Beispiel Peter Schult

Beispiel Peter Schult – Pädophilie im öffentlichen Diskurs, or, in English, Peter Schult - Pedophilia in Public Discourse, is a 2006 biography on the life and thought of German anarchist MAP activist Peter Schult. The book also provides extensive discussion of the changing discourse around homosexual pedophilia in Germany from the post-war period after 1945. We summarize and quote English translated passages of this book below.

Table of contents

• "Peter Schult ... ah ... that name doesn't ring a bell ... "

Research experience on the life and work of Peter Schult .......................................... 7

• The homosexual paedophile as enemy of any organized society ......................................................... 17
• Peter Schult's long march to revolution 1928 - 1975 .............................................................................86

The years of decision 1976 - 1984 ...........................................................................119

• Greens, "Leftists" and the Paedophile after 1985 -

An outlook.............................................................................160

As described in the introduction: "This book is divided into two parts: In the first and most extensive chapter, I trace the history of the medical pathologization of homosexual padophilia in Germany. The following chapters describe Peter Schult's life "between the fronts" of the German post-war society up to the bosom of the revolutionary movements in the wake of the student revolt of 1968 and the anarchic and political situation for Schult." (p. 11).

The introduction reflects on the difficulty of researching Schult and that, despite his popularity and noteriety during his lifetime and his association with many prominent political figures, no extensive research on Schult has yet been conducted before this book:

Peter Schult was a Paedophile/Pederast, anarchist, protagonist of the "Red Help" in the 1970s, a key figure of the undogmatic left. He was close to the anarchist counterpart of the RAF, the "Bewegung 2. Juni" [The 2 June Movement - Newgon], and at the same time moved in the environment of Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Joschka Fischer, Otto Schily and many others. His opponents in those years were up-and-coming politicians from conservative or economically liberal parties, who today, in view of a life like Schult's, would call for "cutting away" and castration. It is not surprising, therefore, that Schult has not received any attention in the reception of contemporary history. Historical research is inextricably linked to the allocation of funds, so that generally only what is politically desired is researched. Peter Schult is not one of them. (p. 10).

In addition to lack of financial motive, Mildenberger suggests censorship/self-censorship to be an issue, both of people who wish to remain silent or ignore/disavow their past associations, and archival censorship. In a moment of trivia, the author reveals that the character Christoph Graf in Gerhard Seyfried's novel "Der schwarze Stern der Tupamaros" (The Black Star of the Tupamaros) is partly based on Schult (p. 7).