Butz Peters (born 22 January 1958 in

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) is a German television presenter and

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who presented '' Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst'' from 1997 to 2001. He is the author of four bestsellers (among others ''Tödlicher Irrtum – Die Geschichte der RAF'', ''Fatal error – The History of the RAF''), which mainly deal with the theme of left wing

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in post war Germany. From 1994 till 1996, he worked as

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for the ARD

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''Brisant'', in 1993/1994, he was

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of the

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''Antenne Sachsen''.

Works

* ''The last myth of the RAF: Who shot Wolfgang Grams? The disaster of Bad Kleinen'' (''Der letzte Mythos der RAF: Wer erschoss Wolfgang Grams? Das Desaster von Bad Kleinen''), Berlin 2006, . * ''Fatal error. The history of the RAF'' (''Tödlicher Irrtum. Die Geschichte der RAF''), Berlin 2004, . * ''Television and film production. Legal Guide'' (''Fernseh- und Filmproduktion. Rechtshandbuch''), Baden-Baden 2003, * ''

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in German law. Guide to the legal world'' (''Who’s who im deutschen Recht. Wegweiser durch die Juristenwelt''), München 2003, * ''Media Law. The civil rights'' (''Medienrecht. Die zivilrechtlichen Ansprüche''), München 1999, * ''The gravy train.

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in the Federal Republic'' (''Die Absahner. Organisierte Kriminalität in der Bundesrepublik''), Hamburg 1994, * ''Handbook of the law on

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: The new Working Hours Act 1994'' (''Handbuch des Arbeitszeitrechts: Das neue Arbeitszeitgesetz 1994''), Hannover 1994, * ''RAF.

Terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war aga ...

in Germany'' (''RAF. Terrorismus in Deutschland''), Stuttgart 1991, . * ''The partnership mediation agreement'' (''Der Partnerschaftsvermittlungsvertrag''), Frankfurt am Main 1986,

References

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* 1958 births Living people German television personalities Jurists from Hanover {{Germany-law-bio-stub