Savitri Devi

Savitri Devi Mukherji
Devi in 1937
Born	Maximiani Julia Portas 30 September 1905 Lyon, France
Died	22 October 1982(1982-10-22) (aged 77) Sible Hedingham, Essex, England
Citizenship	France (1905–1928; renounced) Greece (1928–1982; death)
Education	University of Lyon (MA, MS, PhD)
Occupation(s)	Teacher, author, political activist, spy
Notable work	The Lightning and the Sun Impeachment of Man Defiance
Spouse	Asit Krishna Mukherji
Espionage activity
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service branch	Sicherheitsdienst (SD)
Service years	1941–1945

Savitri Devi Mukherji^[a] (born Maximiani Julia Portas, French: [maksimjani pɔʁtɑ]; 30 September 1905 – 22 October 1982) was a French-born Greek-Italian Nazi sympathizer, 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 World Age, the Kali Yuga, which she believed was induced by the Jews. She was also a radical animal rights activist and vegetarian.

Savitri was an associate in the post-war years of several neo-Nazi and Nazi figures. She was also one of the founding members of the World Union of National Socialists. Her writings have influenced neo-Nazism and esoteric neo-Nazism. Within neo-Nazism, she promoted occultism and ecology, and her works have influenced the alt-right.
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