"Julleuchter (German pronunciation: [\u02C8ju\u02D0l\u02CCl\u0254\u028F\u00E7t\u0250]; \"Yule lantern\") was the term for a type of lantern used in the \"Julfest\" during the German Third Reich. Heinrich Himmler, commander of the SS, who placed great interest in Ariosophy,gave the SS Julleuchter as a presentation piece for SS soldiers to celebrate the winter solstice, from approximately 1936 until 1944."@en . . .