Peter Schult

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Peter Schult
BornJune 17, 1928
DiedApril 25, 1984 (aged 55)
Occupationjournalist
LanguageGerman
NationalityGerman
Literary movement Anarchism

Peter Schult (June 17, 1928 - April 25, 1984) was a German anarchist writer and journalist. [1] [2] [3] [4] He wrote Besuche in Sackgassen: Aufzeichnungen eines homosexuellen Anarchisten and was subject of Florian Mildenberger's 2006 biography Beispiel Peter Schult. [2]

Schult was imprisoned during the 1980s for "homosexual crimes against children and adolescents", at a time when sex with minors was prohibited only for homosexuals. A petition for him to be released due to his health complications was signed by 4,500 people, including Helmut Gollwitzer, Heinrich Albertz, Volker Schlöndorff, and Bundestag member Rudolf Schöfberger. [3]

References

  1. Loff, Birgit (1984), Peter Schult – für den Rest seines Lebens ein freier Mann?, Vorgänge, 68, S. 115
  2. 1 2 Herz, Christian J. "Mildenberger, Florian: Beispiel: Peter Schult." Werkstatt Schwule Theologie 14, no. 1 (2007): 125-130.
  3. 1 2 "Schicksalhafter Ablauf". Der Spiegel (in German). 1984-03-18. ISSN   2195-1349 . Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  4. Mildenberger, Florian (2006). Beispiel Peter Schult: Pädophilie im öffentlichen Diskurs. Bibliothek Rosa Winkel. Hamburg: Männerschwarm. ISBN   978-3-935596-40-4.