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Summary: Research is thin, but...
Review: Although the research on this series of DVDs is rather thin, it should not be dismissed out of hand as some have done. The names of some of the occultists that are thrown around are monumental individuals. Did they influence Hitler, Himmler, etc...? Maybe...maybe not, but to dismiss wholesale is not the way to find answers to difficult questions about a period when it is easier to just villify and condemn. While the research on these DVDs is thin, it could prove an interesting starting place to find more about occult influences from the Fin-de-Siecle to the Second World War.
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Summary: an important work to understand the background
Review: First off there is some overlap of material, secondly the quality of the duplication is not that good (it is on extended play)But for the price these tapes present a lot of material , that although doesn't get too in depth, presents a broad picture of some "occult" influences on the history of this era. some interesting footage includes views of Wewelsburg castle, including the inside and out; views of Exersteine, where von Liebenfels had his castle, and some old archival footage of some Tibetan monks dancing. although the information won't be anything new if a person has read Goodrich-Clarke, the packaging and fact that there is not much out there about this sort of stuff makes this worthwhile.
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Summary: Absurdity abounds
Review: Hitler and the occult... a nonexistent collaboration (...) Consult Hitler's own words, where he slammed the occult as "Jewish and Bolshevik." This is a difficult video to review because its premise is flawed from the get go: there is no occult associated with Hitler and there never was. The people chosen to be interviewed in this unintentionally amusing documentary are (...) of the first order. None are respected, noted or competent historians, they are pop writers who believe in errant nonsense. What types of nonsense, you ask? I shall tell you: they believe that when Hitler was a young man living in Vienna, he stumbled upon a spear located in a local museum. The spear infused the young artist with mythical and evil "powers." Yeah, right... and I was abucted yesterday by Martians and taken to outer space. Only the most gullible [viewer] could believe anything in this childish video. Errors of the most fundamental nature abound: Hitler did not emigrate to Munich in 1912, but in 1913; Dietrich Eckart did not die in 1945, Hitler did not meet Eva Braun in 1933... the list is endless. As a laugh this might be useful, as history it is unreliable and puerile in the extreme.
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Summary: Absurdity abounds
Review: Hitler and the occult... a nonexistent collaboration (...) Consult Hitler's own words, where he slammed the occult as "Jewish and Bolshevik." This is a difficult video to review because its premise is flawed from the get go: there is no occult associated with Hitler and there never was. The people chosen to be interviewed in this unintentionally amusing documentary are (...) of the first order. None are respected, noted or competent historians, they are pop writers who believe in errant nonsense. What types of nonsense, you ask? I shall tell you: they believe that when Hitler was a young man living in Vienna, he stumbled upon a spear located in a local museum. The spear infused the young artist with mythical and evil "powers." Yeah, right... and I was abucted yesterday by Martians and taken to outer space. Only the most gullible [viewer] could believe anything in this childish video. Errors of the most fundamental nature abound: Hitler did not emigrate to Munich in 1912, but in 1913; Dietrich Eckart did not die in 1945, Hitler did not meet Eva Braun in 1933... the list is endless. As a laugh this might be useful, as history it is unreliable and puerile in the extreme.
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Summary: Ran a bit thin.
Review: I believe the ppl who were responsible for putting this last DVD in the 3 part series ran out of matieral since they basically spend the most of it restating the Occult roots of Nazism thats in the first two DVDs. Beyond that there is good info on the formation of the SS and its purpose to provide a stream of pure white aryan blood, but most of whats here u can find in a better source.
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Summary: Excellent series on an obscure topic
Review: Nazi Germany had many influences. The influence of the occult on the formation of the Third Reich has occasionally been greatly overstated. But it did exist, and this series is as good an examination of this rather esoteric topic as I've ever seen, certainly far better than the History Channel's recent effort. The presentation is rather dry, and the video footage can be somewhat repetitive. But if you're interested in early 20th-century European occultism and its contribution, however slight, to the rise of Nazi Germany, this is as good a source of information as there is, apart from Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke's book The Occult Roots of Nazism.
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Summary: So Occult You Can't Watch It
Review: The information presented in these films is interesting and useful to anyone who wishes to understand the cultural underpinings of Nazism. But if you buy the set, be sure to save both the shipping list and mailing label. I found the technical quality of my copies so poor I could not watch them all. This was due to a defective product. Unfortunately, it was some days before I discovered this and by then the packing material had been tossed out.
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Summary: Same old story...
Review: This is a great addition to my collection. I've always been curious about the Nazi phenomena, and I've always wondered how the most civilized country in Europe at the time could have descended into such depravity. This question has never been answered to my satisfaction--until now. This DVD collection gives us a look at the mindset which made Nazism possible; it was a mindset where the values of Judeo-Christianity were replaced by the values of occultism, paganism, mysticism and eugenics. This gives rise to another question, however. Why is this aspect of Nazism so completely ignored in traditional and official histories? It makes you wonder. If you're a student of this period of our history, I highly recommend this collection.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: This set borrows heavily from TRIUMPH OF THE WILL and from the Wolper Documentary RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH, using washed-our film resources. The set is made up of three discs which purport to concentrate on Adolph Hitler, the SS, and the swastica, but they instead overlap each other, using padded and unrelated material, concentrating heavily on the holocaust and using stock footage from television. Overall, very disappointing quality.
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Summary: A good starting place, or maybe all you need?
Review: Well here we are introduces to a different view of the Third Reich. Why haven't we seen this before? Evidently this aspect of Nazis was not as interesting as weapons or fascist ideology. However I have seen this film several times on history channels and even on public television. And it does bring up new questions as to how it all started? Well some would say they knew all about it and that, and this film is just a glossy version with stock footage. OK, find me a film on the subject that is not glossy and uses unique footage. If you really have more than a passing interest then it is book time, such as "The Occult Roots of Nazism" ISBN: 0814730604. For the most part this film covers more than the general public is interested in.
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