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The Ahnenerbe

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

Facts

18 properties

Identity

Instance of
institute
Legal form
Registered association (eingetragener Verein)[16]
Native label
Forschungsgemeinschaft Deutsches Ahnenerbe[17]

Status and dates

Inception
July 1, 1935[10]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1935-07-01 GND (DNB) 1937 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1945[11]
Start time
1939[12]

Location

Country
Nazi Germany[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 52.469°, 13.284°

Industry and activity

Has use
teaching, pseudoscience, propaganda[6][7][8]

People

Founder
Heinrich Himmler, Herman Wirth[3][4]

Relations

Child organization or unit
Institut für wehrwissenschaftliche Zweckforschung[5]
Has part(s)
Institut für wehrwissenschaftliche Zweckforschung[9]
Parent organization or unit
Schutzstaffel[13]
Participant in
Nazi plunder[15]
More facts +4
Depicted by
National Gallery and Courtauld ‘knew art restorer had links to Nazis’[14]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikiproject Nuremberg Trials[19]
P14536
370197[20]
Significant person
Wolfram Sievers[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Deutsches Ahnenerbe Studiengesellschaft für Geistesurgeschichte en Ahnenerbe Stiftung en The Ahnenerbe Society en The Ahnenerbe en Research and Teaching Society on Ancestral Heritage en German Ancestral Heritage Society for the Study of the History of Primeval Ideas ar جمعية التراث الألماني الأصلي لدراسة تاريخ الأفكار البدائية ar الأنينيربي cs Ahnenerbe de Forschungsgemeinschaft Deutsches Ahnenerbe e. V. de Forschungsgemeinschaft Deutsches Ahnenerbe e.V. de SS-Ahnenerbe de Deutsches Ahnenerbe e.V. de Forschungsgemeinschaft Deutsches Ahnenerbe de Das Ahnenerbe e. V. de Ahnenerbe der SS de Ahnenerbe de Deutsches Ahnenerbe es Herencia Ancestral es Forschungsgemeinschaft Deutsches Ahnenerbe
🔖 Identifiers · 23
VIAF cluster ID
159404750
Library of Congress authority ID
n2005042005
GND ID
1016863-1
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12742595v
CANTIC ID
981059738202006706
FactGrid item ID
Bessie Jones
Freebase ID
/m/026pf9
IdRef ID
085511986
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
1016863-1
Kallías ID
KS00132401
LibraryThing author ID
ahnenerbe
Looted Cultural Assets Database ID
16531
Show all 23 identifiers +11
Museum-digital ID
274846
Museum-digital tag ID
157627
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2006318372
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007603726205171
Proveana ID
act10003533
SVKKL authority ID
0233691-Ahnenerbe-instituce
Topic's main category
Category:Ahnenerbe
University of Barcelona authority ID
981059738202006706
Wellcome Collection concept ID
nqsuhg9s
Yale LUX ID
group/67f83e20-db5e-429c-994f-d7eb0285014d
Yle topic ID
18-146348

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🔗 Connections
Has use 3
propaganda, pseudoscience, teaching
← Member of 3
Rudolf Brandt, Ludolf von Alvensleben, Fritz Schachermeyr
Employees / affiliates 2
Wolfram Sievers, Herbert Jankuhn
Founder 2
Heinrich Himmler, Herman Wirth
Country 1
Nazi Germany
FactGrid item ID 1
Bessie Jones
Instance of 1
institute
Legal form 1
Registered association (eingetragener Verein)
Parent organization or unit 1
Schutzstaffel
Significant person 1
Wolfram Sievers
← Kunstenpunt Knowledge Graph ID 1
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga
← References work, tradition or theory 1
Lupin III: The First
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Summary

The Ahnenerbe is an institute[1].

Related Entities

Heinrich Himmler Nazi Germany teaching

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Nuremberg Trials Project. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Nuremberg Trials Project. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Nuremberg Trials Project. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Nuremberg Trials Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Nuremberg Trials Project. nuremberg.law.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Nuremberg Trials Project. nuremberg.law.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Dawn.maria.miller · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → teaching, pseudoscience, propaganda
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has use: Nazi plunder"
  2. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 370197
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14536: 370197, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782398664614"
  3. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0233691-Ahnenerbe-instituce
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0233691-Ahnenerbe-instituce, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 26w ago · הנדב הנכון · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
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    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: Forschungsgemeinschaft Deutsches Ahnenerbe"
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