Florian Hanke
Subject: The name "Karotechia"(for Janusz)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 09:58:39 +0100

And as for entymology (or is that the one about the insects??):

I tried, but there's no chance for it in german, but probably the Karotechia was first named "Okkulte Abteilung der SS", and then, after the invasion of Poland and then renamed to "Karotechia", after their first success there...

Janusz, any chance deriving this word from your language?

Adam Crossingham
Subject: DG: Re: & the name "Karotechia"(for Janusz)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 14:46:06 -0000

Florian, have you got a source for, or a reason why, the Karotechia was first called the 'Okkulte Abteilung der SS'?

Florian Hanke
Subject: Re: DG: Re: & the name "Karotechia"(for Janusz)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 21:30:16 +0100

Well, since Glancy doesn't give an explanation for the word "Karotechia", I tried to find the etymology of it in german with no success. So I thought that maybe they were renamed after an early success, which isn't documented in the DG book. Maybe the word can be derived from one of the early occupied countries language(s) or maybe "jiddish"(sp?) or even hebrew? Any etymologists out there??

The reason I called them "Okkulte Abteilung der SS" (Occult Department of the SS) was: "...led [...] to the creation of an SS department [...] devoted to researching the occult...". Another reason was that normally, nazis gave their 'creations' very formal names, most of the time revealing what their purpose was. But it's o.k. to rename them afterwards, I'd rather fight something called "Karotechia" than "Die Okkulte Abteilung der SS".

Andrew D. Gable
Subject: DG: The Meaning of Karotechia?
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 02:45:39 -0500

According to my German manual, "Karo" means square or diamond. I'm not sure what "techia" would mean, though. Maybe this is in reference to the chess-board structure, with Bauer, Ritter, and Bischofes? "Square Organization" or somesuch?

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