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Author: Kay Schmücking

Britain’s View of the German Cult of the Dead: A Media History Perspective

German Historical Institute London Blog In September 1943, at a time when the Second World War was turning into a military debacle for the German Wehrmacht, the Leicester Evening Mail published an article entitled ‘The New German Valhalla: Nazis’ Pagan Cult of Death’. In it, the author analysed the current…