[NAZI OCCULT]: DARRE RICHARD WALTHER: (1895-1953) SS-Obergruppenfuhrer of World War II. Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture 1933-42. T.L.S., R Walther Darre, one page, 4to, Berlin, 22^nd December 1937, to [SS-Oberfuhrer Weisthor, an alias of Karl Maria Wiligut], in German, on the printed stationery of Der Reichsfuhrer SS, Head of the Race and Resettlement Authority. Darre writes, in full, 'To you and your family I send my warmest good wishes for the coming Yule celebrations and the New Year. I hope that you will be pleased with the picture of Frederick the Great. Heil Hitler!' Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

 

Karl Maria Wiligut (1866-1946) Austrian occultist and SS-Brigadefuhrer. Wiligut, who also used the alias Weisthor, was employed within the personal staff and offices of Heinrich Himmler and Karl Wolff, and claimed to be in the tradition of a long line of German mystic teachers, reaching back into prehistoric times. He also claimed to have spiritual powers that allowed him direct access to genetic memories of his ancestors thousands of years in the past. Wiligut contributed significantly to the development of Wewelsburg as the order-castle and ceremonial centre of SS pseudo-religious practice and also designed the Totenkopfring, which Himmler personally awarded to prestigious SS officers.