Walther Wüst, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walther Wüst

Rector of the University of Munich and SS member

Date of Birth: 07-May-1901

Place of Birth: Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Date of Death: 21-Mar-1993

Profession: politician, university teacher

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Walther Wüst (7 May 1901, Kaiserslautern – 21 March 1993) was a German Indo-Europeanist and Vedicist in the first half of the 20th century who served as Rector of the University of Munich from 1941 to 1945.
Wüst was a committed Nazi, joining the SS in 1936 and being appointed President of the Research Institute of the Ahnenerbe SS in 1937.
He eventually attained the rank of Oberführer.
He stood trial in 1949 during denazification and was categorized as an offender (Belasteter).
His most prominent students were the Indo-Iranianist Karl Hoffmann and the Iranian Nazi Davud Monshizadeh.