Christian v. Ditfurth

Christian von Ditfurth

Wolf-Christian von Ditfurth (born March 14, 1953 in Würzburg, Lower Franconia) is a German author and historian.^[1] He was a member of the German Communist Party ^[2]from 1973 to 1983. In January 1998, he joined the SPD in which he served only two years.

As a journalist he has published numerous articles in the Der Spiegel. Since 1999 also been a writer of sensational and detective novels.

He comes from the family Ditfurth. His father Hoimar von Ditfurth was a journalist, doctor, popular TV presenter and writer, his sister, Jutta Ditfurth, is a journalist and politician.

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.

1. ^ German Biography Database
2. ^ Foster, Anne. "Crime Fiction as Historical Documentation". Europolar.eu. http://www.europolar.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=30&lang=en. Retrieved July 25, 2009. 

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