About Patrick Kurtz

Patrick Kurtz is a private investigator, criminalist, author, editor, publisher and researcher. He grew up on the Franconian border in southern Thuringia and today lives alternately in Germany, Barcelona (Spain) and on the Isle of Skye (Scotland) with his wife Dr Maya Grünschloß and their two children Ian and Enlil.

 

As a native “Römer” and grandson of the Central German local historian Hilmar Römer, Patrick Kurtz studied Provincial Roman Archaeology, Psychology, Comparative Literature and German Studies at the universities of Oxford, Leipzig, Marburg and Hagen. In addition to editing Aidan Johnstone’s memoirs under the title Livingstones Mahnung, he published the academic literary volume Von Ovid, Grass und Tintagel Castle – Wissenschaftliche und Essayistische Ausflüge in die Europäische Literatur in 2012.

 

Furthermore, Patrick Kurtz has pursued studies with varying intensity on topics such as prehistory; religion and mythology; the origin, development and nature of the universe, of life (with a focus on biochemistry, in particular the DNA molecule) and of consciousness; philosophy; police violence; climate change; as well as democracy, demagogy and disinformation in the 21st century. In doing so, he consistently shows interest both in established academic disciplines and in alternative scientific approaches, and looks beyond the Western horizon. His other interests and passions include music (he is a multi-instrumentalist), Rishi yoga, scuba diving (PADI certified) and various forms of sporting activity.

 

Out of interest and a natural aptitude for combination, deduction and analysis, Patrick Kurtz completed training as a private detective in 2012/13 and has been conducting investigations commercially as an IHK-certified specialist detective since completing this qualification. His academic and investigative focus in this regard is criminalistics with the application of human ethological insights.

 

His further qualifications in the field of investigation and security include the IHK competence examination in accordance with Section 34a of the GewO, the commercial weapons proficiency examination in accordance with Section 7 of the WaffG, proof of knowledge of life-saving immediate measures and defibrillator instruction, intervention officer qualification in accordance with VDS, and even lift attendant certification in accordance with TRBS 3121.

 

Language Skills: German, English and Spanish (each conversationally fluent), as well as, with varying levels of basic vocabulary and conversational ability, Italian, French, Catalan and Greek. In addition, Patrick Kurtz holds the Latinum and is familiar with the Hebrew alphabet.

 

Patrick Kurtz is regularly consulted as an expert by television, radio and print media as well as by other institutions, including the University of Potsdam as an adviser within the framework of a research project, as well as – often repeatedly – by Sat.1, RTL, ZDF, BBC Worldwide, WDR Radio, Galileo (ProSieben), Klett-Cotta specialist publishing, the Berliner Tagesspiegel, Die Wirtschaft Köln, the Weser-Kurier, Merkurist Frankfurt, the Offenbach-Post, Antenne Münster, Sat.1 NRW, BILD, MDR Television, MDR Radio (including Figaro), NDR Television, Spiegel, the IHK magazine, VICE Magazine, ze.tt (youth magazine of DIE ZEIT), pflichtlektüre (WAZ Media Group), the children’s and youth magazine tut, Blick, Watson (all Switzerland), the Security Academy Berlin, Star FM Berlin, Radio NPR Berlin, Radio Wuppertal, the Leipziger Volkszeitung, the Dresdner Morgenpost, the Sächsische Zeitung and the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, or as a “maxperte™” for the online streaming service “maxdome”.

 

Since 2016, he has been a continuously active and committed supporter of the Neven Subotic Foundation.

If you are interested in booking Patrick Kurtz for lectures or media productions, please use the following link:

https://www.patrick-kurtz.com/kontakt-vortrags-und-medienproduktionsbuchung/.