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Beate Klarsfeld
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Franco-German journalist, Nazi hunter, and historian (born 1939)
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Beate Klarsfeld, born Beate Auguste Künzel on 13 February 1939 in Berlin, is a journalist, non-fiction writer, activist and politician. She has held citizenship of France, Germany, Israel and West Germany, and is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. Klarsfeld was a candidate in the 2012 German presidential election, and her archives are held at La contemporaine.
She worked for the Franco-German Youth Office and has written about Nazi Germany and criminal investigation, producing works such as Die Wahrheit über Kurt-Georg Kiesinger and Sale temps pour les Allemands. Klarsfeld has received the Commander, Officer, Knight and Grand Officer grades of the Legion of Honour. She is married to Serge Klarsfeld, and their child is Arno Klarsfeld.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1939
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Die Wahrheit über Kurt-Georg Kiesinger
- Sale temps pour les Allemands
- La caza de Barbie-Altman
- ʻAd ḥormah
- Nos vies contre l'oubli
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,648x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,262x
- Revised Response Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma
· 2007 · cited 3,872x
- Quantitative analysis of complex protein mixtures using isotope-coded affinity tags
· 1999 · cited 3,859x
- Efficacy and Safety of Imatinib Mesylate in Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
· 2002 · cited 3,539x
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Key facts
- Born
- Beate Auguste Künzel , ( 1939-02-13 ) 13 February 1939 (age 87) , Berlin , Nazi Germany
- Political party
- The Left
- Spouse
- Serge Klarsfeld ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- West Germany
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Spouse
- Serge Klarsfeld
- Occupation
- politician
- Employer
- Franco-German Youth Office
- Political party
- Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- 2012 German presidential election
- Field of work
- criminal investigation
- Image
- Beate Klarsfeld par Claude Truong-Ngoc septembre 2015.jpg
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- Commons category
- Beate Klarsfeld
- date of birth
- 1939-02-13
- name in native language
- Beate Klarsfeld
- birth name
- Beate Auguste Künzel
- archives at
- La contemporaine
- candidacy in election
- 2012 German presidential election
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Encyclopedic overview
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Beate Auguste Klarsfeld (née Künzel; born 13 February 1939) is a Franco-German journalist and Nazi hunter who, along with her French husband, Serge Klarsfeld, became famous for their investigation and documentation of numerous Nazi war criminals, including Kurt Lischka, Alois Brunner, Klaus Barbie, Ernst Ehlers [de] and Kurt Asche.
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