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A Nazi soldier was present at the opening of the Ark of the Covenant at Geheimhaven, in the Aegean Sea, in 1936 as part of the German forces commanded by Colonel Herman Dietrich French archaeologist René Emile Belloq and Major Arnold Ernst Toht.
Biography[]
Witnessing God's wrath[]
In 1936, a German soldier was among those present at Geheimhaven, a Nazi base in the Aegean Sea, following the Nazis' discovery of the Ark of the Covenant at Tanis, an ancient city outside Cairo, Egypt, under the command of Colonel Herman Dietrich, French archaeologist René Emile Belloq and Major Arnold Ernst Toht.[1]
At the Tabernacle, the Nazis prepared to open the Ark with a Jewish ritual performed by Belloq. The soldier and his comrades stood amongst a large crowd as Belloq performed the ritual, before stepping back with Dietrich and Toht and allowing two other men to open the relic which appeared to contain nothing but sand.[1]
Moments afterwards, the group was shocked by the sight of several ghosts which emerged from the ancient relic and encircled the gathered Nazis. Soon, the ghosts started screaming wildly at the Nazis, and giant bolts of electricity suddenly fired from the Ark, impaling and killing soldiers left and right before their remains were swept up and consumed by the Ark afterwards to have their souls judged, leaving the captive Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood as the only survivors of the whole ordeal.[1]
Legacy[]
In September 1940, upon coming across the late René Emile Belloq's twin, who wanted to enact vengeance on his brother's death and demanded answers over what happened, Indiana Jones privately reflected he had no desire to tell a possible madman how God made a "fireworks display" on Belloq, a half of dozen other cronies and a German soldiers company, among them the Ark ceremony Nazi, reducing them to a handful of ash.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
The Nazi soldier was portrayed uncredited by actor Roy Beck in Raiders of the Lost Ark.[1] Beck later played a German Customs Official in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.[3]
Appearances[]
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Indiana Jones und das Erbe von Avalon (Indirect mention)
