Guido von List

Guido (von) List (born Karl Anton List; 5 October 1848 in Vienna – 17 May 1919 in Berlin) was an Austrian writer. His works were influenced very much by ideas of race. He was influenced by Arthur de Gobineau, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, and others. He believed there was a global jewish conspiracy. He thought that the conspiracy threatened those he believed to be the Aryan race. He also believed that runes had magic power. His beliefs were not unpopular in Western Europe in the 19th century. He was an occultist. A contemporary of his was Houston Steward Chamberlain. Chambelain lived at the same time as he did. One of his successors was Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels.

Swastika

He is attributed with suggesting the swastika as the symbol for all “anti-Semitic” organizations. This symbol was later introduced in the Nazi flag inside a white circle with a red background. 

 Other websites 
 The Guido von List website 
 ‘Der Meister' Guido von List and the Controversy of ‘von'
 The Armanen Futharkh: A Controversial Rune Row? 
 Works by and about Guido von List in the German National Library catalogue
 Armanenschaft glossary 
 Das Geheimnis der Runen (The Secret of the Runes) (German)
 Die Armanenschaft der Ario-Germanen (The Armanism of the Ario-Germans) (German)
 Die Rita der Ario-Germanen (The Rites of the Ario-Germans) (German)
 On the German Wotan Priestcraft (German)

Category:1848 births
Category:1919 deaths
Category:Nazism
Category:Occultists
Category:Writers from Vienna