Daniela Widmer
Daniela Widmer (born March 9, 1983 in Bellikon ) is a Swiss police officer, author and kidnapping victim. She came into media interest after her abduction in 2011/2012 in Pakistan by the Taliban . Her book about the kidnapping, published together with David Och , reached number 1 on the bestseller list in Switzerland.
Career
Widmer completed an apprenticeship as a clerk. From 2005 she attended the Ittigen Police School and worked for the Thun police force until 2007 . She then went into business for herself with a restaurant in Zermatt . From 2010 she worked as an assistant manager in a hotel.
In the summer of 2011, she and her boyfriend at the time, David Och , traveled to India in a VW LT . On their return journey through Pakistan, the two were kidnapped on July 1, 2011 in the city of Loralai . They were held hostage for eight and a half months before escaping in March 2012.
Based on their diary entries, Daniela Widmer and David Och published the experience report And Tomorrow You Will Be Dead: 259 days as hostages of the Taliban . In connection with their kidnapping, release and book publication, the two were confronted with vehement criticism.
After returning to Switzerland, Daniela Widmer and David Och separated. In February 2019 Widmer was mayor of Bellikon . She has been the mother of a daughter since 2015 and a couple with the father of the child.
Publications
- With David Och : And tomorrow you are dead: 259 days as hostages of the Taliban. DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-8321-9722-3 .
Web links
- Author portrait at DuMont Buchverlag
- Guido Mingels: You will be dead tomorrow. In: Der Spiegel 20/2012
- Lucie Machac: A couple of police officers abducted in Pakistan published a book , In: Tages-Anzeiger , 25 August 2013
- Andreas Lueg: Kidnapped while traveling - a Swiss couple held hostage by the Taliban. ( Memento from August 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: ttt - titel, thesen, temperamente , August 25, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ Daniela Widmer, David Och: And tomorrow you are dead: 259 days as hostages of the Taliban . 2013, p. 269 .
- ↑ Hitparade.ch
- ↑ Jean-Martin Büttner: Sorry, we have no regrets. In: Tages-Anzeiger of August 27, 2013.
- ↑ Former Taliban hostage: Daniela Widmer has been the mayor of Bellikon for two weeks . Aargauer Zeitung, February 25, 2019
- ↑ Former Taliban hostage is now politics . Blick, February 26, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Widmer, Daniela |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss policewoman, kidnapping victim and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bellikon |