Beate Klarsfeld

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Beate Klarsfeld
Klarsfeld in 2015
Born	Beate Auguste Künzel (1939-02-13) 13 February 1939 (age 85) Berlin, Nazi Germany
Nationality	German
Political party	The Left
Spouse	Serge Klarsfeld ​ (m. 1963)​
Children	2

Beate Auguste Klarsfeld (née Künzel; born 13 February 1939) is a Franco-German journalist and Nazi hunter who, along with her French husband, Serge, became famous for their investigation and documentation of numerous Nazi war criminals, including Kurt Lischka, Alois Brunner, Klaus Barbie, Ernst Ehlers [de] and Kurt Asche.

In March 2012, she ran as the candidate for The Left in the 2012 German presidential election against Joachim Gauck, but lost by 126 to 991.