Michael Jauernik

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Michael Jauernik (* 1948 in Upper Bavaria ) is a German bank robber , author and activist for prisoner rights.

Bank robberies and convictions

First phase: bank robberies in the early 1970s

At the age of 23 he started robbing banks for the first time. He was eventually caught and sentenced to imprisonment. During his first imprisonment and also during the following imprisonment, he wrote a large number of letters to the editor , especially to the Hamburger Morgenpost and SPIEGEL . Thematically, he complained about politicians, bad wages and the tampering of citizens by the authorities:

“In general, the upbringing of a person is very similar to the training of a dog. Human dogs also have to be clean and are only allowed to bark when the superior is happy [...] Michael Jauernik, in jail because bank robbers. "

- Michael Jauernik : DER SPIEGEL

After his release he initially worked as a sales representative for motor oil, but came to the conclusion that this meant “a lot of work, little money” and decided to revive his criminal career.

Second phase: Bank robberies from 1985–1988 - Thursday robbers

In 1985 Jauernik got himself a live pistol and began to rob banks again, mainly in Hamburg. He preferred to commit his acts on Thursday, when the financial institutions were open until 6 p.m., which earned him the title Thursday robber in the press . He always gave a sharp shot during the raids without injuring anyone. After inspecting the attacks, Jauernik fled mostly on foot to large shopping centers nearby and waited there for the first manhunt to end. After the Hamburg police had particularly endangered banks under civil surveillance on Thursday and Jauernik narrowly escaped one of his robberies, he moved his activities to southern Germany, although it could no longer be clarified how many bank robberies he committed there in total. In July 1988 he was pursued by bank staff after a robbery on a bank in Ulm and overpowered in a nearby department store.

Jauernik was subsequently sentenced to nine years and ten months imprisonment for five bank robberies in Hamburg, one in Hanover and the one in Ulm that led to his arrest. Enforcement began on February 4, 1989 in the Fuhlsbüttel II correctional facility.

Third phase: bank robberies from around 2011

According to various sources, his release from prison took place between 1994 and 2010. He then lived in Kiel. On December 29, 2011, masked and holding a pistol, he attacked the branch of the Hamburger Sparkasse (Haspa) on Neuer Steinweg and also on January 12, 2017 the Haspa branch on Holstenstrasse, after which he had given the cashier to the cashier , shot in the stomach and seriously injured. He was arrested on January 10, 2019 after he, again masked and armed with a pistol, stolen around 5,000 euros in the Haspa branch in the Lange Reihe. The main hearing before the jury began on June 21, 2019 and ended on October 7, 2019 with a conviction for attempted murder, dangerous physical harm and aggravated extortion in three cases with a total imprisonment of twelve years and six months with subsequent preventive detention. On the other hand, Jauernik had an appeal filed on the grounds that he had not been given sufficient opportunity to have a last word (§ 258 StPO) before the judgment . The Federal Court of Justice dismissed the appeal by decision of May 27, 2020 and stated the justification:

“After ten days of taking evidence, [the defendant] was able to present his defense for five days. The fact that he was pointed out 31 times by the chairman that his statements contained repetitions and verbosity, and that he was finally given a deadline to complete his statements, does not reveal any legal errors. According to Section 238 (1) StPO, a chairman may intervene if the defendant's statements in his last word deal with unrelated circumstances, contain constant repetitions or other useless verbosity, or otherwise represent an abuse of his last word [... ]. After repeated unsuccessful admonitions, it is also possible to withdraw the last word [...]. "

Prisoner Rights and Prisoner Revolt Activities

Jauernik received extensive legal training during his imprisonment and overwhelmed the prison administration and the courts with over 300 petitions and proceedings. A number of the proceedings were only settled after Jauernik's successful constitutional complaint .

In June 1990 Jauernik led a five-day prisoner revolt in the Fuhlsbüttel prison. Jauernik refused to work in custody because, in his opinion, the wages of around 3 euros an hour were insufficient. When the television was taken away from him to discipline, he organized the prisoner revolt.

After the revolt, Jauernik was relocated from Hamburg to Bavaria against his will. He fought against the transfer by legal means and was finally right by the Federal Constitutional Court . He served the remainder of his imprisonment for the offenses until 1988 in Hamburg.

Works and awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Jauernik: The mirror . Spiegel-Verlag, 1976, ISSN  0038-7452 , OCLC 4927901 , chapter: Letter to the editor ( p. 10 books.google ).
  2. ↑ a b c d Thomas Hirschbiegel: He had robbed banks for 50 years: this Hamburg robber will go down in history. In: Hamburger Morgenpost. January 13, 2019, accessed July 14, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Bastian Modrow: Police take serial bank robbers from Kiel. In: Kiel News. January 14, 2019, accessed June 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Federal Constitutional Court, decision of February 28, 1993, 2 BvR 196/92, NJW 1993, 3191, pdf
  5. ↑ a b Dino Schröder: Shot in the stomach in Haspa-Holstenstrasse. In: BILD. June 24, 2019, accessed June 24, 2019 .
  6. ^ NDR: verdict announced: bank robbers must go to prison. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
  7. ↑ BGH 5 StR 166/20, decision of May 27, 2020, juris.bundesgerichtshof.de
  8. ^ Gerhard Strate: Criminal Defense in Our Time. In: HRRS. April 15, 2014, accessed June 24, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Kai von Appen: Postponement for execution: Disciplinary measures in prison are only permitted after judicial review. In: TAZ. June 29, 1993. Retrieved June 24, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Andre Zand-Vakili: Haspa robbers (70) led prisoner revolt in Santa Fu. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. January 11, 2019, accessed June 24, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Armin Guhl: The puzzling revolt: Why did the prisoners climb onto the roof of Santa Fu? In: THE TIME. June 8, 1990, Retrieved June 24, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Kai von Appen: prison rebel is back. In: TAZ. April 10, 1993. Retrieved June 24, 2019 .
  13. ↑ http://randgruppenliteratur.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Ingeborg_Drewitz_Sonderpreise/Die-ehemalige-Redaktion.pdf
personal data
SURNAME Jauernik, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Santa Fu rebel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bank robber, author and activist for prisoner rights
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Upper Bavaria