Richard von Schirach (born 11 February 1942 in

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) is a German

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and author. He studied at LMU, where he earned a doctorate in Chinese literature in 1974. In 1973 he published a German version of the autobiography of Chinese Emperor Puyi. Richard von Schirach is a member of the

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Sorbian Schirach family. He is a son of the Nazi war criminal

Baldur von Schirach Baldur Benedikt von Schirach (9 May 1907 – 8 August 1974) was a German politician who is best known for his role as the Nazi Party national youth leader and head of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to 1940. He later served as ''Gauleiter'' and ''Re ...

, and a grandson of Hitler’s official photographer

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. He has published a book about his father. He is the father of the philosopher

Ariadne von Schirach Ariadne von Schirach (born 1978 in Munich) is a German philosopher, writer, journalist and critic. She is known as a literary critic for Deutschlandradio Kultur, and as an essayist and columnist for newspapers such as ''Die Welt'' and ''Frankfurt ...

and of the author

Benedict Wells Benedict Wells (born Benedict von Schirach, 29 February 1984 in Munich) is a German-Swiss novelist. Life and career Wells grew up in Bavaria. At the age of six, he was sent to a state boarding school after his parents separated and had to deal wi ...

Books

Pu Yi Aisin-Gioro Puyi (; 7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967), courtesy name Yaozhi (曜之), was the last emperor of China as the eleventh and final Qing dynasty monarch. He became emperor at the age of two in 1908, but was forced to abdicate on 1 ...

: ''Ich war Kaiser von China: Vom Himmelssohn zum neuen Menschen.'' Hanser, Munich 1973. * ''Hsü Chih-mo und die Hsin-yüeh-Gesellschaft: Ein Beitrag zur Neuen Literatur Chinas.'' Dissertation, LMU, 1974. * ''Der Schatten meines Vaters.'' Hanser, Munich, Vienna 2005, * ''Die Nacht der Physiker: Heisenberg, Hahn, Weizsäcker und die deutsche Bombe.''Wie es fast zur Atombombe kam
Deutschlandradio Kultur, 29 November 2012

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: ''Denn Du trägst meinen Namen. Das schwere Erbe der prominenten Nazi-Kinder.'' Blessing, München 2000, .

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