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Description

This note from the Reich Main Security Office on behalf of the Reichsführer-SS (Heinrich Himmler) accompanied a report on dowsing rods which was submitted to Himmler. The note states that the report was being forwarded for information purposes.

Date

5-26-1939

Document Type

Correspondence

City

Berlin

Keywords

Ahnenerbe, Reichssicherheitshauptamt, Reichsführer-SS, Heinrich Himmler, Berlin, Dahlem, Wünschelrutenwesen, dowsing rods, Wolfram Sievers, Zentralabteilung II 2, Central Department II 2

Disciplines

European History | Folklore | Intellectual History | Social and Cultural Anthropology

Comments

Includes Ahnenerbe stamp dated May 27, 1939. Includes remnants of a handwritten note which seems to have been erased.

Sender

Reich Main Security Office

Recipient

Ahnenerbe

Corresponds to:

Folder 12, Document 22

Language

German

Transcription

Der Reichsführer SS
Der Chef des Sicherheitshauptamtes
II 213-1
C 14 Schnd./Win.

Berlin, d 26. Mai 1939

An das
Ahnenerbe E.V>
Bln. Dahlem
Pücklerstr. 16

Betr.: Wünschelrutenproblem.
Vorg.: Dort. Schreiben G/S/-K/G v. 6.10.38
Anl.:3

Als Anlage wird ein hier verfasster und dem Reichs-
führer SS vorgelegter Bericht über die Wünschelruten-
frage zur Kenntnisnahme übersandt.

Der Chef des Sicherheitshauptamtes
i.A.
Der Leiter der Zentralabteilung II 2
i.A.
SS-Sturmbannführer

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Letter from the Reich Main Security Office to the Ahnenerbe, May 26, 1939

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