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Author:

Luhrssen, David.

Title:

Hammer of the gods : the Thule Society and the birth of Nazism / David Luhrssen.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Potomac Books,

Copyright Date:

©2012

Description:

xxi, 293 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Thule-Gesellschaft--History.
Thule-Gesellschaft--Influence.
National socialism and occultism--History.
Nationalism--Germany--History--20th century.
Antisemitism--Germany--History--20th century.
Mythology, Germanic--History.--History.
Sebottendorf, Rudolf,--Freiherr von,--1875-1945.
Germany--Politics and government--1918-1933.
Germany--Social conditions--1918-1933.
Germany--Intellectual life--20th century.
Geschichte

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-279) and index.

Contents:

The Coming Race -- Shadows on the Danube -- Munchausen Incarnate -- Hammer of the Gods -- The German Revolution -- The Bavarian Socialist Republic -- The Battle for Munich -- Thule and the Nazi Circle -- Trail of the Crooked Cross -- Thule.org.

Summary:

Discusses the origins of Nazism in the occult Thule Society, which promoted the racial superiority of Aryans, exploring its attempts to create an anti-Semitic front for promoting its beliefs and the founding of the German Workers' Party.

ISBN:

1597978574
9781597978576

LCCN:

2011041771

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)