Otto Rahn Scientist
Otto Wilhelm Rahn (18 February 1904 – 13 March 1939) was a German writer, medievalist, Ariosophist and an Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant) of the Schutzstaffel, who researched grail mythos. He was born in Michelstadt, Germany, and died in Söll (Kufstein, Tyrol) in Austria.Speculation still surrounds Otto Rahn and his research. From an early age, he became interested in the legends of Parzival, the Holy Grail, Lohengrin and the Nibelungenlied. While attending the University of Giessen he was inspired by his professor, Baron von Gall, to study the Albigensian (Catharism) movement and the massacre that occurred at Montségur. Rahn is quoted as saying that "It was a subject that completely captivated me".
