasa in order to continuously communicate with the higher unknown forces. Obviously, it was planned to locate a permanent center in Tibet. In fact, the first step was made towards the colonization of Tibet, the mysterious ancestral home of the Aryans, by Nazi Germany.
In April 1939, the expedition arrived in India. First of all, Schaeffer led the expedition to the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga. No research tasks were set, Schaeffer needed to fulfill his main mission as soon as possible and efficiently. Referring to the works of the famous Buddhist specialist Albert Grunwedel, the leader of the expedition claimed that at the foot of this mountain there is one of the entrances to the mysterious Shambhala. The expedition spent several weeks here. During this time, containers with radio equipment that could work in autonomous mode were installed on the top of the mountain. A special wind turbine supplied the powerful transmitter with electricity, and batteries insured it in case of calm.
Special attention was paid to security measures. All approaches to the repeater were mined, any careless attempt to get closer entailed an inevitable explosion. At the same time, the explosion automatically caused an avalanche to descend, which destroyed both the equipment and those who would try to come for it.
Further, the expedition moved to the capital of Tibet - Lhasa. However, the establishment of diplomatic relations was not the main purpose of Schaeffer's stay here. He eagerly searched for traces of an unknown mind, tried to get in touch with higher powers. And how else, besides the influence of higher powers, to explain the appearance here, in the barren mountains, of a beautiful city with many palaces and temples, made at an unattainable level of skill? The Tibetan authorities trusted the German scientists so much that they allowed them to enter the holy of holies of Buddhist monasteries - into their underground sanctuaries, where not everyone was allowed.
But, apparently, it was not possible to establish contact with Maitreya. Officially, it did not work out to find Shambhala, although there are certain facts that make one doubt this. In any case, at the end of the summer of 1939, just a couple of weeks before the start of World War II, the expedition managed to return to Germany. She had many achievements to her credit. In Munich, Schaeffer was greeted as a national hero, Himmler himself came out to the plane. The question immediately arose about preparing a new expedition, even more representative. With her, it was supposed to send a small military detachment and an impressive load of weapons. Obviously, the Germans in Tibet still had something to defend and colonize. The Second World War did not allow these plans to come true.
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Nevertheless, the radio bridge with Lhasa, apparently, was still in operation until 1942, when the British, reaching the repeater, nevertheless destroyed it. At the same time, the recollections of one of the participants of this expedition - a British scientist, whom they took with them "just in case", are very interesting. He discovered the remains of a German base camp at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga, and it looked as if it had recently been abandoned. But the most interesting thing is that a wide path was trodden from the camp, like a rocky ledge, at which it … broke off without any trace! The scientist suggested that there is a secret entrance to the thickness of the mountain here, and was going to investigate this place in detail. However, the repeater capture group had already reached the top of the mountain by this moment and stumbled upon a minefield. The mines went off, causing an avalancheforever buried both the remains of the camp and the mysterious path. That British scientist only miraculously escaped.
After the supposedly ineffectual expedition, interest in Shambhala should, logically, be replaced by disappointment. But that did not happen. Rather, on the contrary - the Tibetan department of the Ahnenerbe grew, under Hitler, a secret "Tibetan headquarters", which consisted entirely of monks, began to function.
An interesting detail: Germany won victories until 1942, after which it began to suffer constant defeats. Of course, there are a great many quite objective reasons for this; but apart from them there is always a certain personal factor. In management theory there is a concept of "quality of management decisions", which; characterizes how well the leader leads. So, it was precisely this quality of Hitler that plummeted in 1942, synchronously with the destruction of the transmitter. So the question of whether the Fuehrer received any recommendations from Shambhala is still open. All Tibetans from Hitler's entourage fell at the end of April 1945 during the storming of Berlin by Russian troops. They did not surrender, they killed their wounded and took their secrets with them to the grave.
As you remember, in the Irminist saga about Baldr Krestos, it is said that, hanging on the cross-rune, "got off it and went to the east." In the later versions of the retelling of this legend, it is specified that he went not just to the east, but "to the Gobi Desert in order to pass through it." And having passed through the Gobi Desert, Balder would have found himself … That's right, in Tibet! Those of Wiligut's followers who were interested in "creating a new paganism based on Irminism" should have been very interested in this. Now I'm talking about SS Reichsfuehrer Himmler.
How did Schaeffer's further fate develop? In 1941 he ended up in Finland. It was rumored that he fell out of favor with Himmler, that the scientist was sent into exile … Such conversations are similar to ordinary disinformation. Most likely, Schaeffer took part in the mysterious Laplandia project, the details of which are still unclear to me. This is confirmed by the fact that in 1943 Schaeffer was safely returned, and he again began to work on Tibetan topics. Together with the department of Dr. Goebbels, the scientist took part in the "Friendly and Mysterious Tibet" propaganda campaign.
And in 1944, almost a year before the defeat of Germany, his traces are lost. It was rumored that Schaeffer again took part in some mysterious mission abroad. Re-establishing ties with Tibet? Another equally daring project? In any case, there was no need for Schaeffer to return to Germany from his last expedition after May 1945. Perhaps he is still living out his life in deep old age in some distant corner of the Earth, laughing to himself at the naive historians struggling with the riddles of his Tibetan expeditions.
Whether it is true or not, there is one among Himmler's letters, dated August 1944, with no return address. More precisely, not even a letter, but a rather short note. Himmler kept it among his personal papers in a special cache. It is written in curled greenish paper and is folded in a special way so that it does not require an envelope. It says:
I am glad to inform you that I managed to do everything that we conceived. To be honest, I didn't even expect such a success. The contact took place in the best possible way. They are ready to receive us, and everything will be completely ready by the end of the year. You can come here at any time. They accepted our conditions: you will be allowed any secret knowledge. exchange You will do what you agreed to from the beginning. I hope you yourself perfectly understand how important it is now not to violate the agreement in any way. Other than that, you must completely disappear for everyone else. They do not want to be looked for in the East or anywhere else. I am afraid that now too many are interested in your death. I won't write any more, but you know what to do next.
See you. Sh.
Who could write to the SS Reichsfuehrer himself on an equal footing, like an old accomplice, mentioning the East and signing it as "Sh." Just in case, by hook or by crook I got a copy of one of Schaeffer's letters from the German archives. The ornate swirling S alone convinced me completely. I checked the handwriting: it was Schaeffer's handwriting. So, in mid-1944, Schaeffer informed Himmler that somewhere in the East "everything was ready" for the arrival of the Reichsfuehrer. Where in the East could Schaeffer be? Most likely in Tibet. Tibet was waiting for Himmler already in 1944.
And where did the Reichsfuehrer SS actually disappear after the war?
From the book: "Gods of the Third Reich". Author: Kranz Hans-Ulrich von