Gerd von Hassler (or in German Gerd von Haßler) (28 August 1928 – 7 January 1989) was a German author, director, radio broadcaster, composer, singer, journalist and producer.
Life and career
He was born Hans Leo Gerd von Haßler zu Roseneckh near
Augsburg, he studied literature, music and
ancient history. He later wrote children's plays which he became most famous for and was a radio speaker in which he produced plays (
Radio drama). He also produced 27 records with which he composed or arranged music: shanties, student songs and
folk music.
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After finishing many of his popular radio plays, Hassler took an interest in publishing a number of books. His main interest was studying the legendary continent of Atlantis, which he discussed and documented in various publications such as his 1976 book ''Noahs Weg zum Amazonas'' (Noah's route to the Amazon), which was translated in English by the paranormal writer Martin Ebon
Martin Ebon (May 27, 1917 – February 11, 2006) was the pen-name of Hans Martin Schwarz, a German American journalist and author of non-fiction books and articles from the paranormal to politics, particularly as an anti-communist.
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under the title of ''The lost survivors of the deluge'' (1980). In the book Hassler discussed evidence for a global flood
A flood myth or a deluge myth is a myth in which a great flood, usually sent by a deity or deities, destroys civilization, often in an act of divine retribution. Parallels are often drawn between the flood waters of these myths and the primaeval ...
due to worldwide flood legends, Sumer
Sumer () is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC. It is one of the cradles of c ...
ians describing a boat similar to Noah's ark, Noah
Noah ''Nukh''; am, ኖህ, ''Noḥ''; ar, نُوح '; grc, Νῶε ''Nôe'' () is the tenth and last of the pre-Flood patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5– ...
visiting the Amazon and Atlantis being the Garden of Eden
In Abrahamic religions, the Garden of Eden ( he, גַּן־עֵדֶן, ) or Garden of God (, and גַן־אֱלֹהִים ''gan-Elohim''), also called the Terrestrial Paradise, is the Bible, biblical paradise described in Book of Genesis, Genes ...
. The book is similar to the work of Charles Berlitz but Hassler never received mainstream recognition for his book like Berlitz did.
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Published works
*''Noahs Weg zum Amazonas'', (1976) Later printed as ''Lost Survivors of the Deluge'' (1980)
*''Rätselhaftes Wissen'', 1977
*''Wenn die Erde kippt'', 1981
*''Welt ohne Notausgang'', 1984
*''Der Menschen törichte Angst vor der Zukunft'', 1987
References
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1928 births
1989 deaths
German male musicians
German male journalists
German untitled nobility
Atlantis proponents
Pseudoarchaeologists
Pseudohistorians
20th-century American historians
20th-century German poets
German male poets
20th-century German journalists
20th-century male musicians