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.
walther, wüst, 1901, march, 1993, german, indologist, served, rector, university, munich, from, 1941, 1945, oberführer, served, president, ahnenerbe, during, nazi, germany, born, 1901, 1901kaiserslautern, german, empiredied23, march, 1993, 1993, aged, munich, . Walther Wust 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 Oberfuhrer in the SS and served as the President of the Ahnenerbe during Nazi Germany 1 Walther WustBorn 1901 05 07 7 May 1901Kaiserslautern German EmpireDied23 March 1993 1993 03 23 aged 91 Munich GermanyNationalityGermanAcademic backgroundAlma materUniversity of MunichAcademic workDisciplineIndologyInstitutionsUniversity of MunichNotable studentsDavud Monshizadeh Karl HoffmannMain interestsRigveda Contents 1 Biography 2 See also 3 References 4 SourcesBiography editWalther Wust was born in Kaiserslautern Germany on 7 May 1901 Wust 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 Wust 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 Wust was made Professor of Aryan Culture and Linguistics and Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Munich Prominent students of Wust 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 Wust 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 Wust participated in the development and spread of Nazi propaganda in the Middle East which attempted to make Arabs and Muslims sympathetic to Adolf Hitler Wust was directly involved in the arrest of Hans and Sophie Scholl After the end of World War II in Europe Wust 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 Wust 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 Wust died in Munich on 21 March 1993 See also editHans ReinerthReferences edit Junginger Horst From Buddha to Adolf Hitler Walther Wust and the Aryan Tradition Universitat Tubingen 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 Encyclopaedia Iranica Retrieved September 3 2020 Sources editMaximilian Schreiber Walther Wust Dekan und Rektor der Universitat Munchen 1935 1945 Herbert Utz Munchen 2008 ISBN 978 3 8316 0676 4 nbsp This article related to Nazi Germany is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a German academic is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Walther Wust amp oldid 1191874742, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
