Miguel Serrano R.I.P
A Warrior Poet (Sept. 10, 1917 – Feb. 28, 2009)
SANTIAGO DE CHILE (AP) – The Chilean writer and Nazi ex-leader Miguel Serrano died during the weekend at 91 years, from a cerebral hemorrhage, the press learned Monday.
The Chilean mass media portrayed him as an iron defender of Nazism and of Hitler. Even though he never directed any Nazi group, he was considered the most important [Nazi] figure and principle defender of Nazism in the country.
During the funeral of the Nazi official Walter Rauff in the 80s, who had sought asylum in Chile, Serrano attended dressed in a black leather abrigo and gave the Nazi salute.
During the funeral of the Nazi official Walter Rauff in the 80s, who had sought asylum in Chile, Serrano attended dressed in a black leather abrigo and gave the Nazi salute.
Rauff was accused of creating portable gas chambers along with the executed [Nazi leader] Adolf Eichman. The German justiciary sought his extradition but the Chilean Supreme Court denied the motion in the early 70s.
Serrano, who also was a diplomat and served as ambassador in India, Austria, and Yugoslavia, habitually questioned the Jewish holocaust. His public appearances were few and his comments instigated polemic over the defence he maintained until the end, of the Hitlerist regime.
He added that “his memoirs are the best that have ever been written in this country.”
Serrano, who also was a diplomat and served as ambassador in India, Austria, and Yugoslavia, habitually questioned the Jewish holocaust. His public appearances were few and his comments instigated polemic over the defence he maintained until the end, of the Hitlerist regime.
As a writer, nevertheless, he was respected by many of his peers. The poet Armando Uribe, politically very distant from Serrano, commented after his death that Serrrano was “a great writer, who had best created a mythology with a geography having the personality of Chile.”
He added that “his memoirs are the best that have ever been written in this country.”
Serrano, a great admirer of India, was a friend of Indian governing officials. He elaborated his esoteric ideas, based on beliefs of that asian country, that he published in his essays. He also cultivated the poetic art.
His funeral took place Monday at the general capital cemetery.
