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Himmlers Crusade
Christopher Hale
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Description for Himmlers Crusade
Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 49. Weight in Grams: 426.
In 1938, on the eve of war, a Nazi expedition set out through British India on a mission sponsored by Himmler himself. Its aim was to trace the origins of the Aryan race, high in the sacred mountains of Tibet. The expedition was led by two complex individuals - Ernst Schafer, a swashbuckling, gun-toting naturalist for whom Nazism promised a short-cut to personal glory, and Bruno Beger, an anthropologist whose racial theories were taken to their logical conclusion in Auschwitz. Schafer and Beger soon found themselves battling hostility from the British, being manipulated by the Tibetans and struggling with ... Read more
In 1938, on the eve of war, a Nazi expedition set out through British India on a mission sponsored by Himmler himself. Its aim was to trace the origins of the Aryan race, high in the sacred mountains of Tibet. The expedition was led by two complex individuals - Ernst Schafer, a swashbuckling, gun-toting naturalist for whom Nazism promised a short-cut to personal glory, and Bruno Beger, an anthropologist whose racial theories were taken to their logical conclusion in Auschwitz. Schafer and Beger soon found themselves battling hostility from the British, being manipulated by the Tibetans and struggling with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Random House Pod
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
426g
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780553824278
SKU
V9780553824278
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About Christopher Hale
Christopher Hale is an award-winning writer and producer who was educated at Sussex University and the Slade School of Fine Art. He has made numerous films about the sciences and arts for all the major broadcasters, including the BBC. He has filmed and travelled in unmapped regions of Mozambique and the Yemen in search of a 'lost tribe of Israel' ... Read more
Reviews for Himmlers Crusade
'An extraordinary and well-told tale of mountains, myths and mass-murder' 'His research is prodigious and chilling... a wide-ranging book which offers a warning about the dangers of alternative history'
Sunday Telegraph
'A stunning digest of the expedition to uncover the beginnings of the Aryan people'
Good Book Guide
'Hale's fascinating ... Read more
Sunday Telegraph
'A stunning digest of the expedition to uncover the beginnings of the Aryan people'
Good Book Guide
'Hale's fascinating ... Read more