Malte Herwig

Malte Herwig (born 2 October 1972) is a German-born author, journalist, and literary critic.

[2] He is the author of several books, among them a biography of Austrian poet Peter Handke and a study of the greatest Nazi cover-up in post-war Germany, "Die Flakhelfer", which will be published in English in 2014.

Herwig is also known as an interviewer, whose empathetic but also sometimes confrontational style with stars like Michael Douglas, Charlotte Rampling and Rupert Everett has won acclaim.

[3] Referring to Hannah Arendt's famous phrase about the Nazis when she covered the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Israel, The New York Times quoted Herwig as saying he wanted to use “the last chance to investigate that supposed banality of evil with a living person.”.

[4] Sensationally, the 100-year-old Priebke told Herwig he had renounced national socialism and deeply regretted his involvement in war crimes.