The Ahnenerbe

Nazi multidisciplinary research institute (1935-1945), of a pseudoscientific nature
Organization institute Q160394
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The Ahnenerbe

Summary

The Ahnenerbe is an institute[1]. It ranks in the top 0.38% of institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (947 views/month, #1 of 263).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Ahnenerbe is in the country of Nazi Germany[3].
  • The Ahnenerbe's instance of is recorded as institute[4].
  • The Ahnenerbe's founder is recorded as Heinrich Himmler[5].
  • The Ahnenerbe's founder is recorded as Herman Wirth[6].
  • The Ahnenerbe's logo image is recorded as Ahnenerbe.svg[7].
  • The Ahnenerbe's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 159404750[8].
  • The Ahnenerbe's GND ID is recorded as 1016863-1[9].
  • The Ahnenerbe's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2005042005[10].
  • The Ahnenerbe's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12742595v[11].
  • The Ahnenerbe's IdRef ID is recorded as 085511986[12].
  • The Ahnenerbe's child organization or unit is recorded as Q131282539[13].
  • The Ahnenerbe's has use is recorded as teaching[14].
  • The Ahnenerbe's has use is recorded as pseudoscience[15].
  • The Ahnenerbe's has use is recorded as propaganda[16].
  • The Ahnenerbe's Commons category is recorded as Ahnenerbe[17].
  • The Ahnenerbe's has part is recorded as Q131282539[18].
  • +1935-07-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Ahnenerbe[19].
  • The Ahnenerbe was dissolved in +1945-00-00T00:00:00Z[20].
  • The Ahnenerbe's start time is recorded as +1939-01-01T00:00:00Z[21].
  • The Ahnenerbe's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.4693, 'lon': 13.2838}[22].
  • The Ahnenerbe's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026pf9[23].
  • The Ahnenerbe's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as mzk2006318372[24].
  • The Ahnenerbe's parent organization or unit is recorded as Schutzstaffel[25].
  • The Ahnenerbe's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ahnenerbe[26].
  • The Ahnenerbe's depicted by is recorded as National Gallery and Courtauld ‘knew art restorer had links to Nazis’[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Heinrich Himmler[5] and Herman Wirth[6]. +1935-07-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Ahnenerbe[19].

Operations

The Ahnenerbe's parent organization or unit is recorded as Schutzstaffel[25]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Q131282539[13].

Dissolution

The Ahnenerbe was dissolved in +1945-00-00T00:00:00Z[20].

Why It Matters

The Ahnenerbe ranks in the top 0.38% of institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (947 views/month, #1 of 263).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Nuremberg Trials Project. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Nuremberg Trials Project. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Nuremberg Trials Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Nuremberg Trials Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Nuremberg Trials Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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