Hitler’s own belief in a Jewish world conspiracy remained a life-long conviction, finding terrible fulfillment in the Holocaust. Dietrich Eckart, Hitler’s mentor in Munich, held a gnostic-dualist view of the Jews and their antagonistic role in German national life. Alfred Rosenberg, the chief Nazi Party ideologue, was an early publicist of the Protocols, establishing their core status in Nazi philosophy during the early 1920s. The notion of national regeneration was also presented in an apocalyptic spirit: only the destruction of the Jews could guarantee the salvation of Germany in a racially pure millennium.
Nazi anti-Semitism was rooted in this apocalyptic demonology, which blamed the Jews for all ills, including liberalism, communism, the corruption of morals, and the downfall of a traditional world. The belief in a Jewish world conspiracy, ostensibly backed by the notorious invention The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, provided the image of a demonic enemy. National Socialist ideology was also deeply imbued with ideas drawn from radical religious imagination. The messianic figure of Adolf Hitler, the savior of Germany, towered over the entire project. Huge congregations, banners, sacred flames, processions, a style of popular and radical preaching, prayersand-responses, memorials and funeral marches were all essential props for the cult of race and nation, the mission of Aryan Germany and victory over her enemies. Hitler’s undoubted charisma and the assiduous development and cultivation of the Führerkult since the earliest years of the movement were crucial factors in the construction of Nazi religiosity. Most participants were caught up in an intense atmosphere of collective excitement and self-surrender. The pageantry of the Nazi rallies and their quasi-liturgical nature were matched by the extraordinary fervor of the huge crowds in attendance. Ism often made the Third Reich resemble a cult in power. T H E R E L I G I O U S A N D M Y T H I C elements of German National Social. Manufactured in the United States of America 10Ĭonspiracy Beliefs and the New World OrderĪll illustrations appear as a group following p. G567 2001 320.53'3-dc21 2001004429 New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. Black sun : Aryan cults, esoteric Nazism and the politics of identity / Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London © 2002 by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke All rights reserved Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work. BLACK SUN Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity
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