David Och
David Och (born March 8, 1980 in Bern ) is a Swiss author and kidnapping victim. His book about her kidnapping in Pakistan by the Taliban , published together with Daniela Widmer , reached number 1 on Switzerland's bestseller list.
Career
Och completed an apprenticeship in the social sector. From 2005 he attended the Ittigen Police School and from 2006 worked as a canton police officer.
In the summer of 2011 he and his girlfriend at the time, Daniela Widmer, traveled to India in a VW LT . On their way back through Pakistan, both 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. After returning to Switzerland, Och resigned from the police force and has since returned to working as a carer for disabled people.
Based on Widmer's diary entries, Widmer and Och published the experience report And Tomorrow You Will Be Dead: 259 days as hostages of the Taliban . In connection with their abduction, release and book publication, Och and Widmer were confronted with massive criticism.
After fleeing and returning to Switzerland, David Och and Daniela Widmer separated.
Publications
- With Daniela Widmer : And tomorrow you will be 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. 268 .
- ↑ 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
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oh, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss author and kidnapping victim |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |