
Part Two: Savitri Devi: The Woman Who Turned Nazism into a Religion
Behind the Bastards
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Is Savitri Devi a Revisionist?
Savitri Devi was arrested by French authorities three chapters into her book, Golden the Furnace. She spent a total of six months in pretrial detention and then prison after her conviction for spreading Nazi propaganda. The time behind bars was good for Savitri as it historically often is for Nazis who fancy themselves writers. Like her idol Adolf Hitler, she used her prison time as an excuse to finish her first book.
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