To confirm their racial theories, German Nazis traveled to the mythical land of Shambhala
The mysterious and sinister organization Ahnenerbe (from German: Ahnenerbe - "Legacy of the ancestors") was involved in many crimes of Nazism: from monstrous medical experiments on people in the death camps to the creation of "weapons of retaliation." The president of the powerful institution, created under the auspices of the SS, was one of the leaders of the Nazi state, Heinrich Himmler, and the head of the society was Wolfram Sievers, who was executed by the verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal. The apologists of the Ahnenerbe looked for the rationale for the successful functioning of the Millennial Reich in mysticism and occultism, for which they equipped missions to the most inaccessible corners of the planet.
In the footsteps of the superman
The full name of the institute, which existed for ten years, from 1935 to 1945, and penetrated literally all spheres of intellectual activity of the Third Reich, is "German Society for the Study of Ancient German History and Ancestral Heritage." Its members tried to find the basis for a new ideology. According to their anti-scientific theory, there were two races at the origins of mankind: northern (Nordic, Hyperborean) and southern (bestial), originating from the ancient continent of Gondwana.
The word "Hyperboreans", which the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche actively used in his writings, is borrowed from ancient Greek myths, where a whole nation is mentioned under this name. Borey - north wind; therefore, "Hyperboreans" are those who literally live "beyond the Boreans." Nietzsche gave the "Hyperboreans" the features of supermen, for whom the spiritual prevails over the bodily principle. In many respects, the Nietzschean theory of the "superman" was fed by the views of the future Nazis, who believed that the mixing of the higher race of the "Hyperboreans" with the lower "beastmen" just gave birth to modern man with his many vices. Surprisingly, millions believed in this nonsense in the 20th century.
It was immediately decided that the modern "subhuman" simply needs to be cleansed of "genetic waste", that is, to deprive everything alien and superficial. Therefore, in the past of the German nation it is necessary to find some secret knowledge capable of re-creating the superman.
So scientific disciplines - for example, anthropology and linguistics - received a kind of seasoning in the Ahnenerbe in the form of the mystical teachings of the East and West, medieval occultism and theosophy of Helena Blavatsky.
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Under Himmler's wing
The Ahnenerbe included up to fifty departments dealing with literally everything - from problems of the origin of the ancient runic script to the development of V-2 ballistic missiles. After Adolf Hitler publicly criticized Ahnenerbe for the idea of removing the Aryan race from the Atlanteans, the organization, which fell into disgrace from the Fuehrer, was taken under his patronage by Reichsfuehrer SS Himmler, who first included the institute in the General Directorate of Race and Settlements, and since 1937 in the Inspection of Concentration Camps. …
Since 1942, Ahnenerbe was primarily concerned with military issues. The program also included searches for "localizing the spirit, deeds and heritage of the Indo-Germanic race." For the sake of accomplishing these tasks, Ahnenerbe has equipped several serious scientific expeditions to Scandinavia and Karelia, South and Central America, the Middle East and the Himalayas for several years.
Reference: Ahnenerbe's ambitious research projects were sponsored not only by the German state, but also by the famous automobile companies BMW and Daimler-Benz.
Ernst Schäfer (1910 - 1992), leader of the Ahnenerbe expedition to Tibet, zoologist, Sturmbannführer. wikimedia
One year in Tibet
Himmler seriously believed that the ancestral home of the "true Aryans" was precisely Tibet, where the Ahnenerbe expedition, consisting of six scientists, went. The mission to Tibet, overgrown with legends, lasted from April 1938 to August 1939. The expedition was led by the famous zoologist Ernst Schaefer, and it included: geologist Karl Wienert, operator and photographer Ernst Krause, anthropologist Bruno Beger and engineer Edmund Geer, responsible for the technical part.
Initially, Schaefer's expedition was supposed to penetrate into Tibet from China. However, in July 1937, Japan declared war on China, which closed the water route along the Yangtze River to the Germans. Ahnenerbe's leadership had to turn to German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop for assistance. Nine months later, the mission received permission from the British colonial authorities to travel to Tibet through the territory of India, then a British colony.
In April 1938, the expedition began its landmark journey from Genoa, Italy - through Ceylon and Calcutta - to the state of Sikkim in northeastern India. At the end of the year, the state authorities allowed an expedition into Tibet to pass, on the strict condition that scientists would not kill a single animal, as Buddhism dictates.
Anthropologist Bruno Beger, a member of the Ahnenerbe expedition, with the Tibetan regent. wikimedia
No entry
Officially, the mission of the expedition was to study the climate, geography and culture of Tibet, but its true purpose was to prove that the Tibetans belonged to the ancient Aryans. Probably, this is where the legend arose that, in fact, Shefer's expedition was looking for the mythical country of Shambhala in the Himalayas - according to Blavatsky, the location of the Great Teachers, allegedly promoting the secret evolution of mankind.
They did not find Shambhala, as it is more a metaphor than a real country. In any case, no photo or filming of Shambhala (although a whole film was shot during the expedition) was not presented.
As for the connection of the Aryans with the Tibetans, many historians do not understand at all where such a wild idea could arise. The Tibetans are considered representatives of the Mongoloid race, while the Aryans are Caucasians, and of the northern type.
However, even without any Shambhala, a lot was done during the mission. Scientists have made invaluable contributions to anthropology. In particular, the data of anthropometric measurements of 376 Tibetans were recorded, 22,000 photographs were taken, a documentary was shot, a rich collection of exotic animal skins and bird plumage was collected, plus about a thousand samples of cereals.
The expedition members visited the sacred Tibetan cities of Lhasa and Shigatse, where they received one hundred and eight volumes of the complete collection of the sacred Buddhist texts of Kanzhur. Interestingly, the Tibetan regent personally donated gifts for Adolf Hitler: a rare gold coin, a mastiff dog and the Dalai Lama's mantle.
SASHA WHITE