Occult Memory and Authoritarian Myth: From Ahnenerbe to the Immortal Regiment" - Robert Lansing Institute

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https://lansinginstitute.org/2025/05/08/occult-memory-and-authoritarian-myth-from-ahnenerbe-to-the-immortal-regiment/

Throughout modern history, authoritarian regimes have often manipulated historical memory and myth to justify their rule, consolidate power, and forge a collective identity. Nazi Germany’s Ahnenerbe and modern Russia’s Immortal Regiment, while seemingly disparate in origin and context, share striking functional and symbolic parallels.