Günter Wallraff. He was the hero of the 70s and 80s. Using controversial methods he wrote against the powers that be in Germany. In the Industrie Reportagen, in his role as the Turk Ali or as Hans Esser, editor at the Bild newspaper Günter Wallraff has repeatedly touched a raw nerve of society, his methods have polarized opinions to this day.

This is the way Günter Wallraff is introduced most of the time. It is clear, however, that if many people among the young and old know about the arguably most controversial European writer, they do so just superficially.

For the first time, a book comprehensively presents Günter Wallraffs literary and journalistic work, thus looking at an unknown side of his. But one can learn about some aspects of Wallraffs private life, too.

Auteur

Wilfried Kriese was born in 1963 and was trainedas a carpenter. Since 1989 he is a workman at the University of Tübingen. He made a name for himself as writer and publisher for minorities after publishing to date 14 books which deal mainly with minority and social issues. Since 1984 he has been involved in politics for directly affected minorities in the political party Die Grünen. After standing candidate for a mandate (once at a regional and twice at a national level) Wilfried Kriese is the first person with a past learning disorder in Germany that applied for such mandates. In view of the fact that there are approximately 1 million persons in Germany living with a learning disorder, this might set us thinking, as it proves how difficult it is to break out of the pre-determined restrictions that are set for minorities.