Emil Küchler

The assassins (contemporary drawing). Emil Küchler (first row, first from left)

Emil Küchler (born November 9, 1844 in Krefeld , † February 7, 1885 in Halle ) attempted an assassination attempt on the German Emperor Wilhelm I and the German princes who had traveled to the Niederwald monument on September 28, 1883 . The plan failed.

→ Main article : Assassination attempt on the Niederwald monument

Küchler was executed with the guillotine by executioner Krautz from Charlottenburg on February 7, 1885 , together with the planner of the attack, August Reinsdorf , in the Rote Ochsen in Halle .

literature

• The high treason trial against the anarchists Reinsdorf and comrades before the Imperial Court of Leipzig in December 1884. According to stenographic transcription . IH Robolsky, Leipzig 1884.
• S. Werner: The anarchist trial Reinsdorf and comrades negotiated before. 2nd and 3rd criminal senate of the Imperial Court of Leipzig from 15 to 22 Decbr. 1884 . Publishing house of the Leipziger Rechts-Zeitung. Werner & Comp., Leipzig 1885. Digitized
• Johann Most : August Reinsdorf and the propaganda of the fact . Self-published, New York 1885. Digitized edition New York 1890
• Max Schütte: August Reinsdorf and the Niederwald Conspiracy. A historical description of the planned assassination attempt against the imperial court train on September 28, 1883, the trial and execution of the convicted . Publishing house of "New Life", Berlin 1902.
  • 2., through and improved edition Frauböse, Berlin 1905 (= Revolutionäre Arbeiter-Bibliothek 4)
  • a-verbal Verlag, Berlin 1983. ISBN 3889990029
• Johann Langhard: The anarchist movement in Switzerland from its beginnings to the present and the international leaders . O. Häring, Berlin 1903, pp. 249-263. ("Eighth chapter. August Reinsdorf".) Digitized 2nd ed. 1909
• Hugo Friedländer : The dynamite attack at the unveiling ceremony for the Niederwald monument . In: Interesting criminal trials of cultural and historical importance , Vol. 4, Berlin 1911.

Web links

• Contemporary drawing by Emil Küchler
• Marcus Mühlnikel: Reinsdorf, August and Comrades (1884) . In: Kurt Groenewold , Alexander Ignor, Arnd Koch (eds.): Lexicon of Political Criminal Trials , as of September 2017.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans Dieter Schreeb: Cheap fuse prevents an attack. In: Wiesbadener Tagblatt . November 27, 2004, archived from the original on May 1, 2005 ; Retrieved March 9, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Dr. Ralph Erbar: The history of Germania. (PDF, 91 KB) Attachments to the report: “How in 125 years the watch on the Rhine became a tourist attraction”. (No longer available online.) Pressetext.com, September 11, 2008, archived from the original on November 29, 2014 ; Retrieved on March 9, 2013 ( URL of the corresponding message ). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.