- "I will walk through fire for the devoted men of the Reich."
- ―Viktor Gantz[src]
Viktor Gantz was a Wehrmacht colonel and Nazi enforcer for Emmerich Voss.[2]
Biography[]
Around October 1937,[3] Colonel Viktor Gantz of the Wehrmacht formed an uneasy alliance with the Nazi archaeologist Emmerich Voss, who psychologically manipulated Gantz into teaming up despite the colonel's skepticism over Voss' occultist mission.[2] Gantz led a German task force into the Himalayas in pursuit of a stone relic tied to the mystery of the Great Circle. On board an abandoned battleship stranded among the frozen peaks, Gantz and his men encountered rival archaeologist Indiana Jones and his reporter companion Gina Lombardi already in possession of the artifact.[1]
When Gantz demanded the piece after mocking Jones for his presumed beliefs, Lombardi handed over a similar sized grenade instead. In the fallout of the Nazi's efforts to be rid of the explosive, both he and Jones ended up falling from the ship.[1]
Personality and traits[]
- "I endure this dreadful mountain even if my mind was screaming every step of the way. Because of a concept you narrow minded Americans will never understand. Devotion. Total and absolute devotion to the fatherland. You have no purpose. What you have, is your stupid American cartoons. Choo-choo, choo-choo! [laughs] You laugh and dance celebrating your own idiocy and drinking the piss you call beer!"
- ―Viktor Gantz, to Indiana Jones[src]
A fiercely loyal man to his country, Viktor Gantz believed that devotion to the fatherland was above anything else and should make anyone face his greatest fears in order to serve well. He confronted his own acrophobia by journeying high into the Himalayas despite his reservations in doing so.[1] He was skeptical of occultism, but was still able to assist Emmerich Voss after the man skillfully manipulated him into doing so.[2]
Like many Nazis, Gantz had no regard for things related to the United States of America and its culture. When confronting archaeologist Indiana Jones, Gantz referred to him as an "American rat", and dismissed his countrymen as a "narrow minded" people who could never understand devotion, that laughed and danced in celebration of their own idiocy, and drank "piss" that they called beer. He also mocked their "stupid cartoons", mimicking an animated whistle while doing so.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Victor Gantz will appear in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.[1]
Appearances[]
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (First appearance)