The Nazis were intensely interested in ancient cultures; why do you think they called themselves "Aryans" and represented themselves with a swastika?

There is also a popular series of Hollywood movies about an American professor of archeology who tries to prevent the Nazis from finding priceless historic artifacts. And while the American involvement is an invention of George Lucas, high-ranking Nazis searching for the Holy Grail and Thor's Hammer very much did happen.

Quite suitable that the American protagonist did nothing to affect the plot or outcome, was just along for the ride.

We never left mysticism.

"We" may be a bit over-generalized, but mysticism and superstition are certainly essential for totalitarian ideologies.

> people even of supposedly “normal” mind are prepared to accept systems of delusions for the simple reason that it is too difficult to distinguish such systems from the equally inexorable and equally opaque one under which they actually have to live out their lives. This is pretty well reflected by astrology as well by the two brands of totalitarian states which also claim to have a key for everything, know all the answers, reduce the complex to simple and mechanical inferences, doing away with anything that is strange and unknown and at the same time fail to explain anything.

https://www.telospress.com/adorno-on-astrology/

I suppose it is easy to find evidence in today's society as well.

I know, which is why I said the coins and other stuff found is likely not the hobby of a single soldier.

'German soldier of WW2' does not automatically equate to 'Nazi'.

Such binary thinking misses much nuance and is very unhelpful.