The grandiose and insane plans of Adolf Hitler were not limited to the destruction of half of humanity, the creation of the civilization of the Aryans, the construction of flying saucers and the search for Shambhala. New studies of archival documents have revealed that the Nazis were trying to revive prehistoric animals that went extinct 9,000 years ago.
Using a process known as "reverse breeding" during World War II, the Nazis tried to create a prehistoric herd of the Third Reich. They planned to recreate the ancient wild bison, which had a height of more than 2 meters at the withers and huge horns.
A new National Geographic documentary, Hitler's Jurassic Monsters, explores secret research in the forests of Eastern Europe. This was part of the grandiose plans of Nazi Germany to revive the history of the primitive Germanic tribes, which, in their opinion, would help them gain even more confidence from the German people.
The project was under the personal control of Hermann Goering, the "second man" after Hitler and the official successor to the Fuehrer. It turns out, in addition to commanding the German air force (Luftwaffe), police management, Goering was also the chief gamekeeper of the Third Reich.
Goering studied ancient documents and rock carvings of bison that once inhabited all of Europe. He hunted the largest and most dangerous animals. The Nazis planned to breed animals in zoos and then revive ancient specimens in the pristine environment of Belovezhskaya Pushcha in Poland.
When the Nazis invaded the territory of the USSR and completely took possession of Belovezhskaya Pushcha, they immediately transferred it to the management of Goering, who began a project to revive prehistoric bison. He believed that this place urgently needs to be cleaned of all residents, especially Jews.
Dr. Toby Tucker, senior lecturer in the Department of Contemporary European History at Cardiff University, believes that Nazi Germany was trying to recreate the illusion of its great history, a sense of legitimacy among the German people, according to the Daily Mail. The bison were needed to prove that the Germanic tribes ruled these lands for millennia.
In addition, Goering considered hunting to be the main human activity. He was also obsessed with creating particularly wild and ferocious animals. However, the high level of secrecy of this project prevents historians from shedding light on all the details. Orders were often given orally and were rarely documented. Witnesses were often killed or exterminated in concentration camps.
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