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Ahnenerbe

Ahnenerbe proper noun: a National Socialist German organization whose goal was to research the anthropological and cultural history of the Aryan race, and later to experiment and launch voyages with the intent of proving that prehistoric and mythological Nordic populations had once ruled the world.

Proper noun

Ahnenerbe

  1. (historical) A National Socialist German organization whose goal was to research the anthropological and cultural history of the Aryan race, and later to experiment and launch voyages with the intent of proving that prehistoric and mythological Nordic populations had once ruled the world.
    • There is evidence to suggest that the Ahnenerbe itself was formed as a private institution by several friends and admirers of Sven Hedin, including Wolfram Sievers (who would later find justice at the Nuremberg Trials) and Dr. Friedrich Hielscher who, according to the records of the Nuremberg Trial...1995, Peter Levenda, Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult, published 2002, page 174
    • Himmler's aspirations to influence in intellectual and cultural matters were realized in the Ahnenerbe (Research and Teaching Foundation, Ancestral Heritage).1999, Christopher Hutton, Linguistics and the Third Reich: Mother-tongue Fascism, Race and the Science of Language, published 2001, page 65

Ahnenerbe meaning in Hindi

Ahnenerbe in Hindi

Translations
आनेनेर्बे ānenerbe

Examples of Ahnenerbe in a sentence

  • Friedrich Hielscher who, according to the records of the Nuremberg Trial of November 1946, had been responsible for recruiting Sievers into the Ahnenerbe.1995, Peter Levenda, Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult, published 2002, page 174:
  • When the RuSHA was restructured, the department was dissolved with its responsibilities passing to the Ahnenerbe.2015, Hans Tridle, The Esoteric Codex: Nazism and the Occult, page 24:

Origin of Ahnenerbe

Borrowed from German Ahnenerbe, from Ahnen, plural of Ahn (“forefather”), + Erbe (“heritage”).

Questions about Ahnenerbe

What does Ahnenerbe mean?
Ahnenerbe means a National Socialist German organization whose goal was to research the anthropological and cultural history of the Aryan race, and later to experiment and launch voyages with the intent of proving that prehistoric and mythological Nordic populations had once ruled the world.
What is Ahnenerbe in Hindi?
Ahnenerbe in Hindi is आनेनेर्बे (ānenerbe). See Ahnenerbe meaning in Hindi.
How do you use Ahnenerbe in a sentence?
Friedrich Hielscher who, according to the records of the Nuremberg Trial of November 1946, had been responsible for recruiting Sievers into the Ahnenerbe.
What part of speech is Ahnenerbe?
Ahnenerbe is a proper noun.

Words near Ahnenerbe in the dictionary

  1. Ahmetovics
  2. Ahmir
  3. ahn
  4. ahneh
  5. ahnehs
  6. Ahnenerbe
  7. ahnengeist
  8. ahnentafel
  9. Ahner
  10. Ahners
  11. Ahnold

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