Why the Nazis were obsessed with finding the lost city of Atlantis
The Nazis actively searched for Atlantis, seeing it as important to their mythology.
Paul Ratner
26 November, 2018
The mythical city of Atlantis was first mentioned in Plato's writings.
Top Nazis, including Heimlich Himmler, tried to find the city through expeditions.
The island was key to Nazi thinking about the "Aryan race".
You might think Spielberg and Lucas just made up all the run-ins Indiana Jones kept having with the Nazis. But the truth is likely stranger than fiction - the Nazis were not only obsessed with the mystical and the undiscovered, they staked a large part of their strategy to winning World War 2 on it. And that may be ultimately why they lost.
https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/why-the-nazis-were-obsessed-with-finding-the-lost-city-of-atlantis
