Karl Heinrich Leopold Deschner (23 May 1924 – 8 April 2014), was a German researcher and writer who achieved public attention in Europe for his trenchant and fiercely critical treatment of Christianity in general and the Roman Catholic Church in particular, as expressed in several articles and books, culminating in his 10 volume opus Christianity's Criminal History (Kriminalgeschichte des Christentums, Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek).
Book is weird, well documented and a nightmare to read. So many citations. Its been years I had not such a headache. After closing the book, with the last page on my hand I did wonder about germany, in particular, why this land produces so many writers against catholicism and christendom?
Such a sad book. Fraud, antisemitism, hate, destruction of literature, and heaps of ignorance make the stories narrated in this third volume. Saddest is knowing how little of all this is known to the average christian...