title: Rüdiger Sünner
text: # Rüdiger Sünner
  
  Rüdiger Sünner, born 1953 in Köln on the Rhine, is a German author and documentary film maker, most notable for his book and his documentary on the Schwarze Sonne.
  
  ## Biography
  
  1970 Abitur
  
  From 1972 to 1985 he studied music, music science, German and philosophy. Beside being a musician in different Pop groups and training activity as flutist.
  
  In 1985 he graduated in the art and philosophy of Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno and Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche.
  
  From 1986-1991 he studied at the German film and television academy in Berlin (DFFB).
  
  Since 1991 he has operated as author, film producer and musician in Berlin.
  
  ## Schwarze Sonne
  
  Schwarze Sonne (Black Sun) is a 2001 German book by Sünner that explores the occult roots of Nazism .
  
  Sünner also produced a documentary of the same name. While filming at the Wewelsburg castle, he was allegedly threatened by a skinhead, brandishing his fist with a Black Sun tattoo. Apparently he regarded Sünner's film as a desecration.
  
  