Ep. 14 Atlantis: How an Ancient Lost City Inspired Nazi Germany and Fueled the Holocaust

The lost city of Atlantis was said to be an ideal, utopian society, flourishing under the noble leadership of 10 princes who swore an oath to the gods to never let greed, arrogance, or hate interrupt the peace of their righteous civilization. It was technologically advanced beyond our comprehension even today, a prosperous maritime trading post, an inspiring world leader. That is, until human nature - ego - got in the way as it so often does. Atlantis quickly fell from grace, smote by the gods, destroyed in a single day by earthquakes and floods, lost to the ages. But did you know, the questionably true story of Atlantis ironically inspired some of the most arrogant and hate filled atrocities ever committed by man? Let’s fix that. 

Sources:

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online "Solon"
• Critias by Plato (sourced from MIT Classics Collection
• history.com "Atlantis"
• byarcadia.org "Greek Mythology: Plato's Account of Atlantis"
• BBC "When Nazis tried to trace Aryan race myth in Tibet"
• answersresearchjournal.org "The Failed Attempt to Prove Jewish Inferiority by a Skeleton Collection"
• Wikipedia "Herman Wirth"
• PBS "Heinrich Himmler"
• Ancient Origins "What Happened to the Sunken City of Cuba?"
• History’s Great Mysteries Podcast “Underwater Mysteries”
• Unexplained Mysteries 2 part Podcast episode about Atlantis

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