Heidi Benneckenstein

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Heidi Benneckenstein (* 1992 in Fürstenfeldbruck as Heidrun Redeker ) is a German former right-wing extremist and bestselling author .

Life

Heidi Benneckenstein grew up in a village near Munich in a family that had a solid national socialist view of the world. She became a member of militant youth groups, the home loyal German youth (HDJ) and comradeships . Benneckenstein experienced a lot of drills, punches, and rewards for conforming behavior. At the age of 15 she moved to Passau and made contact with the NPD community . In Jena, she also met Ralf Wohlleben , a neo-Nazi from the NSU right- wing terrorist circle . Benneckenstein became pregnant at the age of 17 and her boyfriend Felix and they wondered whether their child should be raised in a folk way. She and her husband, former comradeship activist Felix Benneckenstein, stepped out of the right-wing scene in 2011 and Benneckenstein broke up with her family at the age of 19.

Benneckenstein wrote with A German Girl. My life in a neo-Nazi family is an autobiography about her youth in the right-wing scene.

The book was on Spiegel's bestseller list for non-fiction books for several weeks . It reached its top position with 8th place.

Reception of her book

Xaver von Cranach wrote in Spiegel about her experience report : “Benneckenstein's book is a portrait of a woman who dropped out . It shows how authoritarian upbringing and racial ideology turned a young girl into a staunch National Socialist. ”According to Karin Truscheit from the FAZ, the author describes“ the everyday life of neo-Nazis and how she herself managed to leave the scene ”.

Autobiography

  • A German girl. My life in a neo-Nazi family. With the collaboration of Tobias Haberl. Tropen , Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-608-50375-3 .
    • French translation by Elisabeth Landes: Coupable en toute innocence. J'ai grandi parmi les neonazis . Éditions Liana Levi, Paris 2018, ISBN 979-10-349-0061-9 .
    • Dutch translation by Marcel Missetl: Een duits meisje. Mijn leven in a neo-Nazi family . De Arbeiderspers , Amsterdam 2018, ISBN 978-90-295-2575-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ mdr.de: "A German Girl" - Heidi Benneckenstein and her escape from the neo-Nazi scene | MDR.DE . ( mdr.de [accessed December 26, 2017]).
  2. ^ Bayerischer Rundfunk: Nazi dropout Heidi Benneckenstein: A "German girl" unpacks | BR.de = . October 12, 2017 ( archive.org [accessed February 17, 2018]).
  3. ^ A German girl book report
  4. ↑ Three of our new releases on the Spiegel bestseller list klett-cotta.de
  5. ↑ Klett-Cotta: A German Girl - Heidi Benneckenstein. Retrieved December 26, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Karin Truscheit: "A German Girl": Heidrun and her family ties , faz.net, October 16, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Benneckenstein, Heidi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Redeker, Heidrun (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German former right-wing extremist and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Fürstenfeldbruck