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Savitri Devi

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Religious Figure

The Resume

    (September 30, 1905-October 22, 1982)
    Born in Lyon, France
    Birth name was Maximiani Portas
    Proponent of a blending of Hindu philosophy with National Socialism
    Wrote 'A Warning to the Hindus' (1936), 'Defiance' (1951), 'Gold in the Furnace' (1952), 'Pilgrimage' (1958), 'The Lightning and the Sun' (1958), 'Impeachment of Man' (1959) and 'Memories and Reflections of an Aryan Woman' (1976)

Why she might be annoying:

    She claimed Hitler was an avatar of the god Vishnu.
    She went to India to study the caste system as a model for racial segregation.
    She married her husband solely to avoid being deported from India.
    She spied for the Axis during WWII.
    She was a Holocaust denier.
    Her writings were described as 'dense, wordy and incomprehensible.'
    She claimed UFOs were craft from a Nazi sanctuary in Antarctica.
    She was a vegetarian to demonstrate her respect for all life.
    She advocated the death penalty for people who did not respect animals.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She earned a doctorate in mathematics.
    She was fluent in eight languages: English, French, German, Italian, Greek, Icelandic, Hindi and Bengali.
    She lost most of her vision to cataracts late in life.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 21 Votes: 76.19% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 143 Votes: 55.24% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 74 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 26 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying