The Hidden History of Germany: Forbidden facts and hushed-up truths
The Hidden History of Germany: Forbidden facts and hushed-up truths
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This book offers an alternative perspective on German history, exploring topics and interpretations that are often overlooked or marginalized in conventional historical accounts. Drawing on a range of sources, it examines lesser-known episodes and connections across different eras, from prehistory to the postwar period.
The volume covers a broad span of German history with a focus on aspects that the author argues have been underrepresented or reinterpreted:
- Ancient megalithic structures and their cultural and symbolic importance for early Germanic societies
- Esoteric and occult influences on political movements in the early 20th century, including groups such as the Thule Society
- Political strategies and events surrounding the unification of Germany under Bismarck
- Germany’s colonial period, including the conflicts in Southwest Africa and the Herero and Nama genocide
- The role of secret societies, such as the Rosicrucians, in German intellectual and political life
- East German Stasi archives and the information they contain about surveillance and dissent
- Various resistance networks during the Second World War, from the Red Orchestra to lesser-known groups
- Post-1945 programs such as Operation Paperclip and the integration of former Nazi scientists into Western projects
Written for readers interested in unconventional historical narratives, the book presents detailed discussions of these subjects while encouraging critical engagement with the material. It is intended for those seeking perspectives outside the standard academic or school curriculum on German history.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: THE BEGINNINGS IN THE DEPTHS OF TIME: PREHISTORIC MYSTERIES AND FORGOTTEN CULTURES
- Ice Age hunters and ritual artifacts
- Transition to agriculture with Linear Pottery culture
- Megalithic tombs as sacred places
- Bronze Age treasures and Celtic influences
- Proto-Germanic cultures and astronomical mysteries
CHAPTER 2: THE GERMANS BEYOND THE LEGENDS: RITUALS AND HIDDEN TRIBES
- Formation of Germanic tribes from the Jastorf culture
- Everyday rituals with fire and water
- Shamans and seers as spiritual leaders
- Sacred groves and moors as places of worship
- Sacrificial practices and divination
CHAPTER 3: ROMAN SHADOWS: THE INVISIBLE BORDER BATTLES AND CELTIC INFLUENCES
- Caesar's crossing of the Rhine and propaganda
- Drusus and Tiberius' campaigns with espionage
- The Battle of Varus and Arminius' betrayal
- Limes Germanicus as a fortified border
- Celtic intermingling with Germanic tribes
CHAPTER 4: THE DARK AGES: WITCH HUNTS AND ALCHEMICAL MYSTERIES
- Frankish Christianization and Pagan Remnants
- Ottonian witch trials and monastic mysticism
- Staufer courts with astrologers
- The High Medieval Church and the demonization of women
- Late Medieval Alchemy in Laboratories
CHAPTER 5: THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE: HIDDEN DYNASTIES AND INTRIGUES
- The Salian Investiture Controversy and the Humiliation at Canossa
- Staufer family rivalries and Italian campaigns
- The Luxembourg Golden Bull and the power of the electors
- Habsburg dynastic marriages and succession
- Collateral Lines such as the Wittelsbach and Hohenzollern
CHAPTER 6: THE REFORMATION: HERETICAL NETWORKS AND SUPPRESSED CULTS
- Luther's Wittenberg and early mysticism
- Anabaptist movement with radical baptism
- Peasants' War under Müntzer
- Zwingli alliances in southern Germany
- Hidden Cults such as the Rosicrucian Precursors
CHAPTER 7: THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR: SPIES, MERCENARIES, AND OCCULT ALLIANCES
- Bohemian phase with defenestration espionage
- Danish intervention and hordes of mercenaries
- Swedish phase with Gustav Adolf's astrologers
- French phase and Richelieu's networks
- Wallenstein's murder and occult horoscopes
CHAPTER 8: ENLIGHTENMENT IN SECRECY: FREEMASONS AND ESOTERIC SOCIETIES
- Roots in Reformation mysticism
- Masonic lodges as networks of reason
- Rosicrucian alchemy and visions
- The Illuminati Order with Perfectionists
- Swedenborg's Influence on Theosophists
CHAPTER 9: NAPOLEONIC STORMS: GERMAN RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS AND FALSE HEROES
- Echoes of the French Revolution in Germany
- Napoleon's Rise and Dissolution of the Empire
- Prussian reforms under Stein
- Tyrolean uprising with Hofer
- Wars of Liberation and Scharnhorst
CHAPTER 10: THE REVOLUTION OF 1848: SUPPRESSED VOICES AND RADICAL CONSPIRACIES
- Harbingers of hardship and oppression
- Outbreak sparked by Paris
- March demands and the illusion of unity
- Radical Democrats and Red Shadows
- Barricade fighting and May uprisings
CHAPTER 11: BISMARCK'S EMPIRE: THE DARK FORCES OF UNIFICATION
- Bismarck's rise as a Junker
- The Schleswig-Holstein War as Provocation
- German War Against Austria
- Franco-Prussian War with the Ems Dispatch
- Kulturkampf against Catholics
CHAPTER 12: THE EMPIRE: COLONIAL ATROCITIES AND IMPERIAL LIES
- Foundation in Versailles as a deception
- Colonial conquests in Africa
- Herero-Nama genocide
- Maji Maji Rebellion
- Anti-Semitism as a lie
CHAPTER 13: WEIMAR CHAOS: CABALS, CORRUPTION, AND HIDDEN POWERS
- Hyperinflation and profiteers
- Corruption scandals such as Barmat
- Freikorps networks and terror
- The Thule Society and the occult
- The stab-in-the-back myth
CHAPTER 14: THE RISE OF NATIONAL SOCIALISM: OCCULT ROOTS AND PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC MYTHS
- The Weimar crises as fertile ground
- Thule and Völkisch movements
- Hitler's early conspiracies
- Racial theories and eugenics
- Anti-Semitism as State Ideology
CHAPTER 15: WORLD WAR II: COVERT OPERATIONS AND ALLIANCES
- Blitzkrieg and espionage
- The Holocaust as a systematic atrocity
- Allied Counteroperations
- Occult influences in the Nazi leadership
- Resistance Networks such as the Red Orchestra
CHAPTER 16: POST-WAR SECRETS: COLD WAR, SPIES, AND DIVIDED ARCHIVES
- Division of Germany
- Operation Paperclip and Nazi scientists
- Espionage networks such as Gehlen
- Cold War alliances
- Divided Archives and Stasi Surveillance
CHAPTER 17: THE DIVISION: STASI FILES AND INVISIBLE WALLS
- The Berlin Wall as a symbol
- Stasi surveillance and cabals
- Opposition Networks
- Economic inequality
- Secret escape routes
Product Details
Dimensions: 6 × 9 inches / 15.24 x 22.86 cm
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