Savitri Devi

Greek-French writer (1905-1982)

PersonDied aged 77humanQ270337

Also known as Savitri Devi Mukherji · Maximiani Julia Portas · Maximiani Portas

Born: September 30, 1905
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in Fichier des personnes décédées mirrorRetrieved 2021-03-29
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Died: October 22, 1982
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Birthplace: 2nd arrondissement of Lyon
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-13
2.Stated in Fichier des personnes décédées mirrorRetrieved 2021-03-29
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Place of death: Sible Hedingham
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1.Stated in birth certificatefondsenligne.archives-lyon.fr/v2/ark:/18811/05c074bc754073665254635a9e2cc4c5Retrieved 2023-07-13
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Citizenship: Greece(since 1928)
, France(until 1928)
Occupation: writer
, poet
, activist
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Education: University of Lyon
, University of Lyon
, University of Lyon
Spouse: Asit Krishna Mukherji

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Savitri Devi Mukherji was a French-born Greek Nazi activist, spy, and author. She served the Axis powers by committing acts of espionage against the Allied forces in India. An exponent of esoteric Hitlerism, she became a leading member of the neo-Nazi underground during the 1960s. Savitri was a proponent of a synthesis of Hinduism and Nazism, proclaiming Adolf Hitler to have been an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. She depicted Hitler as a sacrifice for humanity that would lead to the end of the worst age, the Kali Yuga, which she believed was induced by the Jews. She was also a radical animal rights activist and vegetarian.

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Cause of death: myocardial infarction
Website: savitridevi.org
Participant in: WWII Axis collaboration in France
Birth name: Maximine Julia Portaz
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1.Stated in Fichier des personnes décédées mirrorRetrieved 2021-03-29
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Manner of death: natural causes
Religion or worldview: Hinduism
esoteric neo-Nazism
Place of detention: Werl Prison(1949)
Native language: French
Place of burial: Wisconsin
Sex or gender: female
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-14
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Academic degree: doctorate
Pseudonym: Savitri Devi
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2020-08-30
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Given name: Julia
Family name: Portas
Allegiance: Nazi Germany
Military branch: SD-Hauptamt(1941–1945)
Name in native language: Σαβίτρι Ντέβι

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