TY - BOOK AU - Siepe,Daniela AU - John-Stucke,Kirsten AU - Siepe,Daniela TI - Myths of Wewelsburg Castle: Facts and Fiction T2 - Schriftenreihe des Kreismuseums Wewelsburg SN - 9783657792009 AV - DD881 U1 - 943 23 PY - 2022/// CY - Paderborn PB - Ferdinand Schöningh, Brill Deutschland KW - Contemporary History KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- Copyright page -- Preface; Christoph Rüther -- Introduction; Kirsten John-Stucke -- Chapter 1 Himmler’s Plans and Activities in Wewelsburg; Kirsten John-Stucke -- Chapter 2 The “Grail Castle” of the SS?; Daniela Siepe -- Chapter 3 Wewelsburg Castle in Fantasy Literature; Daniela Siepe -- Chapter 4 Wewelsburg Castle in Thrillers and Comics; Daniela Siepe -- Chapter 5 The Sun Wheel as a “Black Sun” in Wewelsburg Castle’s Obergruppenführer Hall; Daniela Siepe -- Chapter 6 “The Realm of the Black Sun”; Thomas Pfeiffer -- Chapter 7 Of Flying Disks and Secret Societies; Frank Huismann -- Chapter 8 Esoteric Perspectives on Wewelsburg Castle; Daniela Siepe -- Chapter 9 Wewelsburg Castle, Nazi-Inspired Occulture, and the Commodification of Evil; Eva Kingsepp -- Chapter 10 “Factual Nazisploitation”; Eva Kingsepp -- Chapter 11 Symbolic Bridges Across Countries and Continents; Thomas Pfeiffer -- Chapter 12 Current Tendencies Concerning the Myths of Wewelsburg Castle; Kirsten John-Stucke -- List of References N2 - Wewelsburg Castle in Germany figures prominently in right-wing conspiracy theories and popular culture. This book sheds light onto the background and impact of these myths for the first time. During the Nazi era, this Westphalian castle became a key venue for gatherings of high ranking SS leaders. After World War II, rumors about occult SS rituals made the place a pilgrimage site of the extreme right. The northern tower’s ornamental sun wheel design, today known as the “Black Sun,” appears in thrillers, comic books, and in the right-wing music scene. It has morphed into a dubious visual element of today’s pop culture and is now familiar to people throughout the world as a symbol of neofascist and alt-right groups. The lavishly illustrated volume traces facts and fiction about the origins and current reception of the myths related to Wewelsburg Castle and the sun wheel symbol UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.30965/9783657792009 ER -