TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pringle,Heather Anne
TI  - The master plan: Himmler's scholars and the Holocaust 
SN  - 0786868864 (pbk)
U1  - 323.143 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Hyperion
KW  - Himmler, Heinrich,
KW  - Ahnenerbe (Institute)
KW  - History
KW  - Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei
KW  - Schutzstaffel
KW  - Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt
KW  - Nazis
KW  - Germany
KW  - Biography
KW  - National socialism and intellectuals
KW  - Eugenics
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
KW  - National socialism
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Racism
KW  - Physical anthropology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-446) and index
N2  - In 1935, Heinrich Himmler established a Nazi research institute called The Ahnenerbe, whose mission was to search around the world for proof of ancient Aryan conquests. But history was not their most important focus--rather, the Ahnenerbe was an essential part of the plan for the Final Solution. The findings were used to convince armies of SS men that they were entitled to slaughter Jews and other groups. Himmler also hoped to use the research as a blueprint for the breeding of a new Europe in a racially purer mold. This book, based on original research, including previously ignored archival material and interviews with living members of the institute, is an exposé of the work of German scientists and scholars who allowed their research to be warped to justify extermination, and who directly participated in the slaughter--many of whom resumed their academic positions at war's end.--From publisher description
ER  -