HITLTER AND THE CROWN
JEWELS
This is some research I did on the subject of the crown jewels that Hitler lusted for. At the end of this post there is a link to the display of these jewels in Austria now showing (August-January 2018-19).
This information is relevant to how the "Beast Government" is coming together in our time.
In 1909, Hitler was living in Vienna, Austria. He was a struggling art student with large
ambitions but little talent. One day, he visited the Kunsthistoriches Museum and entered room 11, where he saw
the Holy Lance and the Crown Jewels for this first time. He would have learned
from the catalogue description near the display that the treasures on display
were the ancient insignia of the German kings, passed down to each following
ruler by divine right.
In Mein Kampf, he later wrote
“During those years a view of life and a
definite outlook on the world took shape in my mind. These became the granite
basis of my conduct at that time. Since then I have extended that foundation
only very little, and I have changed nothing in it.” The Crown
Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire were cherished
symbols of the medieval concept of Catholic government. This idea began in 800, when the German King
Charlemagne was crowned Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III and lasted more than one
thousand years.
The Crown Jewels of the Holy
Roman Empire included the imperial crown, the
orb, the scepter, and two swords.
The crown was not
round in shape, like most modern crowns, but octagonal with eight hinged plates
rounded off at the top and a golden cross in the front. The orb was in the shape of a globe with a cross
on top, symbolizing Christ’s authority over the world. The scepter was
a ceremonial staff that represented the king’s authority.
At coronation ceremonies, the
imperial sword of Saint Mauritius was always carried ahead of the king and
pointed upward. It was different from the ceremonial sword, which the king used
to bestow knighthood on loyal subjects. Its handle had the imperial eagle, and
the crossbar was inscribed with the words “Christus
vincit, Christus regnat, Christus imperat” (Christ triumphs, Chris rules,
Christ commands).
In the early medieval period,
the Holy Lance and the Crown Jewels moved with the emperor from city to city.
In 1424, Holy Roman Empreror Sigismund
placed the Holy Lance and Crown Jewels in Nurnberg where, by royal decree, they were to remain for the rest of eternity. Nurnberg was recognized as an “imperial city”,
directly under the control of the Holy Roman Emperor. The Teutonic Knights, a
special group of soldier-priests, received the duty of protecting the treasure.
Pilgrims came from far and
near to see the Holy Lance and Crown Jewels. Their mystical powers were felt by
townspeople and visiting royalty alike. Isabella of Spain sent a piece of
fabric to Nurnberg to be pierced by the spear point so she could wear it close
to her heart. On April 4th of 1561, the Nurnberg saw what has been
described as a “war in the heavens.”
Chroniclers wrote it was a “frightful spectacle”
and “dreadful apparition.” According
to them, this “celestial battle” in
the sky ended with the sacred image of the triumphant Holy Lance.
Following the Reformation,
some Protestants stopped believing in the Holy Lance and the Crown Jewels. They
claimed these sacred relics were ancient symbols that had become irrelevant in
the “modern world”.
German nun, Sister Anna Catherine Emmerich was asked to
verify the authenticity of the Holy Lance. Many people had stopped believing it
was the actual spear that had pierced Christ’s side during the crucifixion.
When Sister Anna Catherine
touched the top of the Holy Lance, she had a mystic vision and a stigmatic wound appeared on her side. Astonished witnesses noticed that blood and water poured from the wound, which also
flowed when Christ was pierced during the crucifixion. Their faith was
restored.
However, the Holy Roman
Empire was weakening. In 1796, the Holy Lance and the Crown Jewels were removed to keep them from falling into the hands of
Napoleon and the invading French army. Baron Charles von Hugel was
given the mission to hide the Holy Lance and Crown Jewels in Regensburg,
Germany. He had promised to return the collection to Nurnberg when Napoleon was
defeated.
When peace was finally
restored, the Holy Roman Empire had dissolved. Baron von Hugel took advantage
of the situation and sold the Holy Lance and Crown Jewels to the Hapsburg
family in Vienna, Austria. Nurnberg demanded they be returned, but the Austrian
government refused. The royal decree made by Holy
Roman Emperor Sigsimund, that the treasures were to remain in Nurnberg forever,
was being ignored.
Hitler knew
and studied these ancient Catholic legends. After he took power, he built a replica of the wooden shrine that
held the treasures in Nurnberg during medieval times.
During the Nurnberg’s rallies
held in 1933, the replica shrine was placed in the market square, just as they
would have appeared centuries earlier during Feast of the Holy Lance
However, the
shrine was empty. The Holy Lance and
the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire were in Vienna, Austria. Germany had been robbed of its Catholic spiritual legacy. Prior to the Nurnberg rallies in 1935, an
expensive replica of the Holy Lance was created. It was presented to Hitler as
a “symbol of unity, stature, power,
and strength of the German nation.” Later, Hitler explained that the Holy Lance was
a “symbol of German imperial power.”
When Germany annexed Austria
in 1938, Waffen SS soldier Major Walter Buch
disguised himself and traveled ahead to Vienna. He checked into a small hotel
with a luger pistol and secret orders to defend the Holy Lance or Crown Jewels
at the Kunsthistoriches Museum. He was ordered
to kill anyone who might attempt to take them before the Storm Troopers could
secure the city.
On March 12, German troops
entered into Austria. Buch changed into his SS uniform and protected the
treasure. Three days later, on the Catholic
feast day of Saint Longinus, Buch removed the collection from the museum and
presented them to Hitler. Buch
raised his arm in a salute announced “Die
Heilige Lanze, mein Fuhrer” (The Holy Lance, my Fuhrer).
Hitler didn’t just take the
Holy Lance and the Crown Jewels though. After Austria was accepted into the
Reich, the Austrian ambassador to Germany presented the treasures to the city
of Nurnberg and returned the Crown Jewels to their real home.
The Holy Lance and Crown
Jewels were escorted to Nurnberg on a heavily guarded eight-car train. The
treasure arrived in Nurnberg on August 30, 1938. One week later, they were
displayed in a special opening ceremony at Saint Catherine’s Catholic Church.
Along with
the Holy Lance and Crown Jewels, Hitler gathered a large collection of relics
from the Holy Roman Empire. These included the royal
slippers, gloves, stockings, vestments, and the embroidered silk coronation
robe of the Holy Roman Emperor.
Hitler also collected the
most valuable collection of holy relics outside of the Vatican. He had gathered
a piece of wood from the True Cross, cloth from
the robe worn by the apostle John, links from a chain that shackled Saint Paul,
soil soaked with the blood of Saint Stephen, and a bone relic of Saint Maurice (the patron saint of the Holy Roman Empire).
These were the sacred treasures of the Holy Roman Empire, which Hitler called the “First” Reich. Therefore, he considered them
treasures of his “Third”, and equally holy,
Reich.
Link to current display in Austria:
Link to current display in Austria:
https://burningbush647.blogspot.com/2018/09/objects-representing-holy-roman-empire.html
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