The Nazi Quest for the Holy Grail

00:00:07 In the final days of the Second World War,

00:02:16 Against all the odds,

00:03:56 no artifacts or ruined temples.

00:05:41 a lost civilization.

00:07:50 It would launch expeditions all over the world,

00:09:40 but were in fact part of the sacred religious texts

00:11:31 it had been transformed into a cathedral

00:13:14 a place once dismissed as purely mythical.

00:15:23 In the 13th century,

00:17:08 Otto Rahn unearthed a local legend

00:18:56 was utterly captivated by the book

00:20:23 a thousand Reichsmarks a month to continue his research,

00:22:15 In Germany,

00:24:06 Right up until his death,

00:26:04 on natural thunder and lighting,

00:28:02 known as physical anthropology,

00:29:42 No doubt to Himmler,

00:31:32 has ever done before,

00:33:48 In spite of their obsession with race,

00:35:35 the scientist who led the anatomical measurements in Tibet.

00:37:32 On July the 30th, 1943, at Auschwitz concentration camp,

00:39:46 where they were murdered.

00:41:40 were involved in enacting the destruction

00:43:45 the annihilation of millions of people.