Lost Relics of the Knights Templar (2020)

Episode Overview

Hamilton has gathered an impressive array of Nazi artifacts, including badges once sold to raise funds for impoverished Germans and an ammunition box filled with silver bullion bars discovered near a Polish concentration camp. The badges feature various symbols from ancient religions and cultures that the Nazis exploited to support their Aryan supremacy narrative. For Janina, who is Polish and whose grandmother was held in a Nazi labor camp, these relics hit close to home. She starts her research into the Nazis' fascination with religious symbols by delving into the life of Otto Rahn, a Nazi Grail hunter who inspired the Indiana Jones films. Her findings reveal that Rahn, who ultimately took his own life, was both gay and had Jewish heritage. Meanwhile, Carl and Hamilton kick off their investigation at the breathtaking Montserrat monastery in Spain.