Jacques de Mahieu

Jacques de Mahieu, whose real name was Jacques Girault (31 October 1915 – 4 October 1990), was a French Argentine anthropologist and Peronist. He wrote several books on esoterism, which he mixed with anthropological theories inspired by scientific racism.

He joined the Action Française at a young age. A collaborationist in Vichy France and member of the Waffen-SS, he fled to Argentina after the liberation of France from the Nazis. He became a Peronist ideologue in the 1950s, mentor to a Roman Catholic nationalist youth group in the 1960s, and later in life, head of the Argentine chapter of Spanish neo-Nazi group CEDADE.

Biography

Early life and World War II He was born in Marseille, France. As a young man he was influenced by authors such as Georges Sorel, Charles Maurras, and Alexis Carrel and joined the Action Française.

During World War II, he was a member of the 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne.

After the liberation of France, he was one of the first to flee to Juan Perón's Argentina through the ratlines organized by Perón. A naturalized Argentine, he became an ideologue of the Peronist movement, before becoming a mentor to a Roman Catholic nationalist youth group in the 1960s.

Academic career De Mahieu studied at the Universities of Mendoza and Buenos Aires; he graduated in philosophy, as doctor Honoris Causa of Medicine, doctor in economic sciences, and doctor in political science. of the Institute of Human Studies (from 1953 to 1955 and again from 1972 to 1976). He also taught economy, ethnography and French at the National University of Cuyo De Mahieu headed the Argentine chapter of the Spanish neo-Nazi group, CEDADE, until his death in Buenos Aires, in 1990.

Pre-Columbian contact theories

De Mahieu wrote on pre-Columbian America and esoteric Nazism. He traveled to Paraguay for anthropological studies, and claimed the Guayaki tribes were descendants of the Vikings. He allegedly travelled to Brazil in 1974, where he visited the Sete Cidades park in Piauí and considered it a Viking establishment. His books on the Knights Templar allege they settled in Mexico before Columbus.

His books were translated from French to German by Wilfred von Oven, formerly deputy to the Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels.

Economics and politics Mahieu wrote a book titled The Communal Economy (1964), which was inspired by a social and economic project developed in Mendoza, Argentina. The project ended during the Revolución Libertadora regime, which toppled Juan Perón's government in 1955.