Alexander Slawik

Alexander Slawik (27 December 1900 – 19 April 1997) was a sociological scientist, ethnologist, Nazi and professor in Vienna, who also worked on cultural themes. He was a pioneer of Japanology and Japanese ethnological studies in Vienna in the 1930's. During the Second World War, Slawik worked as a cryptographer and translator on the Japanese desk of the Cipher Department of the High Command of the Wehrmacht. He continued to work in his old age, and was recently working on collecting material for a work on the Susanoo-no-Mikoto and the cultural history of the Izumo area in ancient Japan. Provided by Wikipedia