Renate Hartwig

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Renate Hartwig

Renate Hartwig (* 1948 in Lindau ) is a German publicist who became known for her anti- Scientology activities .

Live and act

Renate Hartwig originally worked as a social worker. Hartwig became known to the general public through her critical books about the Scientology sect , which she wrote when she campaigned against this organization for several years. She later increasingly criticized other critics of Scientology. She ended her criticism of Scientology in 2002.

In 2000, Hartwig founded Aktion Eule , under which companies sponsored the author's novel for young people, “Dangerous Curiosity”, which enabled the books to be given away to school classes.

From 2007 to 2014 the - according to her own point of view - advocate of patients and general practitioners published against the health policy dominated by "capital interests", from 2015 with a focus on fiction.

In 2017, together with a school class, the youth novel in danger of collapsing was created , in which hostilities behind the peaceful facade of a school are portrayed in a novel-like manner and also resolved.

In 2018, Direct Verlag published her latest novel Erbschleicher and other relatives , which deals with interventions by sociopaths in previously intact family structures. According to the author, it is a factual novel.

From 1994 to 2004 she was the editor in charge of the magazine "Direct Report" published by her husband's "Direct Verlag".

Renate Hartwig is married and has three grown children.

Journalistic activity

Publications on the health system

  • The Sold Patient (2008)
  • Sick in Germany (2010)
  • Cash machine cash patient - where is our contribution money? Die Streitschrift , Direct-Verlag, 2012
  • The golden scalp, fontis Verlag Basel, 2014

Other publications

  • At risk of collapse , Direct Verlag, 2017
  • Erbschleicher and other relatives , Direct Verlag, 2018

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cf. " I accuse ", page 235; " Targeted by Scientology, " page 13.
  2. ↑ Cf. Ingo Heinemann: Why? .
  3. ↑ See Aktion Eule ( Memento from June 5, 2004 in the Internet Archive ), description by the author from 2004.
  4. ↑ Publicist - Author - Activist. Retrieved March 3, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ See profit maximization instead of health? , Augsburger Allgemeine, February 28, 2008.
  6. ↑ Publicist - Author - Activist. Retrieved on April 18, 2018 (German).
  7. ↑ Young adult novels. Retrieved March 3, 2019 (German).
  8. ↑ Novels. Retrieved March 3, 2019 (German).
  9. ↑ Cf. Imprint Direct Report from 2004 ( Memento from June 9, 2004 in the Internet Archive ).
  10. ↑ The sold patient. Retrieved April 18, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Publicist - Author - Activist. Retrieved on April 18, 2018 (German).
  12. ↑ Young adult novels. Retrieved March 3, 2019 (German).
  13. ↑ Gift books. Retrieved March 3, 2019 (German).

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personal data
SURNAME Hartwig, Renate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publicist and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Lindau