Friends

August 1925
Savitri Devi and Greek friend (probably Kiki Arvanitakis, cf. her pictures next) August 1925
Savitri Devi and Greek friends (probably Kiki Arvanitakis and her mother) March 1928
Savitri Devi with friend at piano Savitri Devi (right) and two friends Savitri Devi and her friend Molly 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
Savitri Devi with Japanese family November 1943
Savitri Devi with Japanese lady 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
Stockholm, Sweden
Savitri Devi and unidentified friend. 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
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
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
May 1961
Savitri Devi with Beryl Cheetham Narford, courtesy of Beryl Cheetham July, 1961
Norrviken, Sweden
Savitri Devi and Einar Åberg 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
Salzburg, Austria
Left to right: Savitri Devi, Friedrich Borth, Wolfgang Kirchstein, and Beryl Cheetham Courtesy of Beryl Cheetham September 1968
Salzburg, Austria
Savitri with the late John Tyndall, founder of the current British National Party. Courtesy of Beryl Cheetham 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 Hertha Ehlert in the 1960s
Courtesy of Beryl Cheetham Winifred Wagner The woman on the far left might possibly be Savitri Devi. 1931
Savitri’s Greek friend Kiki Arvanitakis. The “Tamaris” of the inscription is probably a location. 1932
Kiki Arvanitakis The inscription apparently reads “Cairo.” Easter 1934
Kiki Arvanitakis The location, again, is Tamaris. 28 June 1936
India
This photo has been identified by a reader, Argo Dasgupta, as Asit Kumar Haldar (1890-1964), who was a well-known painter of the Bengali renaissance as well as a poet, and also an assistant to the famous Bengali writer Rabindranath Tagore. The date on the photo reads June 28, 1936. (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 1955