Bruno Schweizer
Male, Deceased Person
1897 – 1958
Who was Bruno Schweizer?
Bruno Schweizer was a German linguist, best known for his work with the Nazi Ahnenerbe division.
Schweizer was a personal believer in the theory that a Germanic stronghold in northeastern Italy gave rise to the Cimbrians, during the Middle Ages before and after its alleged end in 774.
On March 10, 1938, Schweizer organized an Ahnenerbe-sponsored expedition to Iceland, hoping to discover shrines to the Norse gods Odin or Thor. During the expedition later that year, he sent back correspondence to Heinrich Himmler complaining that the Icelandic people had abandoned traditional crafts such as forging, wood-carving, spinning, weaving and dyeing; and that they had also forgotten their traditional myths and legends, thus losing belief in the ‘transcendent nature’ that the Ahnenerbe held dearly to. The mission was eventually aborted, citing uncooperative Icelandic government officials who restricted access to certain locations.
While Schweizer's tight commitment to Germanic racism is indisputable and surely unacceptable, his linguistic works are fully acknowledged and appreciated by former and present linguists.
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