| Any illusions of a
Germanic cultural community with the
North disappeared with the outbreak of
the First World War. The dream was over.
Like all other Europeans, the
Scandinavians were now faced with a
Germany which was not just a country of
writers, philosophers and scientists, but
also a power with ambitions. Certain
elements of this imagined elective
affinity – obsession with the Nordic
cult, racism and anti-Semitism –
would later be used by the National
Socialists for their own purposes.
|
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