Oswald Menghin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Oswald Menghin

Austrian prehistorian

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1888

Place of Birth: Merano, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy

Date of Death: 29-Nov-1973

Profession: university teacher, prehistorian

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Oswald Menghin (19 April 1888 – 29 November 1973) was an Austrian Prehistorian and University professor.
He established an international reputation before the War, while he was professor at the University of Vienna.
His work on race and culture was serviceable to the German nationalist movement of the 1930s.
At the time of the Anschluss he served as Minister of Education in the cabinet formed by Arthur Seyß-Inquart.
He avoided indictment as a war criminal and resumed his career in Argentina after the war.