When archaeology becomes a weapon of genocide.
In 1935, German scientists dug for bones; in 1943, they murdered to get them. How the German scientific community supported Nazism, distorted history to legitimize a hideous system and was an accomplice to its unspeakable crimes. The story of the Ahnenerbe, a sinister organization created to rewrite the obscure origins of a nation.
Direction
Unflinching archival reconstruction that lets horror speak for itself.
Writing
Lindon's narration drips with controlled, necessary contempt.
Director
David Korn-Brzoza
Vincent Lindon
Self - Narrator (voice)
Adolf Hitler
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Heinrich Himmler
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Ernst Schäfer
Self - Explorer (archive footage)
Bruno Beger
Self - Anthropologist (archive footage)
Richard Walther Darré
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Wolfram Sievers
Self - Ahnenerbe Director (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Ahnenerbe sent expeditions to Tibet searching for ancient Aryan roots—using bogus race science to justify invasion.
Many Ahnenerbe scientists resumed academic careers after 1945; the documentary reveals how denazification failed the intellectual class.
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