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After Hörbiger ’ s death in 1931, the followers of WEL came to the conclusion that given the changing political situation in Germany, aligning the theory with National Socialism would eventually lead to its acceptance ; WEL had already been heavily and successfully promoted as the " German antithesis " of the " Jewish " theory of relativity in the late 1920s.

And so the movement became more and more pro-Nazi, with WEL supporters saying things like: " Our Nordic ancestors grew strong in ice and snow ; belief in the Cosmic Ice is consequently the natural heritage of Nordic Man.

", " Just as it needed a child of Austrian culture-Hitler!

-to put the Jewish politicians in their place, so it needed an Austrian to cleanse the world of Jewish science.

", and " the Führer, by his very life, has proved how much a so-called ' amateur ' can be superior to self-styled professionals ; it needed another ' amateur ' to give us a complete understanding of the Universe.