Hitler’s Master of the Dark Arts
Himmler’s Black Knights and the Occult Origins of the SS

by Bill Yenne

      When the Nazi takeover of Germany was complete and Hitler launched the aggression in central Europe that led to World War II, Heinrich Himmler was at his side and was one of his most trusted advisers.advisors.

This is the first book to focus on Himmler and the feared Schutztaffel (protective squadron) that he created and the occult beliefs that were part of the organization’s very fabric.

Himmler infused the Black Knights with a mishmash of occult beliefs and lunatic-fringe theories that might have been considered amusing if this horrifying story had not been played out against the background of a world war and the Final Solution.

The reader will follow Himmler as he rose through the party ranks in the 1920s, was appointed Reichsfuhrer in 1930,and how he became the most feared man in Germany and all of the territory occupied by the Nazis.

A thoroughly captivating volume, Yenne’s narrative is accompanied by over 30 color and black and white photos. It seems inconceivable that a totally innocuous looking, weak stomached individual like Himmler could have wrecked the havoc he did. Perhaps his manipulation of German folklore, mythology and occult beliefs explains some of the appeal this bizarre little man had with his superiors. It also created the basis for making his elite SS one of the most feared units in all of Europe.