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Attila Hildmann
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Hildmann at a protest in 2020
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Attila Klaus-Peter Hildmann
22 April 1981 |
| Citizenship | Germany |
| Alma mater | Free University of Berlin (dropped out) |
| Occupation | Cookbook author |
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Attila Klaus-Peter Hildmann (born 22 April 1981) is a German vegan cookbook author and far-right conspiracy theorist. He wrote his first cookbook in 2009, and his book Vegan for Fun was named cookbook of the year by the Vegetarierbund Deutschland in 2012. He subsequently featured in numerous television programs and talk shows.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hildmann emerged as a disseminator of conspiracy ideologies surrounding the virus. He has described himself as "ultra right-wing". He has been on the run since 2021, when German prosecutors issued a European arrest warrant for his arrest.
Biography
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Early life and career
Born in West Berlin, Hildmann is of Turkish descent and was raised by German adoptive parents. He studied for a diploma in physics at the Free University of Berlin but failed to graduate.
Hildmann became vegetarian after witnessing his adoptive father die of a heart attack whilst on a ski trip in 2000. He attributed the death to excessive meat consumption resulting in hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol). Fearing the same fate and being heavily overweight, he renounced meat and fish products, and began to exercise regularly, losing 35 kg in weight. Over time, he abstained from consuming almost all animal products and became primarily vegan.
In 2009, Hildmann wrote his first vegan cookbook. In 2012, his Vegan for Fun was named cookbook of the year by Vegetarierbund Deutschland, the German branch of the International Vegetarian Union.
Hildmann appears in YouTube videos and has been featured in numerous television programs and talk shows, including Maischberger, TV total, ZDF's Volle Kanne, SWR's Nachtcafé, and Westdeutscher Rundfunk's daheim + unterwegs. In March 2016, he was a contestant in the TV show Let's Dance.
In April 2017, Hildmann participated in the TV show Schlag den Star against Luke Mockridge.
Books
- Norderstedt: Books on Demand, ISBN: 978-3-8423-3835-7.
- Becker Joest Volk Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-938100-71-4.
- Attila Hildmann (2015) (in German), Vegan for Starters. Die einfachsten und beliebtesten Rezepte aus vier Kochbüchern, Hilden, Beck Joest Volk Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-954530-93-9
- Attila Hildmann (2015) (in German), Vegan Italian Style. Moderne italienische Küche, Hilden, Becker Joest Volk Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-95453-111-0.
- Attila Hildmann (2016) (in German), Vegan Smoothies, Shakes, and Ice Cream - Green Smoothies und Superfoods in ihrer leckersten Form aus der Bestsellerküche von Attila Hildmann, Hilden, Becker Joest Volk Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-95453-121-9.
- Attila Hildmann (2016) (in German), Vegan for Fit Gipfelstürmer - Die 7-Tage-Detox-Diät, Hilden, Becker Joest Volk Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-95453-131-8.
