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Walther Wüst was born in [[Kaiserslautern]], Germany on 7 May 1901. Wüst studied [[Indology]] and other subjects at the [[University of Munich]], and became a specialist in the [[Vedas]]. He received his [[PhD]] at the age of 22 with a dissertation on the [[Rigveda]] and its relation to [[Indo-European mythology]]. |
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Wüst became a [[privatdozent]] at the age of 25, and by the age of 31 he had become a professor. He joined the [[Nazi Party]] in 1933, and subsequently became an agent of the [[Sicherheitsdienst]]. In early 1935, Wüst was made Professor of [[Indo-Iranians|Aryan]] Culture and Linguistics and [[Dean (education)|Dean]] of the Faculty of [[Philosophy]] at the University of Munich. Prominent students of Wüst at the University of Munich include [[Davud Monshizadeh]] and [[Karl Hoffmann (linguist)|Karl Hoffmann]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/monchi-zadeh-davoud |url-access= |title=MONCHI-ZADEH, DAVOUD |last=Adhami |first=Siamak |author-link= |date= |year= |orig-year= |editor-last= |editor-first= |editor= |editor-link= |department= |website=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]] |series= |publisher= |agency= |location= |page= |pages= |at= |language= |trans-title= |type= |format= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |access-date=September 3, 2020 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |via= |quote= }}</ref> He was admitted to the [[Schutzstaffel]] in 1936, and was made President of the [[Ahnenerbe]] in 1937. As such he became the [[de facto]] leader of the Ahnenerbe under the nominal chief [[Heinrich Himmler]]. As the leader of Ahnenerbe, Wüst played a leading role in the management of universities in [[Nazi Germany]]. He was made Rector at the University of Munich in 1941. In 1943, Wüst participated in the development and spread of [[Nazi propaganda]] in the [[Middle East]], which attempted to make [[Arabs]] and [[Muslims]] sympathetic to [[Adolf Hitler]]. Wüst was directly involved in the arrest of [[Hans and Sophie Scholl]]. |
Wüst became a [[privatdozent]] at the age of 25, and by the age of 31 he had become a professor. He joined the [[Nazi Party]] in 1933, and subsequently became an agent of the [[Sicherheitsdienst]]. In early 1935, Wüst was made Professor of [[Indo-Iranians|Aryan]] Culture and Linguistics and [[Dean (education)|Dean]] of the Faculty of [[Philosophy]] at the University of Munich. Prominent students of Wüst at the University of Munich include [[Davud Monshizadeh]] and [[Karl Hoffmann (linguist)|Karl Hoffmann]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/monchi-zadeh-davoud |url-access= |title=MONCHI-ZADEH, DAVOUD |last=Adhami |first=Siamak |author-link= |date= |year= |orig-year= |editor-last= |editor-first= |editor= |editor-link= |department= |website=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]] |series= |publisher= |agency= |location= |page= |pages= |at= |language= |trans-title= |type= |format= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |access-date=September 3, 2020 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |via= |quote= }}</ref> He was admitted to the [[Schutzstaffel]] in 1936, and was made President of the [[Ahnenerbe]] in 1937. As such he became the [[de facto]] leader of the Ahnenerbe under the nominal chief [[Heinrich Himmler]]. As the leader of Ahnenerbe, Wüst played a leading role in the management of universities in [[Nazi Germany]]. He was made Rector at the University of Munich in 1941. In 1943, Wüst participated in the development and spread of [[Nazi propaganda]] in the [[Middle East]], which attempted to make [[Arabs]] and [[Muslims]] sympathetic to [[Adolf Hitler]]. Wüst was directly involved in the arrest of [[Hans and Sophie Scholl]]. |
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| Born | 7 May 1901 |
| Died | 23 March 1993 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | German |
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| Main interests | Rigveda |
Walther Wüst (7 May 1901 – 21 March 1993) was a German Indologist who served as Rector of the University of Munich from 1941 to 1945. He was an Oberführer in the SS and served as the President of the Ahnenerbe during Nazi Germany.[1]
Biography
[edit]Walther Wüst was born in Kaiserslautern, Germany on 7 May 1901. Wüst studied Indology and other subjects at the University of Munich, and became a specialist in the Vedas. He received his PhD at the age of 22 with a dissertation on the Rigveda and its relation to Indo-European mythology.
Wüst became a privatdozent at the age of 25, and by the age of 31 he had become a professor. He joined the Nazi Party in 1933, and subsequently became an agent of the Sicherheitsdienst. In early 1935, Wüst was made Professor of Aryan Culture and Linguistics and Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Munich. Prominent students of Wüst at the University of Munich include Davud Monshizadeh and Karl Hoffmann.[2] He was admitted to the Schutzstaffel in 1936, and was made President of the Ahnenerbe in 1937. As such he became the de facto leader of the Ahnenerbe under the nominal chief Heinrich Himmler. As the leader of Ahnenerbe, Wüst played a leading role in the management of universities in Nazi Germany. He was made Rector at the University of Munich in 1941. In 1943, Wüst participated in the development and spread of Nazi propaganda in the Middle East, which attempted to make Arabs and Muslims sympathetic to Adolf Hitler. Wüst was directly involved in the arrest of Hans and Sophie Scholl.
After the end of World War II in Europe, Wüst was arrested by the Office of Military Government, United States. He was interned at Dachau until 1948, and fired from the University of Munich in 1946. On 9 November 1949, the denazification courts sentenced Wüst to three years of hard labour and confiscated half of his property. He also lost his right to exercise his profession, but was later able to publish on the subject of Indology. He regained the title of Professor in 1951, but never chaired a department at a German university again. Wüst died in Munich on 21 March 1993.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Junginger, Horst. From Buddha to Adolf Hitler: Walther Wust and the Aryan Tradition, Universität Tübingen, p. 1. Retrieved from: https://web.archive.org/web/20220120143414/https://publikationen.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10900/94077/Junginger_023.pdf;jsessionid=473D52F88C847F21C1C43B66A7643536?sequence=1
- ^ Adhami, Siamak. "MONCHI-ZADEH, DAVOUD". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
Sources
[edit]- Maximilian Schreiber: Walther Wüst. Dekan und Rektor der Universität München 1935 – 1945. Herbert Utz, München 2008, ISBN 978-3-8316-0676-4
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