Julleuchter
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thumb|Two Turmleuchter type ceramic candle-holders—the right one replicates the design of the SS Julleuchter, itself based on an early modern candle-holder from southern Sweden.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Swedish artefact
- Germanic mysticism and Nazi symbolism
- Use in Himmler's SS
- SS ''Julfest''
- Manufacture in the Allach factory
- Significant recipients
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Two Turmleuchter type ceramic candle-holders—the right one replicates the design of the SS Julleuchter, itself based on an early modern candle-holder from southern Sweden.
Julleuchter (; "Yule lantern") or Turmleuchter ("tower lantern") are modern terms used to describe a type of earthenware candle-holder originating in 16th-century Sweden, later redesigned and manufactured in Nazi Germany.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Julleuchter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.