Stefan Aust
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Stade
Stade is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region . It is the seat of the district named after it...
, Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
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Germany
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journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and was the editor-in-chief of the weekly news magazine Der Spiegel
Der Spiegel
Der Spiegel is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. It is one of Europe's largest publications of its kind, with a weekly circulation of more than one million.-Overview:...
from 1994 to February 2008.
Two of Aust's books have been made into films: Der Pirat 1997 by Bernd Schadewald and Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
The Baader Meinhof Complex is a 2008 German film by Uli Edel. Written and produced by Bernd Eichinger, it stars Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck and Johanna Wokalek. The film is based on the 1985 German best selling non-fiction book of the same name by Stefan Aust...
2008 by Uli Edel
Uli Edel
Uli Edel is a German film director.-Work:After studying theatre science in Munich, he was accepted into Munich Film School alongside Bernd Eichinger. Uli befriended him and they started working together on their exercise movies, sharing a love for the nouvelle vague and Italian neorealism as well...
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Books
- Kennwort 100 Blumen – Verwicklung des Verfassungsschutzes in den Mordfall Ulrich Schmücker. Konkret Literatur Verlag, Hamburg 1980. ISBN 3-922144-04-7
- Hausbesetzer: Wofür sie kämpfen, wie sie leben und wie sie leben wollen. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 1981. ISBN 3-455-08765-5 (mit Sabine Rosenbladt)
- Brokdorf: Symbol einer politischen Wende. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 1981. ISBN 3-455-08782-5
- Der Baader Meinhof Komplex. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 1985. ISBN 3-455-08253-X (erweitert und aktualisiert: 1997, ISBN 3-455-11230-7; Taschenbuchausgabe 1998, ISBN 3-442-12953-2; völlig überarbeitete und ergänzte Neuausgabe 2008, ISBN 978-3-455-50029-5)
- Werner MaussWerner MaussWerner Mauss initially worked as a private investigator for various German companies. Since 1965 he exclusively worked as a civilian employee for police authorities and intelligence services...
– ein deutscher Agent. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 1988. ISBN 3-455-08641-1 (Neuausgabe 1999, ISBN 3-442-12957-5) - Der Pirat: Die Drogenkarriere des Jan C.. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 1990. ISBN 3-455-08367-6 (Taschenbuchausgabe 2000, ISBN 3-442-15046-9)
- Die Flucht: Über die Vertreibung der Deutschen aus dem Osten. Spiegel-Buchverlag, Hamburg 2002. ISBN 3-421-05682-X
- Der Lockvogel: Die tödliche Geschichte eines V-Mannes zwischen Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismus. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2002. ISBN 3-498-00063-2 (Taschenbuchausgabe 2003, ISBN 3-499-61638-6)
- 11. September. Geschichte eines Terrorangriffs. DVA, Stuttgart 2002. ISBN 3-421-05656-0 (mit Cordt Schnibben)
- Irak: Geschichte eines modernen Krieges. Spiegel-Buchverlag, Hamburg 2003. ISBN 3-421-05804-0 (Hrsg. mit Cordt Schnibben)
- Die Gegenwart der Vergangenheit: Der lange Schatten des Dritten Reichs. DVA, München 2004. ISBN 3-421-05754-0 (Hrsg. mit Gerhard Spörl)
- Der Fall Deutschland: Abstieg eines Superstars. Piper, München 2005. ISBN 3-492-04831-5 (mit Claus Richter, Gabor SteingartGábor SteingartGabor Steingart is a German journalist and author of several popular and influential books. He is currently the chief editor of Handelsblatt, Germany's leading economic newspaper.- Life :...
, Matthias Ziemann) - Wettlauf um die Welt: Die Globalisierung und wir. Piper, München 2007. ISBN 978-3-492-05032-6 (mit Claus Richter, Matthias Ziemann)
Reviews
German journalist Stefan Aust reflects that uneasy relationship with his country's traumatic past in his new history of the terrorist movement launched by Andreas BaaderAndreas BaaderAndreas Bernd Baader was one of the first leaders of the German left-wing militant organization Red Army Faction, also commonly known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang.- Life :...
, Ulrike MeinhofUlrike MeinhofUlrike Marie Meinhof was a German left-wing militant. She co-founded the Red Army Faction in 1970 after having previously worked as a journalist for the monthly left-wing magazine Konkret. She was arrested in 1972, and eventually charged with numerous murders and the formation of a criminal...
and Gudrun EnsslinGudrun EnsslinGudrun Ensslin was a founder of the German militant group Red Army Faction . After becoming involved with co-founder Andreas Baader, Ensslin was influential in the politicization of Baader's voluntaristic anarchistic beliefs. Ensslin was perhaps the intellectual head of the RAF...
. Aust, for many years the editor of Der Spiegel, the German newsweekly, has a long history with the RAFRed Army FactionThe radicalized were, like many in the New Left, influenced by:* Sociological developments, pressure within the educational system in and outside Europe and the U.S...
. He even played a bit part in one of the gang's exploits, helping to retrieve Meinhof's young twins from a Palestinian orphans' camp after she had abandoned the girls there.