Nazi multidisciplinary research institute (1935-1945), of a pseudoscientific nature

Himmlers Forscher : Wehrwissenschaft und Medizinverbrechen im "Ahnenerbe" der SS / Julien Reitzenstein.

The master plan : Himmler's scholars and the Holocaust / Heather Pringle.

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The Ahnenerbe

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Himmlers Forscher : Wehrwissenschaft und Medizinverbrechen im "Ahnenerbe" der SS / Julien Reitzenstein.

The master plan : Himmler's scholars and the Holocaust / Heather Pringle.