[1] Albrecht Knaus was editor at Piper Verlag and publishing director at Hoffmann und Campe.

Albrecht Knaus, who was very aware of the direction he wanted to go, held his freedom as a publisher in contrary to the comments of critics.

[4] One of the first authors in Albrecht Knaus Verlag was Walter Kempowski, later came others, such as Manfred Bieler with Ewig und drei Tage, Hisako Matsubara with Abendkranich and Leni Riefenstahl with her biography.

[5] 1984 the Albrecht Knaus Verlag was transformed into a limited liability company At the same time the headquarters of the publisher was moved to Munich.

Succeeding Claudia Vidoni was Wolfgang Ferchl who became head of Albrecht Knaus Verlag in 2009.