The Ark of the Covenant and Nazi Germany

The Ark of the Covenant and Nazi Germany

Assessment

Interactive Video

History

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Olivia Brooks

FREE Resource

The video explores the intriguing possibility of the Ark of the Covenant being hidden in southern France. In 1936, this idea caught the attention of high-ranking Nazi officials, including Himmler and Hitler, who were obsessed with acquiring religious relics. During the occupation of France, Nazi brigades were dispatched to the region of the Pyrenees to search for the Ark. Evidence of their mining activities in the mountains still exists today, indicating their belief that the Ark might have been hidden there.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What historical artifact were the Nazis interested in finding in southern France?

The Holy Grail

The Spear of Destiny

The Philosopher's Stone

The Ark of the Covenant

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Nazi leader was particularly interested in relics during the 1930s?

Rudolf Hess

Joseph Goebbels

Heinrich Himmler

Hermann Göring

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where did the Nazis send brigades to search for the Ark of the Covenant?

The Black Forest

The Alps

The region of the Pines into monor

The Bavarian Forest

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What evidence remains today of the Nazi search for the Ark in the mountains?

Photographs

Abandoned camps

Mining tracks

Old maps

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Nazis believe about the Ark's location?

It was in a museum

It was lost forever

It might still be in the mountains

It was in a secret vault