Wolf-Christian von Ditfurth is a German author and historian. He was a member of the German Communist Party from 1973 to 1983. In January 1998, he joined the SPD, which he was a member of for two years.
As a journalist he has published numerous articles in the Der Spiegel. Since 1999, he has also been a writer of sensational and detective novels.
He comes from an old noble family. His father Hoimar von Ditfurth was a journalist, doctor, popular television presenter and writer, his sister, Jutta Ditfurth, is a journalist and politician.
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