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    Wewelsburg (German pronunciation: [ˈveːvl̩sbʊɐ̯k]) is a Renaissance castle located in the village of Wewelsburg, which is a district of the town of Büren...
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    It first appeared in Nazi Germany as a design element in a castle at Wewelsburg remodeled and expanded by the head of the SS, Heinrich Himmler, which...
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    For the Castle of Wewelsburg see Wewelsburg The German Wewelsburg town is part of the Büren (Westphalia) city in Paderborn district since a local government...
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    outskirts of Büren-Wewelsburg which existed from 1941 to 1943 when it was disbanded. From May 1939, a small camp, the Wewelsburg satellite camp of Sachsenhausen...
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    return of all rings of dead SS men and officers to be stored in a chest in Wewelsburg Castle. This was to be a memorial to symbolise the ongoing membership...
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    Austria (1995) Ignalina, Lithuania (2003) The village of Wewelsburg is the home of the Wewelsburg Renaissance castle, which was a focus of SS mythology during...
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    Vogelsang wewelsburg.de/ Wewelsburg Castle Kirsten John-Stucke: Wewelsburg 1933 - 1945. Cult and terror site of the SS (PDF; 5.1 MB) "Wewelsburg 1933–1945...
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  • characters in the Grail-mythos (see The "SS-School House Wewelsburg"). Himmler had visited the Wewelsburg on 3 November 1933 and April 1934; the SS took official...
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    "Himmlers Wewelsburg und der Rassenkrieg. Eine historische Ortsbestimmung", in Schulte, Jan Erik (ed.), Die SS, Himmler und die Wewelsburg (in German)...
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    monuments or in special SS-designated places. In 1933, Himmler bought Wewelsburg, a castle in Westphalia. He initially intended it to be used as an SS...
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