diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/geschichte/GeschichteSummary.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/geschichte/GeschichteSummary.java
index e4bf9453..d8fb9be1 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/geschichte/GeschichteSummary.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/geschichte/GeschichteSummary.java
@@ -37,10 +37,9 @@ public interface GeschichteSummary {
 
     String getBody();
 
+    /** Author projection — names only; never email or group memberships (same rule as GeschichteView.AuthorView). */
     interface AuthorSummary {
         String getFirstName();
         String getLastName();
-        @Schema(requiredMode = Schema.RequiredMode.REQUIRED)
-        String getEmail();
     }
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/geschichte/GeschichteListProjectionTest.java b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/geschichte/GeschichteListProjectionTest.java
index 3ab95cc1..49c31bf8 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/geschichte/GeschichteListProjectionTest.java
+++ b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/geschichte/GeschichteListProjectionTest.java
@@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ class GeschichteListProjectionTest {
     // ─── AuthorSummary nested projection ─────────────────────────────────────
 
     @Test
-    void findSummaries_exposes_nested_author_firstName_lastName_email() {
+    void findSummaries_exposes_nested_author_names_but_never_email() {
         AppUser richAuthor = appUserRepository.save(AppUser.builder()
+                .firstName("Franz").lastName("Raddatz")
                 .email("franz@raddatz.de").password("pw").build());
         geschichteRepository.save(published("Briefe aus der Front", richAuthor));
 
@@ -97,7 +98,13 @@ class GeschichteListProjectionTest {
 
         assertThat(result).hasSize(1);
         GeschichteSummary.AuthorSummary a = result.get(0).getAuthor();
-        assertThat(a.getEmail()).isEqualTo("franz@raddatz.de");
+        assertThat(a.getFirstName()).isEqualTo("Franz");
+        assertThat(a.getLastName()).isEqualTo("Raddatz");
+        // Design rule (GeschichteView.AuthorView javadoc): author projections never
+        // expose email or group memberships to readers.
+        assertThat(GeschichteSummary.AuthorSummary.class.getMethods())
+                .extracting(java.lang.reflect.Method::getName)
+                .doesNotContain("getEmail");
     }
 
     // ─── GeschichteType is exposed ────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/GeschichteListRow.svelte.spec.ts b/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/GeschichteListRow.svelte.spec.ts
index c0aa748d..b06f5ae8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/GeschichteListRow.svelte.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/GeschichteListRow.svelte.spec.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const baseRow = (overrides = {}) => ({
 	body: '<p>Im Jahr 1923...</p>',
 	type: 'STORY' as 'STORY' | 'JOURNEY',
 	status: 'PUBLISHED' as 'PUBLISHED' | 'DRAFT',
-	author: { firstName: 'Anna', lastName: 'Schmidt', email: 'a@x' },
+	author: { firstName: 'Anna', lastName: 'Schmidt' },
 	publishedAt: '2026-04-15T10:00:00Z',
 	...overrides
 });
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/GeschichtenCard.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/GeschichtenCard.svelte
index f7f71166..353909fe 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/GeschichtenCard.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/GeschichtenCard.svelte
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function authorName(g: GeschichteSummary): string {
 	const a = g.author;
 	if (!a) return '';
 	const full = [a.firstName, a.lastName].filter(Boolean).join(' ').trim();
-	return full || a.email || '';
+	return full || '[Unbekannt]';
 }
 </script>
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/GeschichtenCard.svelte.spec.ts b/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/GeschichtenCard.svelte.spec.ts
index 2aeefc5a..fd1ddcbc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/GeschichtenCard.svelte.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/GeschichtenCard.svelte.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ const makeStory = (id: string, title: string, body: string | undefined = '<p>Bod
 	items: [],
 	author: {
 		id: 'u1',
-		email: 'marcel@example.com',
 		firstName: 'Marcel',
 		lastName: 'Raddatz',
 		enabled: true,
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/utils.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/utils.test.ts
index e5f78253..2d5bb6ac 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/utils.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/utils.test.ts
@@ -3,21 +3,19 @@ import { formatAuthorName, formatAuthorDisplayName, formatPublishedAt } from './
 
 describe('formatAuthorName', () => {
 	it('joins firstName and lastName with a space', () => {
-		expect(formatAuthorName({ firstName: 'Anna', lastName: 'Schmidt', email: 'a@x' })).toBe(
-			'Anna Schmidt'
-		);
+		expect(formatAuthorName({ firstName: 'Anna', lastName: 'Schmidt' })).toBe('Anna Schmidt');
 	});
 
 	it('returns firstName alone when lastName is absent', () => {
-		expect(formatAuthorName({ firstName: 'Anna', email: 'a@x' })).toBe('Anna');
+		expect(formatAuthorName({ firstName: 'Anna' })).toBe('Anna');
 	});
 
 	it('returns lastName alone when firstName is absent', () => {
-		expect(formatAuthorName({ lastName: 'Schmidt', email: 'a@x' })).toBe('Schmidt');
+		expect(formatAuthorName({ lastName: 'Schmidt' })).toBe('Schmidt');
 	});
 
-	it('falls back to email when both names are absent', () => {
-		expect(formatAuthorName({ email: 'fallback@example.com' })).toBe('fallback@example.com');
+	it('falls back to [Unbekannt] when both names are absent', () => {
+		expect(formatAuthorName({})).toBe('[Unbekannt]');
 	});
 
 	it('returns empty string for null input', () => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/utils.ts b/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/utils.ts
index 36db9d05..495a9be5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/utils.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import { formatDate } from '$lib/shared/utils/date';
 
-type AuthorSummary = { firstName?: string; lastName?: string; email: string };
+type AuthorSummary = { firstName?: string; lastName?: string };
 type AuthorView = { displayName: string };
 
 export function formatAuthorName(author: AuthorSummary | null | undefined): string {
 	if (!author) return '';
 	const full = [author.firstName, author.lastName].filter(Boolean).join(' ').trim();
-	return full || author.email || '';
+	// Mirrors the server-side fallback in GeschichteService.toView — email is no longer exposed.
+	return full || '[Unbekannt]';
 }
 
 export function formatAuthorDisplayName(author: AuthorView | null | undefined): string {
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/[id]/page.svelte.test.ts b/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/[id]/page.svelte.test.ts
index 25d8b4cd..4f0a3a11 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/[id]/page.svelte.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/[id]/page.svelte.test.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ describe('geschichten/[id] page', () => {
 		await expect.element(page.getByText(/Anna Schmidt/)).toBeVisible();
 	});
 
-	it('falls back to author email when no name is set', async () => {
+	it('renders the server-computed author displayName verbatim', async () => {
 		render(GeschichtePage, {
 			context: new Map([[CONFIRM_KEY, createConfirmService()]]),
 			props: {
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/page.svelte.test.ts b/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/page.svelte.test.ts
index 663859b9..0cb6b8a7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/page.svelte.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/page.svelte.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const baseData = (overrides: Record<string, unknown> = {}) => ({
 		title: string;
 		body?: string;
 		publishedAt?: string;
-		author?: { firstName?: string; lastName?: string; email: string };
+		author?: { firstName?: string; lastName?: string };
 	}>,
 	personFilters: [] as { id?: string; displayName: string }[],
 	documentFilter: null,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ describe('geschichten/+ page', () => {
 							title: 'Reise nach Berlin',
 							body: '<p>Im Jahr 1923...</p>',
 							publishedAt: '2026-04-15T10:00:00Z',
-							author: { firstName: 'Anna', lastName: 'Schmidt', email: 'a@x' }
+							author: { firstName: 'Anna', lastName: 'Schmidt' }
 						}
 					]
 				})
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ describe('geschichten/+ page', () => {
 			.toBeVisible();
 	});
 
-	it('authorName falls back to email when first/last names are missing', async () => {
+	it('authorName falls back to [Unbekannt] when first/last names are missing', async () => {
 		render(GeschichtenListPage, {
 			props: {
 				data: baseData({
@@ -147,14 +147,14 @@ describe('geschichten/+ page', () => {
 						{
 							id: 'g1',
 							title: 'Anonym',
-							author: { email: 'anon@example.com' }
+							author: {}
 						}
 					]
 				})
 			}
 		});
 
-		expect(document.body.textContent).toContain('anon@example.com');
+		expect(document.body.textContent).toContain('[Unbekannt]');
 	});
 
 	it('authorName renders empty when author is undefined', async () => {
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ describe('geschichten/+ page', () => {
 						{
 							id: 'g1',
 							title: 'Draft',
-							author: { firstName: 'Anna', lastName: 'Schmidt', email: 'a@x' }
+							author: { firstName: 'Anna', lastName: 'Schmidt' }
 						}
 					]
 				})
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ describe('geschichten/+ page', () => {
 							id: 'g1',
 							title: 'No Body',
 							body: '',
-							author: { firstName: 'Anna', lastName: 'Schmidt', email: 'a@x' }
+							author: { firstName: 'Anna', lastName: 'Schmidt' }
 						}
 					]
 				})