Dirk Laabs

Dirk Laabs, born in Hamburg in 1973, is an author and filmmaker. His first book, »Tödliche Fehler – Die Fehler der Geheimdienste vor dem 11. September 2001«, was published in 2005. His documentary »Die Fremden im Paradies – Warum Gotteskrieger töten« received the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation Documentary Film Award in 2004. In 2012, he was awarded the Opus Primum Prize for »Der deutsche Goldrausch. Die wahre Geschichte der Treuhand«. Together with Stefan Aust, he wrote »Heimatschutz. Der Staat und die Mordserie des NSU« (2014). Laabs also received the Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for his films about Deutsche Bank.