King Heinrich
Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was unique amongst the Nazi leadership for his deep fascination with the occult. He believed himself to be the physical reincarnation of King Heinrich I, founder of the first medieval German state and conqueror of the west Slavic tribes. Claiming to be in psychic communion with the dead medieval king, Himmler considered it his divine mission to complete the work of his Ostsiedlung (eastwards expansion). Claiming upon cosmological grounds that an invasion of Europe from the East was imminent, he considered it the destiny of his Schutzstaffel (SS) to repel this forthcoming assault. Acquiring a medieval castle to serve as the spiritual bastion of the SS, he amassed countless artifacts from Germanic prehistory within this castle, believing they would come to radiate magical power. The SS was to form the knightly nucleus in the upcoming crusade, whose inductees were destined to rule the aryan empire that was said to follow.
Accompanying Heinrich I is his royal coat of arms and a tribute to the fabled king, attributed to Himmler:
“He [King Heinrich I] was the first among equals, and was met with a reverence greater and truer than ever accorded to the emperors, kings and princes that followed, all whom demanded it through alien Byzantine ceremony. He was called a duke and a king, and was our Führer of a thousand years ago.”
Original text in German: Er war der Erste unter Gleichen, und ihm wurde eine größere und wahre menschliche Ehrfurcht entgegengebracht als später Kaisern, Königen und Fürsten, die sie nach volksfremdem byzantinischem Zeremoniell forderten. Er hieß Herzog und König und war ein Führer vor tausend Jahren. — Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler
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Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was unique amongst the Nazi leadership for his deep fascination with the occult. He believed himself to be the physical reincarnation of King Heinrich I, founder of the first medieval German state and conqueror of the west Slavic tribes. Claiming to be in psychic communion with the dead medieval king, Himmler considered it his divine mission to complete the work of his Ostsiedlung (eastwards expansion). Claiming upon cosmological grounds that an invasion of Europe from the East was imminent, he considered it the destiny of his Schutzstaffel (SS) to repel this forthcoming assault. Acquiring a medieval castle to serve as the spiritual bastion of the SS, he amassed countless artifacts from Germanic prehistory within this castle, believing they would come to radiate magical power. The SS was to form the knightly nucleus in the upcoming crusade, whose inductees were destined to rule the aryan empire that was said to follow.
Accompanying Heinrich I is his royal coat of arms and a tribute to the fabled king, attributed to Himmler:
“He [King Heinrich I] was the first among equals, and was met with a reverence greater and truer than ever accorded to the emperors, kings and princes that followed, all whom demanded it through alien Byzantine ceremony. He was called a duke and a king, and was our Führer of a thousand years ago.”
Original text in German: Er war der Erste unter Gleichen, und ihm wurde eine größere und wahre menschliche Ehrfurcht entgegengebracht als später Kaisern, Königen und Fürsten, die sie nach volksfremdem byzantinischem Zeremoniell forderten. Er hieß Herzog und König und war ein Führer vor tausend Jahren. — Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler
