Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels

Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels
Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels
Born
Adolf Josef Lanz

(1874-07-19)19 July 1874
Died22 April 1954(1954-04-22) (aged 79)
NationalityAustrian
Other namesLanz von Liebenfels
Known forRacist and occult ideas

Adolf Josef Lanz (19 July 1874 – 22 April 1954), also known under his pseudonym as Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, was an Austrian political and racial theorist and occultist, who was a pioneer of Ariosophy. He was a former Cistercian monk and the founder of the magazine Ostara, in which he published anti-semitic and völkisch theories.