Course: Secrets and Mysteries of the Third Reich

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Course title Secrets and Mysteries of the Third Reich
Course code KHI/TZTŘ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bárta Daniel, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. National Socialism as a phenomenon. 2. Aryans from the Nazis: cults and their leaders. 3. Adolf Hitler, the elect of providence 4. Swastika, runes and other symbols. 5. Succession ancestors, ?Himmler - incarnation of Henry Fowler and other occultists 6. The mystery of Rudolf Hess drift: the voice of his master? 7. Women around Adolf Hitler: quite a few suicides. 8. ?Blut und Boden?? mysticism blood. 9. ?Leader? as a leader or why Germany lost the war. 10. Minor confusion about miracle weapons 11. ETs and leaders of the Third Reich

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, Textual studies, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 24 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 40 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Deeper knowledge of the history of Germany in the years 1918 - 1945 and National Socialism - is welcome: the article presents a distinctive view of the opinions and thinking of some leaders in the Third Reich and the impact that these issues should be mysterious, or could have on events in Germany and method of warfare ...
learning outcomes
After passing the course students examine why are stillpopular hypothesis that the Nazis influenced concesratory mysterious forces. Searches for specific cases where these factors strongly influence policy decisions. Describe the various occult practices of the Nazis and distinguishes them from the real secrets and mysteries of National socialsitic state, particularly the so-called secret weapon. Justify expansion of racially-mystical theories at the turn of the 19th and 20 century. Estimate the possibility that ?Nazi mysteries? offer neonacistic movement.
teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Seminar
Multimedia supported teaching
Textual studies
assessment methods
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Brož, J. Admirál Canarais a jeho Abwehr. Praha, 1995.
  • Cílek, R. S prstenem na spoušti. Pohled do zákulisí nacistických tajných služeb. Třebíč, 1998.
  • Duffack, J., Jesenský, M. Démon z jiného světa. Pátrání po tajemství z jiného světa. Praha, 1997.
  • Goodrick-Clarke, N. Okultní kořeny nacismu. Rakouští a němečtí ariosofisté 1890-1935 : tajné árijské kulty a jejich vliv na nacistickou ideologii. Praha : Votobia, 1998. ISBN 80-7220-023-2.
  • Jesenský, M., Lesniakiewicz, R. Wunderland". Mimozemské technologie Třetí říše. Praha, 1999.
  • Macksey, K. Hitlerovy možnosti.. Plzeň, 1997.
  • Nolte, E. Fašismus ve své epoše. 1 vyd. Praha : Argo, 1998. ISBN 80-7203-107-4.
  • Padfield, P. Himmler. Reichsführer SS. Olomouc, 1996. ISBN 80-7198-283-0.
  • Ravenscroft, T. Kopí osudu. Okultní moc kopí, kterým byl Ježíš bodnut do boku. Brno, 1998.
  • Thomas, H. Rudolf Hess. podivný konec nejstaršího špandavského vězně. Vyd. 1. Praha, 1999. ISBN 80-7243-049-1.
  • Toufar, P. Setkání s tajemstvím.


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