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[[File:Ahnenerbe.svg|thumb| Ahnenerbe <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ahnenerbe.svg wiki]</ref>]] | [[File:Ahnenerbe.svg|thumb| Ahnenerbe Symbol <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ahnenerbe.svg wiki]</ref>]] | ||
The [[Ahnenerbe]] (German: [ˈʔaːnənˌʔɛʁbə], "Ancestral Heritage") was a Schutzstaffel (SS) pseudo-scientific organization which was active in Nazi Germany between 1935 and 1945. It was established by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler in July 1935 as an SS appendage devoted to the task of promoting the racial doctrines espoused by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. The Ahnenerbe was composed of scholars and scientists from a broad range of academic disciplines and fostered the idea that the German people descended from an Aryan race which were racially superior to other racial groups. | The [[Ahnenerbe]] (German: [ˈʔaːnənˌʔɛʁbə], "Ancestral Heritage") was a Schutzstaffel (SS) pseudo-scientific organization which was active in Nazi Germany between 1935 and 1945. It was established by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler in July 1935 as an SS appendage devoted to the task of promoting the racial doctrines espoused by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. The Ahnenerbe was composed of scholars and scientists from a broad range of academic disciplines and fostered the idea that the German people descended from an Aryan race which were racially superior to other racial groups. | ||