17 Facts About Attila Hildmann

Attila Klaus-Peter Hildmann was born on 22 April 1981 and is a German vegan cookbook author and far-right conspiracy theorist.

Attila Hildmann wrote his first cookbook in 2009, and his book Vegan for Fun was named cookbook of the year by the Vegetarierbund Deutschland in 2012.

Attila Hildmann subsequently featured in numerous television programs and talk shows.

Attila Hildmann has described himself as "ultra right-wing" and as a German nationalist.

Attila Hildmann has been repeatedly characterized as antisemitic and has been on the run since 2021, when German prosecutors issued a European arrest warrant for his arrest.

Attila Hildmann studied for a diploma in physics at the Free University of Berlin but failed to graduate.

Attila Hildmann became vegetarian after witnessing his adoptive father die of a heart attack whilst on a ski trip in 2000.

Attila Hildmann attributed the death to excessive meat consumption resulting in hypercholesterolemia.

Attila Hildmann appears in YouTube videos and has been featured in numerous television programs and talk shows, including Maischberger, TV total, ZDF's Volle Kanne, SWR's Nachtcafe, and Westdeutscher Rundfunk's daheim + unterwegs.

Attila Hildmann spread conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

In June 2020, Attila Hildmann shared antisemitic conspiracy theories, calling himself a German nationalist and saying that Jews wanted 'to exterminate the German race'.

Attila Hildmann's public sharing of these views have resulted in German police pursuing criminal charges against him and loss of revenue; brands he served as spokesman for have severed ties with him.

Attila Hildmann claimed in August 2020 during the closure of the Pergamon Altar in Berlin, caused by COVID-19, that satanic rituals were performed at night and that the altar was a "centre of global satanists and Corona criminals".

Attila Hildmann has accused the German government of working in the service of Bill Gates to promote forced COVID-19 vaccinations and a surveillance state.

On 29 August 2020, Attila Hildmann was arrested at a COVID-19 conspiracy protest outside the Russian embassy in Berlin after protestors assaulted seven police officers and threw rocks and glass at the embassy and police.

An arrest warrant for slander, harassment and incitement to racial hatred was finally issued in February 2021, but Attila Hildmann had been absent from his home for several weeks at this time.

Attila Hildmann moved to Turkey in early 2021, evading prosecution in Germany.