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Ferdinand von Schirach (born 1964 in Munich) is a German lawyer and writer. == Life and work == A member of the noble Wendish-origined (West Slavic) Schirach family, he is the son of Munich merchant Robert von Schirach (1938–1980) and his wife Elke (née Fähndrich, 1942)〔("Baldur Benedict von Schirach", ''Der Spiegel'', 1962 No. 31 )〕 and grandson of the Hitler Youth Leader Baldur von Schirach. His American great-grandmother is a descendant of two signatories of the American Declaration of Independence, and descends from the Founding Fathers of the United States, the Mayflower pilgrims. He grew up in Munich and Trossingen and was educated at the Jesuit college Kolleg St. Blasien, about which he wrote in connection with sexual harassment in the Catholic Church in ''Der Spiegel''.〔("Eine Jugend im Jesuiten-Internat St. Blasien", ''Der Spiegel'', 2010 No. 6 )〕 After studies in Bonn and his ''Referendariat'' in Cologne and in Berlin he became an attorney in 1994, specialised in criminal law. Von Schirach is considered a prominent attorney and represented, among others, the BND spy Norbert Juretzko, and, in the so-called "Politbüro trial", Günter Schabowski. He attracted attention in connection with the "Liechtenstein Tax Affair", in which charges were brought against the Bundesnachrichtendienst and when he complained to the Berlin data protection agency on behalf of the family of the late actor Klaus Kinski, when it allowed the publication of Kinski's medical file. Schirach is active exclusively in the domain of criminal law. In August 2009, Schirach published the book ''Verbrechen'' ("Crime") with the publisher Piper Verlag. The book remained on ''Der Spiegels bestseller list for 54 weeks. The collection of stories is based on cases from his chambers. Rights to the book were sold in more than 30 countries. In August 2010, his second book, ''Schuld'' ("Guilt") appeared, again with Piper Verlag, and again it contains short stories drawing on von Schirach's everyday experience as an attorney. In September 2011, Piper Verlag published Schirach's third book, ''Der Fall Collini'' ("The Collini Case"), which reached no. 2 on the bestseller list of ''Der Spiegel''. The book tells of the murder of the industrialist Hans Meyer, who had been a Nazi officer in Italy. It deals, controversially, with the sometimes excessively mild ways in which the post-World War II justice system in Germany dealt with former Nazis. Ferdinand von Schirach published his first short stories at the age of forty-five. Shortly thereafter he became one of Germany's most successful authors. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide and have made him "an internationally celebrated star of German literature." Schirach's books has been translated into more than 35 languages. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ferdinand von Schirach」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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