I watched the final episode of Witches: Myth, Mystery And Truth on SBS 2 this evening. Interestingly "(t)he Nazis established a secret task force to prove that witches celebrated an ancient 'Aryan' religion." Utilizing, of course, archives from all over the place and then creating a large one of their own.
Search for the below the finding aid at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for more specific info about the records
Records of the RSHA - Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Office of the High Command of Security Service pursuing the racial objectives of the SS through Race and Resettlement Office) [microform]. [manuscript RG-15.007M]
There is also an interesting paper that talks about this collection from the Restitution of Confiscated Artworks - Wish or Reality conference in Liberec, Oct 2007 Sudeten Crossroads for Europe’s Displaced Books: The ‘Mysterious Twilight’ of the RSHA Amt VII Library and the Fate of a Million Victims of War PATRICIA KENNEDY GRIMSTED
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