Thule Society
The
Thule-Gesellschaft (
Thule Society) was founded
August 17,
1918, by
Rudolf von Sebottendorff. Its original name was
Studiengruppe für germanisches Altertum (Study Group for German Antiquity), but it soon started to disseminate anti-republican and
anti-Semitic propaganda. It was instrumental in the foundation of the
Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei (German Workers' Party) which later became the NSDAP (
Nazi Party). It had members from the top echelons of the party, including
Rudolf Hess and
Alfred Rosenberg, though not
Adolf Hitler. Its press organ was the
Münchener Beobachter (Munich Observer) which later became the
Völkischer Beobachter (People's Observer).
The symbol associated with the Thule group was a dagger.
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