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Hitler's Holy Relics
- Narrated by: Charles Stransky
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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Summary
A True Story of Nazi Plunder and the Race to Recover the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire
Had Hitler succeeded in conquering Europe, he would have crowned himself Holy Roman Emperor. The Nazis had in their possession priceless artifacts that would give Hitler legitimacy in his subjects' eyes: the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire, including the Spear of Destiny, alleged to have pierced Christ's side at the Crucifixion. Looted from the royal treasury in Vienna, Austria, the Crown Jewels were hidden in a secret bunker deep beneath Nrnberg castle, known to few but Heinrich Himmler, his staff, and a captured German soldier whose family lived above it.
As luck would have it, the officer in charge of interrogating the soldier was First Lieutenant Walter Horn, art history professor. Following his report to General Patton, Horn would be assigned to recover this ancient treasure. Would he find it before covert Nazi agents could use it to revive the defeated regime?
>Based on recently discovered and previously unpublished documents and interviews with all remaining living participants, this is a tale that surpasses fiction: part thriller, part detective story, all true.
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- Liam_H
- 26-05-23
Fascinating
Really good listen. Was dubious as it looked like sensationalist trash, but, pleasantly surprised. Not a trace of pseudo history or woo
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- Richard Denis Chadwick
- 08-04-24
interesting
enjoyed this book, some interesting stuff Shane audible has only a Limeted collection when there is so much more out there
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- Kingston Alvi
- 06-05-23
Fascinating
Although at times, it seemed a bit laboured, the background was necessary. The story, and hopefully most of it is fact, is extraordinary and although I have read a lot about Hitler and WWII, I didn't know about the crown jewels and how they were perceived by the leaders of the 3rd Reich. An amazing and very interesting tale that I will definitely be exploring further.
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- Simon
- 13-04-13
A window into history
Sidney Kirkpatric's book provides a wonderful window to the awful but surreal days in Nuremburg immediately after the Second World War when Germany was in a no-man's land between slaughter and rebuilding, when both sides were still trying to come to terms with the holocaust that had overtaken Germany. The vacuum was filled by an army of bureaucrats forced to turn a blind eye to the Nazi sympathies of many of the German civilian administrators they were working with. In the midst if all this we get an insight into the true, perverted but mystical nature if the Nazi cult - deliberately glossed over in the Nuremburg trials, and the almost magical importance of symbols to the Nazi elite.
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- J. Wexler
- 27-08-23
Top notch, readable history
Don't be put off by the weirdness of the topic...the Nazis WERE weird. This is a tale of the man assigned to find some of the most historically precious objects stolen by the Nazis. The fact that they were also spiritually and occult in their nature makes for a slowly and truly strange unfolding detective tale. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Good reading and sound quality and not at all dry.
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