Perhaps most influential was a text published by SS member and historian to the Nazi regime, Otto Rahn. Often cited as the inspiration for Indiana Jones, Rahn is a much-maligned historical figure, but one of his legacies is the glut of publications that connected the Cathars and Montségur to legends of the Holy Grail. His book Kreuzzug gegen den Gral (Crusade Against the Grail), published in 1933, caught the attention of Heinrich Himmler.
