Ulrich Wessel

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Ulrich Wessel (born January 9, 1946 in Bielefeld , † April 25, 1975 in Stockholm ) was a German terrorist of the Red Army Faction (RAF).

Wessel, the son of a businessman and millionaire, participated on 24 April 1975 at the action of the command Holger Meins , the taking of hostages of Stockholm . In the accidental explosion of a prepared explosive charge , Wessel was killed. In May of the same year he was buried in the Johannisfriedhof in Bielefeld.

In 1991 at the scene of the murder of Detlev Rohwedder, among other things, a letter of confession from the RAF command "Ulrich Wessel" was found.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Unstable ground . In: Der Spiegel . No. 45 , 1977 ( online - 31 October 1977 ).
  2. ↑ http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/duesseldorf/prozess-hinter-panzerglas-aid-1.1133845
  3. ↑ http://www.verfassungsschutz-bw.de/,Lde/Startseite/Arbeitsfelder/_Rote+Armee+Fraktion_+_RAF_
  4. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/03/world/red-army-faction-is-suspected-in-german-killing.html
  5. ↑ http://news.de.msn.com/polizeifunk/bilder.aspx?cp-documentid=158254694&page=8
  6. ↑ Butz Peters: The Terror of Stockholm. In: welt.de. April 25, 2005, accessed November 30, 2014 .
  7. ^ Neue Westfälische , Bielefeld, September 24, 2008
  8. ↑ Detlev Karsten Rohwedder "Who does not fight, dies on installments". In: Focus Online. March 31, 2008, accessed November 30, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Wessel, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German terrorist of the RAF
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Bielefeld
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1975
Place of death Stockholm