Ahnenerbe-2

[master]

Hello friends. Another figure from the Ahnenerbe Expedition set. Ernst Schäfer, leader of the expedition. 54 mm. I will make to order master models of any historical period in any scale.

 

[master]

Glad to hear like that. Anenerbe expedition is an ethnographic expedition, which had an exclusively scientific character.

 

[Oda]

I'm no great fan of politics but I cannot refuse that studying history cannot be done without getting political at least a bit.When we deal with ancient times it is easy ,we do not feel affected by the political side of things.They are long forgotten.But the closer we get to our own time ....well the lines are getting blurry,to say the least.There is probably a very grey area and I know it is dangerous ground but if we go down this path we should stop producing and painting Romans,they obliterated the Celts and the Dacians almost entirely.Mongols are out too,they turned a large part of the earth into desert.The Zulus?What about them?In Zulu society there was a special term for slaying the babies of your enemies.It was a term attributed to the most brave warriors.So the Zulus are out too.ECW? A great chapter in history? Cromwell buthered the Irish.There goes that too.And what next?Should all the plastic companies stop producing panzers,stukas and the likes?Should we ban all Wermacht subjects.
I hate the Nazis as the next guy in PF,I hate whatever they stand for or represent,need I say that?But if we start down this path I fear we are in for a kind of reverse fasiscm where anything "politically corect" is in and everything else is out.
PF has a stirling record in keeping all discussions and arguments civilized,there is really no danger of extremists coming in here with their hate and polluting everything.Yes anenerbe was ethnographic and yes it was pseudo-scientific.The Nazis contaminated everything they touched.The Nazis did it not someone who sculpts or paints a German soldier.Sculpting or painting an officer of the anenerbe is no more unethical or inappropriate than painting a Crusader.

Oda.

 

[Martin64]

To identify a subject, that is ethically undisputed and qualifies for political correct Hobby activities can become a Hobby of it's own.

 

[Oda]

To identify a subject, that is ethically undisputed and qualifies for political correct Hobby activities can become a Hobby of it's own.

Absolutely true.

Oda.

 

[Martin64]

Btw - I wasn't aware that the members of the expedition were so heavily armed.
Cheers Martin

 

[master]

On the first expedition to Tibet, Schaeffer encountered armed tribes and spent several weeks in captivity. He also faced Mao's Red Army. On the expedition, the Ahnenerbe took care of the protection. These were 12 people hired through the Gestapo.

Schäfer had a negative attitude towards racial theory, considering it unscientific. However, he did not receive funding for his expedition anywhere, and only the Ahnenerbe agreed to provide funds. The expedition was of great scientific importance, being the only source of information about the nature and inhabitants of Tibet in the 1930s. He was a witness at the Nuremberg trials, not a defendant.

 

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