Thule Society

The Thule-Gesellschaft (Thule Society) was founded August 17, 1918, by Rudolf von Sebottendorff. Its original name was Studiengruppe für germanisches Altertum (Study Group for German Antiquity), but it soon started to disseminate anti-republican and anti-Semitic propaganda.

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Thule - August 17 - 1918 - Rudolf von Sebottendorff - Anti-Semitic

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The Thule Society was part of the volkische movement in Germany around the turn of the century. Like many other groups, it sought to find an ethnic and historical identity for Germany, which had only been united in the 1870s.

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Volkische - Germany - 1870s

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It had members from the top echelons of the Nazi Party, including Rudolf Heß and Alfred Rosenberg. Although Adolf Hitler himself was not a member, he received support from the group, and one of its members, Dietrich Eckart, actually coached him on his public speaking skills. Hitler later dedicated Mein Kampf to Eckhart.

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Nazi Party - Rudolf Heß - Alfred Rosenberg - Adolf Hitler - Dietrich Eckart - Public speaking - Mein Kampf

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Its press organ was the Münchener Beobachter (Munich Observer) which later became the Völkischer Beobachter (People's Observer). The Thule Society is speculated to be closely connected to the Germanenorden secret society a.ka. the "Order of Teutons" (1912).

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Münchener Beobachter - Völkischer Beobachter - Germanenorden - Secret society

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