| | RUDOLF HESS AND THE ANTHROPOSOPHISTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Primary sources indicate that Hess was indeed an opponent of anthroposophy: in a letter to Himmler of November 19, 1935, Hess expressed his support of the November 1, 1935 prohibition of the Anthroposophical Society in Germany with the words "...in that these days action is rightfully being taken against the remains of Anthroposophy" (91). |
 | | Hess continues by recommending the closure of all but two to three "experiment" schools, while replacing important teachers with "trustworthy members of the party." His goal is thereby that the "worthwhile pedagogical achievements of these schools, freed from the teachings of anthroposophy be preserved and cultivated for the benefit of the students"(222). |
 | | Rudolf Hess and Heinrich Himmler may have otherwise been opponents in internal affairs, but they shared - along with other Nazi leaders - a mistrust or even hate of what they saw as a mystical-occult movement. |
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