Barschel letter

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A forged document was known as the Barschel letter , which was allegedly addressed by the then Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein Uwe Barschel (1944–1987) to Gerhard Stoltenberg (1928–2001), then state chairman of the CDU . In the letter dated October 3, 1987, Barschel raised allegations against Stoltenberg, but asks him for help in dealing with the Barschel affair . By publishing the letter, Stoltenberg was burdened with complicity in the course of the affair.

In 1988 the letter was leaked to some editorial offices in the Federal Republic of Germany . In its broadcast on October 18, the television magazine Panorama reported on the letter, which was considered genuine by the Cologne linguist Raimund H. Drommel . Soon afterwards, however, doubts about the authenticity of the letter were expressed. In the following Panorama broadcast, one month later, two counter- statements were read out , one by Stoltenberg and the other by CDU General Secretary Rolf Rüdiger Reichardt .

In 1991 it turned out that the letter was a forgery from Department X of the GDR's foreign intelligence service .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b hair on end . In: Der Spiegel . No. 43 , 1988, pp. 112-116 ( Online - Oct. 24, 1988 ).
  2. ↑ The article on the Barschel letter has been removed from the broadcast available in the Panorama magazine's media library . (Checked again on July 28, 2011).
  3. ↑ Panorama , from November 22, 1988 with the counter statements by Gerhard Stoltenberg and Günter Reichardt - starting with the 42nd minute of the 49-minute contribution. Link controlled on July 26, 2011
  4. ↑ Der Spiegel reported ... In: Der Spiegel . No. 42 , 1991, pp. 354 ( Online - Oct. 14, 1991 ).

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