Butz Peters (born 22 January 1958 in

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

) is a German television presenter and jurist 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

terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...

in post war Germany. From 1994 till 1996, he worked as screenwriter for the ARD

gossip magazine A gossip magazine, also referred to as a tabloid magazine, is a magazine that features scandalous stories about the personal lives of celebrities and other well-known individuals. In North America, this genre of magazine flourished in the 1950s an ...

''Brisant'', in 1993/1994, he was editor in chief of the

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...

''Antenne Sachsen''.

Works

* ''The last myth of the

RAF The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...

: Who shot

Wolfgang Grams Wolfgang Grams (March 6, 1953 – June 27, 1993) was a member of the Red Army Faction (RAF), a German far-left terrorist organisation. Life Wolfgang Grams was born in Wiesbaden, Germany. His parents, Werner and Ruth Grams, were expelled f ...

? 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, * '' Who's who 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.

Organised crime Organized crime (or organised crime) is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally th ...

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

working time Working(laboring) time is the period of time that a person spends at paid labor. Unpaid labor such as personal housework or caring for children or pets is not considered part of the working week. Many countries regulate the work week by law, ...

: 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 criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...

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

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