Secret societies in Germany

thumb|The Eye of Providence, as seen on the US $1 bill, has been perceived by some to be evidence of a conspiracy linking the [[Founding Fathers of the United States to the Illuminati.]] The Illuminati (; plural of Latin , 'enlightened') is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically, the name usually refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on 1 May 1776 in the Electorate of Bavaria. The society's stated goals were to oppose superstition, obscurantism, religious influence over public life, and abuses of state power by monar

historical secret occultist and nationalist group in Bavaria

international fraternal and religious organization

disestablishmentarian think tank consiting of young German artists from 1830-1850

German terrorist organization (1920–1922)

a group of courts in 13th- and 14th-century Germany, linked to a powerful secret organization under sanction of the emperor

The Germanenorden (Germanic or Teutonic Order) was an occultist and völkisch secret society in early 20th-century Germany.

thumb|Ferdinand von Schill Tugendbund, or League of Virtue was a quasi-Masonic secret society founded in June 1808, in order to revive the national spirit of Prussians after their defeat by Napoleon. It was established after the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, in the spring of 1808 at Koningsberg.

post-World War II organisation thought to have helped certain Nazi war criminals escape justice

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