Herman Wirth
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Herman Wirth (alternatively referred to as Herman Wirth Roeper Bosch, or Herman Felix Wirthor Hermann) (6 May 1885 Utrecht - 16 February 1981, Kusel) was a Dutch-German lay historian and scholar of ancient religions and symbols.
Wirth served as the leader of the Nazi research division Ahnenerbe until 1937 when he left the group entirely, succeeded by Walter Wüst. Since his works generally supported the historical folk religion of Germany, and not the state of Nazi Germany or the goals of Hitler's regime, he was forced into exile along with other German mystics that did not support National Socialism.
Wirth's primary interest was in the legends surrounding the legendary continent of Atlantis
[edit] Further reading
A full biography of Wirth is in volume two of the Tyr journal in an article by Joscelyn Godwin entitled 'Herman Wirth on Folksong'. Also see, for further details of his life, 'Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity' by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke.
[edit] Written works
Der Aufgang der Menschheit (Accession of the mankind), 1928
Die Heilige Urschrift der Menschheit, 1931-1936
Die Ura Linda Chronik (Ura Linda chronicle), Hrsg., 1933
A full bibliography is in Nederlands wiki article about Herman Wirth.
In his landmark text Allmutter, professor Hermann Wirth painstakingly documented the emergence of runic symbols. Herman Wirth in the German National Library catalogue
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