Michael Barthel

Michael Barthel was born in Erlangen in 1981. After serving in the German armed forces, he completed a traineeship at a daily newspaper and subsequently worked as an editor. He studied sports marketing alongside his job before moving into industry, where he worked in marketing communications. Another biographical account describes him as a social scientist and consultant focusing on right-wing extremism and democracy in the eastern German states. Barthel completed the manuscript of his first book on June 28, 2018, in Zandvoort aan Zee, the Netherlands.