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Friends

These are photos of Savitri Devi’s various friends and acquaintances. Not all have been identified. The Archive would be most grateful for information about unidentified persons and untranslated inscriptions in the photographs below.

  • August 1925 August 1925
    Savitri Devi and Greek friend (probably Kiki Arvanitakis, cf. her pictures next)
    August 1925 August 1925
    Savitri Devi and Greek friends (probably Kiki Arvanitakis and her mother)
    March 1928 March 1928
    Savitri Devi with friend at piano
    Savitri Devi (right) and two friends Savitri Devi (right) and two friends Savitri Devi and her friend Molly Savitri Devi and her friend Molly 1934<br>
Egypt 1934
    Egypt

    This photo, and a companion photo taken at the same time and reproduced in the Savitri Devi gallery, have an identical two-word inscription in Greek. Unfortunately, the upper parts of the words have been trimmed away, but the first word in both inscriptions appears to be Αίγυπτος “Egypt.” In Defiance, Savitri mentions visiting Egypt before the Second World War. This photo also bears the date 1934 in black ink. Written over it in blue ink is 1931. The reason we accept the original rather than the altered date is that Savitri later claimed that she went to India in 1932 and stayed there until 1945, except for a 1937 trip to the Middle East, which may also have included Egypt. In fact, however, Savitri first went to India in 1935. We conjecture, therefore, that Savitri backdated this photograph to make it consistent with her later story that she was in India in 1934. Savitri’s companion is probably Kiki Arvanitakis. Cf. her pictures below.
    November 1939<br>
Savitri Devi with Japanese family November 1939
    Savitri Devi with Japanese family
    November 1943<br>
Savitri Devi with Japanese lady November 1943
    Savitri Devi with Japanese lady
    May 1948<br>
Stockholm, Sweden May 1948
    Stockholm, Sweden

    Savitri Devi and unidentified friend. Savitri stayed in Stockholm for a month and a half in May-June 1948 while working for the dance company of Ram Gopal. On 6 June 1948 she met in Stockholm one of her heroes, the Swedish explorer Sven Hedin.
    May 1948<br>
Stockholm, Sweden May 1948
    Stockholm, Sweden

    Savitri Devi and unidentified friend.
    May 1961<br>
Narford, England May 1961
    Narford, England

    Left to right: Bruno Ludtke, Savitri Devi, and Robert Lyons at a British National Party camp on the estate of Andrew Fountaine. Photo by Beryl Cheetham Reproduced from L’Autre Histoire, no. 18, vol. 3 (July 2001)
    May 1961<br>
Narford, England May 1961
    Narford, England

    Left to right: Bruno Ludtke, unidentified German comrade, Savitri Devi, and Robert Lyons at the BNP camp. Courtesy of Beryl Cheetham
    May 1961<br>
Narford, England May 1961
    Narford, England

    Savitri Devi and comrades at the BNP camp. In the lower left hand corner is longtime British Nationalist John Bean. Courtesy of Beryl Cheetham
    England<br>
May 1961 England
    May 1961

    Savitri Devi with Beryl Cheetham Narford, courtesy of Beryl Cheetham
    July, 1961<br>
Norrviken, Sweden July, 1961
    Norrviken, Sweden

    Savitri Devi and Einar Åberg
    August 1962<br>
London August 1962
    London

    Left to right: Diana Hughes, Beryl Cheetham, and Savitri Devi holding up newspapers with headlines about Colin Jordan in the aftermath of the Cotswolds Camp where the World Union of National Socialists was founded. Courtesy of Beryl Cheetham
    September 1968<br>
Salzburg, Austria September 1968
    Salzburg, Austria

    Left to right: Savitri Devi, Friedrich Borth, Wolfgang Kirchstein, and Beryl Cheetham Courtesy of Beryl Cheetham
    September 1968<br>
Salzburg, Austria September 1968
    Salzburg, Austria

    Savitri with the late John Tyndall, founder of the current British National Party. Courtesy of Beryl Cheetham
    September 1968<br>
Munich, Germany September 1968
    Munich, Germany

    Left to right: Freda Jones, Ursula Rudel, Colonel Hans-Ulrich Rudel, John Tyndall, Beryl Cheetham, Savitri, Joe Jones. Courtesy of Beryl Cheetham
    Swedish friend Swedish friend Hertha Ehlert in the 1960s Hertha Ehlert in the 1960s
    Courtesy of Beryl Cheetham
    Winifred Wagner Winifred Wagner The woman on the far left might possibly be Savitri Devi. The woman on the far left might possibly be Savitri Devi. 1931 1931
    Savitri’s Greek friend Kiki Arvanitakis. The “Tamaris” of the inscription is probably a location.
    1932 1932
    Kiki Arvanitakis The inscription apparently reads “Cairo.”
    Easter 1934 Easter 1934
    Kiki Arvanitakis The location, again, is Tamaris.
    28 June 1936<br>
India 28 June 1936
    India

    Unknown Indian friend. If you can identify this man, or if you can read the inscription, please contact the Archivist.
    (older male friend)
Date and location unknown (older male friend) Date and location unknown
    Unknown friend. The picture seems to have been printed in Germany. If you can identify this man, please contact the Archivist.
    Unknown friend Unknown friend 1955 1955

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