Davud Monshizadeh

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Davud Monshizadeh (1914–1989) an iranian persian ethnic was one of the principal founders of Sumka (the "Iranian National Socialist Workers Party").

Background

Monshizadeh helped form the Sumka in 1952. He claimed to have been a member of the Waffen-SS (though there is nothing to substantiate this claim) and a professor at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and was deeply influenced by Jose Ortega y Gasset's philosophy, even translating many of his books (which he hoped would serve as founding principles for the party), from Spanish to Persian. Monshizadeh would later serve as a Professor of Persian Studies at Alexandria University. Monshizadeh was known as an admirer of Hitler and aped many of the ways of the Nazi Party (such as their militarism and salute), as well as attempting to approximate Hitler's physical appearance.

Chronology

(The following chronology is based on statements by Davud Monshizadeh himself, thus may have no factual basis)

• 1931 - Sent to France by Iranian government to study

• 1937 - Received a degree in literature and moved to Germany

• 1938 - Started his studies in Germany

• 1939 - Monshizadeh and Bahram Shahrokh (the future Iranian Propaganda Director) started working for the Persian program of Nazi Germany’s Deutsche Radio.

• 1940 - He started writing articles for Das Reich, the official newspaper of the German National Socialist party

• 1941 - He worked with various organizations in Nazi Germany

• 1943 - Achieved his doctorate in philosophy and literature.

• 1945 - Claimed to have been wounded during the Battle of Berlin, while fighting as a member of the 'Nazi Foreign Legion'. However by 1942 the 'foreign legions' had been largely absorbed into the Waffen-SS and despite investigation no documentation has ever been found linking Davud Monshizadeh to the SS, Waffen-SS or NSDAP. At age 41 and a foreigner in Nazi Germany if he was wounded during the Battle of Berlin it would have been as a civilian, not a soldier of any kind. His autobiography from 1939-1945 appears to be a poorly concieved lie designed to give his political movement credibility.

• 1947 - Taught Iranology and Persian language in University of Munich

• 1950 - He started teaching Persian in Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

• 1952 - Along with Manouchehr Amir Mokri and Hussein Zarabi, he established Sumka, which played a role against oil nationalization in Iran.

• 1953 - Monshizadeh was “Unofficially Exiled” to Europe by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

• 1989 - He died in Sweden.