![]() ![]() Yet no lover was in sight, and the man in his white flannels standing above her had not touched her. She began moving slowly, then faster and faster until she was writhing, as if in the embrace of a lover. To the people on the shore, he appeared to be casting a spell over her. She closed her eyes as the man swept his hands just above her face, then lay still as he whispered and gestured over her. Yet they had a hard time putting down their binoculars while watching from the shore, especially as one of the men on the Ursel motioned to a beautiful blonde to stretch out on a deck chair. Local residents were scandalized: They were country people who liked their quiet and their propriety. But as the late afternoon turned to dusk, some of the women on the Ursel began dancing nude on the deck. If the Weimar Republic couldn’t save itself from the runaway inflation of the 1920s and the joblessness of the Depression, perhaps the rest of the universe-the sunny side-would. By the early 1930s, Germany had become a nation of sun worshippers. Some of the guests on the Ursel went skinny-dipping, which had become fairly common in Germany of the day: Nude sunbathers lined the riverbanks and lakeshores all over the country. They could have anchored in the lake for several days and not run out of supplies. The Ursel had everything its passengers could desire-luxurious staterooms, teak paneling, chandeliers, handmade furniture, chilled wine, delicious food. The small group on the forty-foot boat didn’t care about the people who lived there-they were in their own little universe. ![]() And there, not far from the spas and the cabins and the manor houses dotting the shore, the Ursel IV moored. Scharmützelsee-seven miles long-was the largest of a series of thirty lakes in the area most were linked to each other with canals and waterways like a string of aquatic pearls. So with the sun high in the sky and the temperature settling into a comfortable zone, a private yacht sailed south from Berlin on the Spree River, passed a large castle on an island opposite the town of Kopenick, where it turned east onto the Dahm River and continued its slow, leisurely cruise toward Lake Scharmützelsee, another forty miles away. Germans take advantage of warm weather they know it won’t last long. PREAMBLE He Cannot Doubt the Genuineness of His Mission Seasoned with ruminations about wonder and magic (and explanations of Hanussen's tricks), The Nazi Séance is a disturbing journey into a Germany as it descends into madness-aided by a "clairvoyant" Jew oblivious to the savagery of men who pursued a Reich they fantasized would last 1,000 years. He turned his occult newspaper in Berlin into a Nazi propaganda paper, personally assured Hitler that the stars were aligned in his favor, and predicted the infamous Reichstag Fire that would solidify the Nazis' grip on Germany. ![]() In the early 1930s, the most famous mentalist in the German capital was Erik Jan Hanussen, a Jewish mind reader originally from Vienna who became so popular in Berlin that he rubbed elbows with high ranking Nazis, became close with top Storm Troopers, and even advised Hitler.Ĭalled "Europe's Greatest Oracle Since Nostradamus," Hanussen assumed he could manipulate some of the more incendiary personalities of his time just as he had manipulated his fans. Fascination with the occult was everywhere – in private séances, personalized psychic readings, communions with the dead – as people struggled to escape the grim reality of their lives. Charlatans and demagogues eagerly exploited the desperate crowds. The app is available in the Play Store and the App Store.World War I left Berlin, and all of Germany, devastated. Be sure to download the festival app so you can personalize your daily schedule as well as receive festival updates. Tickets are still available, you can snatch yours up here. Planning can now be done with ease and you can go back to focusing on concocting the perfectly ghoulish outfit. Check it out below.įeel a little better now? We’re most excited to check out the The Crypt on Friday and the Haunted Hollow on Saturday. ![]() The team behind Freaky Deaky could feel fans calling to them from the ether and decided to put our fears to rest with a release of the daily times per stage. With artists such as Rezz, Cristoph, Shiba San B2B Walker & Royce, Black Tiger Sex Machine amongst many others, fans have been worried about the ever fearful schedule clash. Freaky Deaky has come in clutch with this year’s lineup, boasting a huge range of genres rarely seen as well as tastemakers to back it up. ![]()
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