Hitler 'wanted to steal' Turin Shroud

Adolf Hitler believed in ownership of "holy, divine" objects will grant him unlimited powers and supernatural ability to live for 1,000 years to rule the world or whatever. There's a well-known relic of Biblical times, the Spear of Christ said to had belonged to Christ when he was crucified...and whoever possess it will rule the world like him. As a young man, he was obsessed with the relic in the National Museum of Vienna around 1914 to take a long glimpse at the Spear of Destiny. 25 years later after he rose to power as ruler of Nazi Germany to annexed Austria (the "Anschluss"), Hitler retur... [More]

Adolf Hitler believed in ownership of "holy, divine" objects will grant him unlimited powers and supernatural ability to live for 1,000 years to rule the world or whatever. There's a well-known relic of Biblical times, the Spear of Christ said to had belonged to Christ when he was crucified...and whoever possess it will rule the world like him. As a young man, he was obsessed with the relic in the National Museum of Vienna around 1914 to take a long glimpse at the Spear of Destiny. 25 years later after he rose to power as ruler of Nazi Germany to annexed Austria (the "Anschluss"), Hitler retur... [More]

He spent alot of time and resource looking for all things 'holy' as well as other priceless artifacts, literature and art. so this does not suprise me

Adolf Hitler believed in ownership of "holy, divine" objects will grant him unlimited powers and supernatural ability to live for 1,000 years to rule the world or whatever. You have evidence to support this statement? I always try and remind myself that the victors write history and make up stuff as it suits them. Sounds like you might be making this up or quoting from unreliable sources because I am not aware of Adolf Hitler himself ever believing in this nonsense. What is far more likely is that he was collecting these on behalf of his friends in the vatican to keep them safe (am I suggestin... [More]

I'm always amused when people tell me how evil and horrible the nazis were yet go on to praise the Roman empire. The Romans were just as much a menace as the nazis were and were just as efficient in the killing and slavery department. Don't take this as my endorsement for either one btw. Just that I despise the Romans for what they did to my country, the numbers of innocent people they killed and the slavery and subjugation that we suffered - and continued to suffer long after the bluddy Romans had upped and scarpered. We managed to stop the nazis before they got to that stage but the Romans n... [More]

So Hitler needed some nice cloth to wipe his ass as a joke to freak out religious folk. I see I see He did have a sense of humor.

So Hitler needed some nice cloth to wipe his ass as a joke to freak out religious folk. I see I see He did have a sense of humor. I appreciate the humor but Hitler wouldn't have. He started out Catholic, became more Protestant with age and then got into Deism, astrology, Paganism, etc. later in life. He was always religious and always believed that a god made and controlled everything. He believed that this god, whatever Hitler called it, wanted him to take over the world.

He wanted to steal EVERYTHING from anybody. Just a thug with a title and army.

I'm always amused when people tell me how evil and horrible the nazis were yet go on to praise the Roman empire. The Romans were just as much a menace as the nazis were and were just as efficient in the killing and slavery department. Agreed. The difference is that the Romans made rule-through-terror work for a very long time. The Nazis only lasted for a few years. I wonder which of the cultures the Romans crushed would have risen otherwise. Some of those cultures may have turned out to be as ruthless as the Romans but we'll never know.

The real mystery to me is why he thought the Christian God would be on his side. He also thought if he could contact Aliens, they would give him alien technology to win the war, didn't he? Why on earth would he think any one would help him out? lol I think it has more to do with his abnormal psychology than anything else. He had to believe that we was chosen by the [insert superhuman entities here] to make his very warped view of the universe balance inside his head.