Wewelsburg - Wikipedia
WebThe castle has a triangular layout, with three round towers connected by massive walls. After 1934 it was used by the SS under Heinrich Himmler, and was to be expanded into a complex which would serve as the central SS cult-site. After 1941, plans were developed to enlarge it to be the so-called "Centre of the World".
The Nazi castle designed to be the 'Centre of the World'
WebThe Nazi castle designed to be the 'Centre of the World'. Image: Castle Wewelsburg | Shutterstock.com. BP Perry. WW2. In the 1930s, Heinrich Himmler was on the lookout for something suitably grand and impressive to house a retreat and training school for SS members. After failing to negotiate the lease on a castle near the town of Schieder ...
Castle of Wewelsburg – Heinrich Himmler’s Nazi Camelot
WebFebruary 26, 2020. The Castle of Wewelsburg has an extremely dark past. The forbidding fortress was once SS Chief Himmler’s Nazi Camelot, where some of the darkest deeds of WW2 were plotted. Labeled as ‘Naziland’ by critics, Heinrich Himmler forged plans for Nazi world domination from within those walls.
Castle of Wewelsburg – Büren, Germany - Atlas Obscura
WebSep 22, 2011 · The unusual triangular-shaped castle stood high on a rock overlooking the Alme Valley. Over the next few centuries, the castle would change hands several times. Then in 1933, Heinrich...
History of Wewelsburg Castle - Kreismuseum Wewelsburg
Web“Reichsführer SS” Heinrich Himmler first visits Wewelsburg Castle; order to lend it and first plans for alterations : 1934 : Leasing contract between the district of Büren and the SS for the period of 100 years and the cost of 1 Reichsmark per year
Wewelsburg – The Real ‘Castle Wolfenstein’ - HeritageDaily
WebJun 6, 2021 · During the 1930’s, Heinrich Himmler (Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel) was searching for a castle as a retreat for SS members “in the heartland of Hermann der Cherusker”. Himmler had initially tried to secure Burg Schwalenberg (Schwalenberg Castle), but then decided to buy or lease Wewelsburg from the Landrat of Büren in 1934.
The Nazi Temple of Doom: Wewelsburg Castle - WAR HISTORY …
WebApr 25, 2018 · Himmler redesigned the castle and named its rooms after military heroes in Teutonic history and folklore, such as King Arthur, King Henry the Lion, Widikund and Frederick the Great. The walls were decorated with swastikas, ancient Germanic runes, and other mystic German symbols.
New Exhibition Explodes Myth of SS Castle Wewelsburg
WebApr 6, 2010 · The 17th century triangular building was converted in the 1930s by thousands of slave laborers working with a bizarre blueprint devised by Heinrich Himmler, the diminutive leader of the...
Wewelsburg Castle - The Nazi Temple of Doom | War History …
WebSep 14, 2015 · The castle of Wewelsburg overlooks the village of the same name in Westphalia, Germany. It once belonged to the prince-bishops of Paderborn, and after that to the Kings of Prussia. In 1933 it came into the hands of Heinrich Himmler, a leading member of the Nazi Party and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS), …
The SS plan to turn a castle into the 'Centre of the World' - BBC
WebDuring WW2, German SS leader Heinrich Himmler attempted to turn a Renaissance castle into a headquarters for the Nazis' major paramilitary organisation. Dubbed the 'Centre of the World' by...
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