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The Archives

Imagine waking up as Mr. Glass, the model citizen in a future where cash is history and every transaction is digital, seamless—and traceable. From the moment he checks his bank app, Mr. Glass leaves behind a trail of personal data that weaves together the story of his day,...
In the silence of war’s aftermath, the cries of the Wolfskinder echo through the ruins of East Prussia—children without names, without homes, carrying the weight of a world that forgot them. In the desolate aftermath of World War II, as the once-proud region of East Prussia lay in...
History books often treat the redrawing of maps as an act of diplomacy, but for millions of people, each new border meant devastation. Nowhere is this clearer than in the story of the Oder-Neisse line—the border between Germany and Poland, drawn in the aftermath of World War II....
In the shadows of history’s pages lies a tragedy of immense proportions – one deliberately obscured from worldwide consciousness. While much has been written about the crimes committed by Germans during World War II, a deafening silence surrounds the crimes committed against Germans. This silence must be broken....
“What if the battlefield was no longer land or ideology — but the human nervous system itself?” When most people hear the term mind control, they envision the tropes of bad thrillers: hypnotic spirals, CIA brainwashing labs, and cult leaders whispering strange mantras. But the true story, as...
Journalists lost respect for the facts, misled people, numbed their sense of reality, and paralyzed democratic responsibility…— Heiner Gehring, “Versklavte Gehirne” In our hyper-connected age, where information surges with every scroll and swipe, we assume freedom of thought is a given. But what if our very ability to...
What if a secret brotherhood, cloaked in mystery and steeped in forbidden knowledge, shaped the course of European history from the shadows? In the turbulent centuries following the medieval era, as empires clashed and faith tore nations apart, the Order of the Rosy Cross—known as the Rosicrucians—emerged as...
At Maier Files Tidbits, we delve into the enigmatic and the unexplained, where history intertwines with the supernatural. In the remote mountains of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, amidst the crumbling ruins of an ancient monastery, a peculiar discovery whispers of secrets long buried. A plant, steeped in bitter mystique, grows...
In the shadowed annals of medieval England, where the line between history and myth blurs like mist over a battlefield, one name howls through the centuries with feral resonance: Margaret of Anjou, the “She-Wolf” of Lancaster. Her saga is not merely one of thrones and bloodshed during the...
March 28, 2025 Here we are again, folks, watching the grand circus of government overreach unfold, this time under the gaudy banner of the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act 2023. The clowns in Westminster, with their powdered wigs and sanctimonious grins, have unleashed a fresh edict that threatens...
The whispers of a quantum revolution are growing louder, and with them, an ominous warning: the secrets of the past may not remain hidden for much longer. A recent initiative in Switzerland has raised the alarm, urging financial institutions to prepare for a world where quantum computers can...

Teutonic backstories

Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and Elm tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology and religion, their...
Valkyries
Valkyrie which is composed of two words: the noun valr (referring to the slain on the battlefield) and the verb kjósa (meaning “to choose”). Together, they mean ‘chooser of the...
The Vǫluspá, one of the most remarkable poems of the Old Norse tradition, stands as a monumental piece of literature within the Poetic Edda. Its narrative recounts the creation of...
Odin
Who’s Odin? To find Odin’s origins, how far back must we go? Although the most likely explanation for Snorri’s attempts to connect the Æsir with Troy is medieval literary fashion,...
Tacitus gives us some fascinating details in Books 7 and 8 of his Germania, written in about 98 CE, relating to the role of German women in war and battle....
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The Grail and legends

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