In WWII Berlin Freyja Bremer, a patriotic museum assistant, marries Kaspar Voigt, an ambitious SS scholar, to protect her father. Yet she is unaware her husband is instrumental in Himmler’s twisted quest for Aryan supremacy. As she strives to safeguard the priceless Priam’s Treasure from air raids, Freyja falls in love with Darien Lessing, an […]
Atlantis and the Aryan Myth
Among the many beliefs that contributed to Nazi racial doctrine, one of the facets of the ‘Aryan Myth’ was the idea that Aryans were descended from the people of Atlantis, some of whom went to live in Tibet. Elisabeth Storrs writes about a 1938 SS-led expedition to Tibet to find evidence to support this theory. […]
She Wolves, Night Moths and Tomb Whores
Elisabeth Storrs explores the complex rules of prostitution in Ancient Rome. Prostitution is