Books and biographies

Here you will find an overview of selected (auto)biographies of right-wing extremists, jihadists/islamists, left-wing extremists and other political or religious forms of extremism.

Right-wing extremists

  • Stefan Michael Bar. Fluchtpunkt Neonazi: Eine Jugend zwischen Rebellion, Hakenkreuz und Knast, Hirnkost, 2003.
  • Manuel Bauer. Unter Staatsfeinden: Mein Leben im braunen Sumpf der Neonaziszene, Riva, 2012.
  • Heidi Benneckenstein. Ein deutsches Mädchen: Mein Leben in einer Neonazi-Familie, Tropen, 2017.
  • Derek Black (by Eli Saslow). Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist, Doubleday, 2018.
  • Matthew Collins. Hate: My Life in the British Far Right, BiteBack Publishing, 2012.
  • Johnny Lee Clary. Boys in the Hoods: One Man's Journey from Hatred to Love : An Autobiographical Expose of Racial Hatred, Racism, and Redemption
  • Johan Egonsson. Ett liv i mörker, Forum, 2012.
  • Rickart Flinga. Iskallt och stenhårt: Mine tjugo år i Texas fängelser, Norstedts, 2005.
  • Timo F. Neonazi: Autobiografischer Roman, Arena Verlag, 2017.
  • Nick W. Greger. Verschenkte Jahre - Eine Jugend im Nazi-Hass, epubli GmbH, 2012.
  • Ingo Hasselbach. Führer-Ex: Memoirs of a Former Neo-Nazi, Random House, 1996 (available in English and 1994 version in German).
  • Odfried Hepp. Der Rebell: Odfried Hepp Neonazi, Terrorist, Aussteiger, Lübbe, 2004.
  • Ray Hill. The Other Face of Terror: Inside Europe's Neo-Nazi Network, Harper Collins Publishers, 1988.
  • Jyvonne Hubbard. White Sheets to Brown Babies, Saskia Press, 2018.
  • Stefan Jahnel. Mythos Neonazi, proliteratur Verlag, 2005
  • Anna-Lena Joners Larsson. Nazibruden – en sann historie, Harper Life, 2017.
  • Tom Kimmo Eiternes. Bak nazismen, Cappelen, 2002.
  • Johannes Kneifel. Vom Saulus zum Paulus: Skinhead, Gewalttäter, Pastor – meine drei Leben, Wunderlich, 2012.
  • Torsten Lemmer. Rechts raus, Neue Das Berlin, 2004.
  • Kent Lindahl. Exit: min väg bort från nazismen, Norstedts, 2000 (available in Norwegian, Swedish and German).
  • Tony McAleer. The Cure for Hate: A Former White Supremacist’s Journey from Violent Extremism to Radical Compassion, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2019.
  • Frank Meink. Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead: The Frank Meeink Story as Told to Jody M. Roy, PH.D, Hawthorne Books, 2017.
  • Arno Michaelis. My Life After Hate, la Prens, 2012.
  • Wolfgang Niederreiter. Ich geh jetzt Rambo spielen. Müllkind, Neonazi, Söldner in Bosnien, Bekehrund – und ein Mordprozess, Aufbau-Verlag, 1995.
  • Kerry Noble. Tabernacle of Hate: Why They Bombed Oklahoma City, Voyageur Pub, 1998.
  • Dennis Persson. Jag bröt med nazismen, LL-förlaget, 2005 (available in Norwegian and Swedish).
  • Christian Picciolini. White American youth: My Descent into America’s Most Violent Hate Movement – and How I Got Out, Hachette Books, 2017.
  • Sammy Rangel. FOURBEARS: The Myths of Forgiveness, Fourbears, 2011.
  • Magnus Sandelin. Den svarte nazisten: En dokumentär om Jackie Arklöf, Månspocket, 2011.
  • Philip Schlaffer. Hass. Macht. Gewalt.: Ein Ex-Nazi und Rotlicht-Rocker packt aus, Droemer, 2020.
  • T. J. Leyden. Skinhead Confessions: From Hate To Hope, Cedar Fort, 2008.
  • Thomas Tarrants. The Conversion of a Klansman: The Story of a Former Ku Klux Klan Terrorist, Doubleday, 1979.
  • Christian Weissgerber. Mein Vaterland! Warum ich ein Neonazi war, Orell Füssli Verlag, 2019.

Jihadists/islamists

  • Collins Aukai. My Jihad, Pocket Books, 2002.
  • Farid Benyettou. Mon djihad: Itinéraire d'un repenti, Autrement, 2017
  • Yehya Kaddouri. Lach met de duivel: autobiografie van een 'rotte appel'-Marokkaan,
  • Uitgeverij Van Gennep, 2011.
  • Maajid Nawaz. Radical: My Journey Out Of Islamist Extremism, Lyons Press, 2013.
  • Morten Storm. Agent Storm: My Life inside al Qaeda and the CIA, Grove Press, 2015 (available in several languages, including English and German
  • Anna Sundberg. Älskade terrorist: 16 år med militante islamister, Norstedts, 2016.
  • David Vallat, Terreur de jeuneusse, Calmann-Lévy 2016.

Left-wing extremists

 

  • Michael Baumann. Terror or love?, Grove Press, 1979 (available in English, German and Swedish).
  • Jan Kallevik. XTRM: Krig i Oslos gater, Aschehoug, 2014.
  • Till Meyer. Staatsfeind: Erinnerungen, Rotbuch Verlag, 1996.
  • Patrizio Peci. Io l'infame: La mia storia da terrorista pentito, Sperling & Kupfer, 1983.
  • Mark Rudd. Underground: My Life with SDS and the Weathermen, Harper Collins, 2009.
  • Margrit Schiller. Remembering the Armed Struggle: Life in Baader-Meinhof, Zidane Press, 2008 (available in several languages, including English and German).
  • Magnus Utvik. Med Stalin som Gud: Tre tonår i en kommunistisk sekt, Norstedts, 2011.

Others

  • Paddy Devlin. Straight Left: An Autobiography, Blackstaff Press Ltd, 1993.
  • David Hamilton. A Cause Worth Living For: My Journey Out of Terrorism, Highland Books, 1997 (available in English and Swedish)
  • Martin McGuinness. Martin McGuinness: A Life Remembered, Blackstaff Press Ltd, 2017
  • Cathrine Moestue. Sekten. De kalte meg Roxy
  • Shane Paul O’Doherty. The Volunteer : A Former IRA Man's True Story, Strategic Book Publishing, 2013 (available in several languages, including English and German).
  • Michael Stone. None Shall Divide Us, John Blake, 2014.

 

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