. However, the Samisdat
catalogue mingled efforts to glorify the Third Reich, minimize war
crimes, and deny the extermination of the Jews with odd books about
UFOs, incredible German secret weapons, and postwar Nazi bases in
Antarctica. Ernst Zu¨ ndel clearly offered these topics as a potent myth
of apocalyptic Nazi revival backed by astonishing resources. This myth
might appeal to an older generation of unrepentant Nazis seeking imaginative
relief from the division of Germany since 1945. At the same
time it introduced a young generation of Germans to the idea of the
Third Reich’s achievement and technological superiority against a backdrop
of neo-Nazi science fiction.
Hitler’s Priestess by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke,
. However, the Samisdat
catalogue mingled efforts to glorify the Third Reich, minimize war
crimes, and deny the extermination of the Jews with odd books about
UFOs, incredible German secret weapons, and postwar Nazi bases in
Antarctica. Ernst Zu¨ ndel clearly offered these topics as a potent myth
of apocalyptic Nazi revival backed by astonishing resources. This myth
might appeal to an older generation of unrepentant Nazis seeking imaginative
relief from the division of Germany since 1945. At the same
time it introduced a young generation of Germans to the idea of the
Third Reich’s achievement and technological superiority against a backdrop
of neo-Nazi science fiction.