Peter Scholl-Latour

Peter Roman Scholl-Latour (March 9, 1924 – August 16, 2014) was a French-German journalist and publicist. He was born in Bochum, Germany. He was of (partly) Jewish descent (his mother was Jewish).^[1]

Peter Scholl-Latour
Scholl-Latour at a lecture in the Bundeswehr University of Munich, 2008
Born	(1924-03-09)9 March 1924 Bochum, Weimar Republic
Died	16 August 2014(2014-08-16) (aged 90) Rhöndorf, Germany
Nationality	German and French
Alma mater	Institut d'études politiques de Paris, Sorbonne, Lebanese University
Known for	Death in the Rice-fields
Awards	Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur , 2005 Cross of Merit, First class, 2006 Gerhard Löwenthal Honor Award, 2008 (issued by Junge Freiheit)
Scientific career
Fields	Political science

He was known for his books:

• Der Tod im Reisfeld [Death in the Rice-fields] (1980)
• Allah ist mit den Standhaften [Allah is with the Steadfast] (1983)
• Mord am grossen Fluss [Murder at the Great River] (1986)
• Leben mit Frankreich [Living with France] (1988)
• Afrikanische Totenklage [African Dirge] (2001)

He fought in the First Indochina War.

Scholl-Latour died in Rhöndorf, Germany, aged 90.^[2]