The history of the Holy Lance is long and mysterious.   Supposedly, it is the Spear used by the Roman Centurion, Longinus to pierce the side of Christ during the crucifixion.  Since that time, it's religious significance has become almost as much as the Holy Grail.  As I came to discover the Spear, and learn of it's sordid past and the incredible people associated with it, I was shocked that no one had ever made this into a serious movie.  That's where I come in.
     Picture this:  Austria, 1909, a young  21-year-old Adolf Hitler stands alone in the Hofburg Treasure House in Vienna.  He is absolutely entranced by an ancient relic of a bygone era.  It is known as the "Maurice Spear," the "Lance of Longinus," the "Holy Lance," and the "Spear of Destiny."  In Hitler's book Mein Kampf, he recalls his first encounter with the antiquity.

These foreigners stopped almost immediately in front of where I was standing, while their guide pointed to an ancient Spearhead.  At first I didn't even bother to listen to what the expert had to say about it, merely regarding the presence of the party as an intrusion into the privacy of my own despairing thoughts.  And then I heard the words which were to change my life.  "There is a legend associated with this spear, that whoever claims it, and solves its secrets, holds the destiny of the world in his hands for good or evil."

     But at the age of 21, Hitler was a starving artist living on the street.  His only escape was in the study of darkness.  Upon discovering the Legend of the Spear, Young Hitler became absolutely intent upon studying it's origin, and perhaps claiming it's power as his own one day.
     That day came in March of 1938.  The Third Reich had annexed the country of Austria, and Hitler triumphantly rode in to claim his prize.  The prize he had waited all his life for.  The Spear of Destiny.
     Throughout it's illustrious history, the Spear had fallen into the hands of 45 Rulers, Emperors and Conquerors throughout the world:  Charlemagne, Otto the Great, and Frederick Barbarossa to name just a few.  Each man who carried the weapon into battle emerged victorious.  And so the legend grew.   However, the moment posession of the talisman was lost, death would come instantaneously.  Such tragedy befell the great Charlemagne as he dropped the Spear when crossing a river.
 

     In 1796 the great conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte desired to posess the relic.  As his armies swept across Germany, the spear was smuggled away to the safety of Austria, where it would remain for over one hundred years, until Hitler returned it to Nuremburg, German
     It was then placed in a makeshift "German War Museum" inside the Great Hall at St. Katherine's Church.  Here it remained on veiw to the German public as a symbol of their heritage, and divine German right.  In March of 1944 after RAF bombers damaged part of the church, Hitler became forced to move the relic somewhere safe, away from the cargnage that would inevitably ensue.  First it ended up in a non-descript Bank vault, but it wasn't long before it was relocated to a special vault hidden several hundred feet below an extremely old Medieval Castle in Nuremburg.
     Here it remained undiscovered until April 30th, 1945 at 2:10pm.  It was found by General Patton's  3rd Army, and it was immediately taken into American custody.  Within 90 minutes, Hitler died by his own hand in his private  bunker in Berlin, thus fulfilling the legend, or the curse of the Spear of Destiny.  While in Posession of the USA, the fury of the Atom Bomb was released on Japan, and The United States became recognized as the world's Super-power.
     January 6th, 1946  The Spear and the rest of the stolen Royal Treasure claimed in Hitler's vault was returned to Austria.  Right around this time, General George S. Patton was killed in a mysterious Auto accident.  He was the only American who truly believed in the Legend of the Spear.
     Today, the "Lance of Longinus" is back in the Weltiche Schatzkammer of the Hofburg Treasure House in the exact same spot where Hitler first beheld it in 1909.  It is on veiw to the public Monday through Saturday, admission is free.
 

All of what you have read here is documented "fact."
You can make your own decision whether or not to believe in it's power
or authenticity

Authored by Randy Van Dyke