Hitler Believed The World Ice Theory And Here's The 'Evidence' His Regime Used To Prove It

Proponents of the pseudo-science World Ice Theory claim the universe is ice.World Ice TheoryThe universe is ice. Two stars crashed, forming the solar system. One star held water; it froze into huge ice blocks, making the Milky Way. Planets absorbed ice blocks to grow. Ice meteors hit planets.

Earth had multiple ice moons over time. These moons crashed, bringing ice to Earth and shaping human history.

In 1942, Hitler saidHitler said, "I tend to support World Ice Theory." He saw proof in mythology. The dictator stated, "Legend cannot be extracted from the void." Mythology reflects things that happened and which people vaguely remember.

This legend told stories of disasters against giants and gods. Hitler said, "The thing is explainable only by the hypothesis of a disaster that wiped out humanity, which already had high civilization," in his view.

As supporters of the theory argued, "Our Nordic ancestors grew strong in ice and snow; belief in the Cosmic Ice is the natural heritage of Nordic Man."

Hanns HörbigerHanns Hörbiger, an Austrian engineer, had a vision. In 1894, while staring at the moonHörbiger thought the moon looked bright and round because of ice. He developed the idea that the cosmos was ice. After a dream of floating through space, Hörbiger declared, "I knew Newton was wrong; the sun's gravity stops at three times Neptune's distance."

For years, Hörbiger's colleagues saw him as odd. So, he pushed his ideas to Germans more widely. His theory eventually connected with the National Socialist Party.

The World Ice Theory included the myth of Atlantis. Hanns Hörbiger believed German ancestors lived in Atlantis until one of the ice moonscrashed to the surface, destroying it, forcing the Teutonic people to flee for safety.

Other proponents tried to connect the biblical floodto a falling ice moon. This argument also denied other stars. It claimed the night sky lit up because distant glaciers reflected the sun's light.

The World Ice Theory gained ground in Germany after Hanns Hörbiger died in 1931. Party leaders wanted a "German" theoryto compete with the science of Jewish scientists like Albert Einstein. During the 1920s and 1930s, German scientists pioneered new researchin physics and math, but the SS grew frustrated because many of those scientists were Jewish.

German leaders publicly pushed the World Ice Theory as a German theory. They opposed legitimate scientific progress of the time.

Heinrich Himmler stated this.The World Ice Theory showed that humans viewed as superior "did not evolve from apes like the rest of humanity." They were a race apart, "gods [who have] come directly from Heaven to Earth," preserved as living kernels in the ice. Himmler alleged past races had "paranormal powers and extraordinary weapons" and once ruled other races.

Hitler gave an honorary doctorate to Philipp Fauth, an amateur astronomer who co-wrote Hanns Hörbiger's book.

German authorEdgar DacquéDacqué claimed the World Ice Theory merged "a racial spirit of the times and science." Linking the ice age to Teutonic history, the theory explained why some humans were superior to others. Dacqué thought the theory rejected "foreign scientific powers," including Jewish scientists like Albert Einstein.

Supporters claimed ice moons hitting Earth improved current men, turning them into supermen. The theory offered another pseudo-scientific reason for declaring race-based superiority.

Hanns Hörbiger was not a trained scientist, but he pushed his theory because of itsintuitive visions—the dream that inspired the ice universe concept. Hörbiger also claimed he had an experimental program supporting his claims using "creative intuition" and "mathematical fictions."

German scientists quickly rejected the theory. Hörbiger promoted the idea instead. He hosted public talks for over a thousand people. His followers sponsored cosmic ice movies. They published novels and ran radio shows; the German public, hungry for pseudo-science, accepted the idea.

Scientists fought the World Ice Theory. One Austrian astronomer,Edmund Weisspointed out that Hanns Hörbiger's method could "prove" the universe was olive oil. Hörbiger and his supporters insisted the theory needed faith. "Calculation can only lead you astray."

When German American rocket scientistWilly Leyobjected, Hörbiger declared, "Either you believe in me and learn, or you will be treated as the enemy."

When the party adopted the theory, they made it the new standard. Heinrich Himmler told German scientiststold German scientistsParty leaders used the World Ice Theory to dismantle expert knowledge. Hanns Hörbiger was an

Party leaders used the World Ice Theory to destroy expert knowledge. Hanns Hörbiger became anAustrian amateur scientistHe conquered the study with his revolutionary theory. Adolf Hitler, an Austrian amateur, also reached the highest political position.

World Ice TheorySupporters arguedThe Führer proved how much an 'amateur' can beat professionals; he needed another amateur for a full view of the Universe.

Party supporters of the World Ice Theory did not need to prove the theory; they just acted like it was true. Hitler gave Hanns Hörbiger's surviving co-author an honorary doctorate.World Ice DivisionThey created the World Ice Division around 1935 to push the theory. Hitler planned tobuild an observatory.The division built entire floors showcasing "the three great cosmological conceptions of history: Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Hörbiger."

The World Ice Theory became official doctrine. Anyone who disagreed quickly found themselves against the government.

Heinrich Himmler, the Holocaust architect, allegedly wanted toremove Christianity from Germany.Instead, he pushed the World Ice Theory as an occult faith. This faith tied world creation to Teutonic history via catastrophic ice moons.

Some peers thought Himmler's ideas were extreme. Himmler warned any attacks on the World Ice Theory were unacceptable. Himmler lost support by turning the theory into religious dogma instead of a simple scientific option.

Scientists saw the World Ice Theory as foolish, easily disproved by geology and physics. Still, the theorygained intense popularityThe theory appealed to the German masses and angered scientists. Hanns Hörbiger found few followers at Germany's universities and academies.pushed the ideato the masses. Audiences might not grasp the theory's physics, but they liked its promotion of the Germanic people and the fact that Hörbiger was not Jewish.

By popularizing a supposed scientific theory, Hörbiger ignored doubters and attracted strong supporters.

When Heinrich Himmler started promoting the World Ice Theory as an occult faith, even Hitler found the angle absurd. Hitlerattacked Himmler's mystical Teutonic ice religionas "nonsense." The Führer rejected this idea, stating, "We have finally reached an age that left all mysticism behind, and now he wants to start that all over again."

While the World Ice Theory offered a nationalist alternative to Albert Einstein's theories, Hitler vowed it would not become religious dogma. Hitler fumed, "To think, I might someday be turned into an SS saint!"

For him, the theory was an appealing choice over solid scientific arguments, not a religious belief.