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Just a hint: SS was a military group, not the entirety of German population and not even the entire military (Wehrmacht) in that time. The SS certainly didn't h
by pergadad 7y ago
Just a hint: SS was a military group, not the entirety of German population and not even the entire military (Wehrmacht) in that time. The SS certainly didn't have archeologists. It's like saying some Americans of today are "TSA archeologists".
The BBC calls it Nazi archeologists which is still not really correct or fair. The Nazis were a political party, not everyone adhered to it's views. The archeologists might well have been on the other side of the political spectrum but had not much chance to change country. It's like calling all Americans today Trump cashiers, Trump archeologists or Trump teachers. Doesn't make sense.
- mveety 7y agoNo, the SS did in fact have academics in their ranks to produce things that link the SS/Nazism to the "German past," to scientifically show the "superiority" of the German people, and to "quantify" how exactly everyone else was less human than the German "Aryan" peoples. The SS was much more than a military group. It was a weird mix of paramilitary organization, police force, academy of sciences, academy of arts, men's club, cult, and think tank.
- germanier 7y ago> The SS certainly didn't have archeologists Except they did. The project that led to the Lion Man was started by paleontologist Robert Wetzel who joined the SS in 1937 and later became Sturmbannführer. Völzing's excavation was funded by the SS which was not something that you happened to be roped into without your knowledge.