Nazis & the Occult: The Truth Behind the Indiana Jones Myth #OOTD #shorts

Indiana Jones made Nazi occultism famous, but how much of it was real? Hitler himself dismissed mystics as cranks. But others in the Nazi leadership, especially Heinrich Himmler, were obsessed. He dabbled in rune magic, Germanic mysticism, and even turned Wewelsburg Castle into an SS cult center with rituals and a round table of supposed Aryan knights.

Secret societies like the Thule Society inspired early Nazi ideology with wild blends of racism, pseudo-history, and esotericism. These myths helped fuel the Nazis twisted worldview.

But by the time they held power, Nazi policy was driven more by ideology and propaganda than by crystal balls. The occult mattered symbolicallybut it wasnt their battlefield strategy.

In our linked Short, we dig into another legendary WWII story that blurs the line between fact and fiction: Did the British really drop a wooden bomb on a fake German airfield?

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