La crociata di Himmler

Hacía tiempo que quería leer este ensayo sobre la expedición alemana al Tibet poco antes de que empezara la 2ªGM. Pero ha sido de esos libros que vas dejando en el tiempo y cuando los lees te decepcionan. Siendo generosos solo una cuarta parte del libro trata sobre dicha expedición y dicho sea de pa Leggi tutto

Excitingly written yet solidly researched history of Heinrich Himmler’s Ahnenerbe paranormal research institute and their expedition to Tibet to find the origins of the Aryan race (which Himmler believed was descended from aliens who landed in the Himalayas). Describes many of the stranger aspects o Leggi tutto

A real life adventure that was almost unbelievable.

This was not the story I wanted to read. I wanted to read about a bunch of pseudo-scientists bumbling their way ,on a disastrous trek, thorough a hostile environment. I wanted a search for the entrance to the underground domain of the hidden masters, the lost Atlantian's. I got my magic and supersti Leggi tutto

I gave it five stars, considered four. The key to evaluating this book is to know what it is and what it is not. Most of the work is a detailed, well footnoted traveloque of five European scientists shortly before world war two who take a scientific expedition to Tibet and collect specimens of the p Leggi tutto

I don't think I've ever given a WWII book such a low rating. It was the subtitle, "The Nazi Expedition to Find the Origins of the Aryan Race," and the inside jacket cover's promise to show how a Himmler's sponsored expedition into Tibet was undertaken to tie the occult theories of the Nazi regime to Leggi tutto

there have been a series of hitler and the occult type documentaries on lately. all of which seem to circle around the SS sponsored tibetan expedition. this put me in the mood for some sort of debunking book. the fact that it was int he barnes and noble bargain bin helped. the author mostly ignores t Leggi tutto