In 2009, he began to write vegan cookbooks, selling more than a million copies. As a result, he became a vegan, began to do a huge amount of exercise and - so he claims - shed 30 kilos (66 pounds).Īttila Hildmann started a career as a vegan chef in 2009 His foster father died when he was 19, with Hildmann convinced that excessive meat consumption was to blame. His Turkish parents gave him up for adoption when he was a baby, and he grew up with German adoptive parents. From overweight teenager to vegan celebrityĪttila Hildmann, 39, was born in Berlin. Digital hate can have very real consequences," she says. "Such narratives in combination with his overt anti-Semitism can really stir people up. His posts, she notes, all employ the language of war, with the message being: We are at war, so we are allowed to use the weapons of war. Lamberty warns against the influence that Hildmann's rhetoric can have on others. The social psychologist is the co-founder of the Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy (CeMAS), which brings together a network of experts from across Germany to create an early warning system against digital conspiracy theories, disinformation and far-right extremism. But in the past 12 months he has turned himself into a dangerous rabble-rouser, says Pia Lamberty. Hildmann made his name as the self-taught author of vegan cookbooks. In May 2020 Hildmann was one of the prominent participants of demonstration against anti-coronavirus measures in Berlin
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