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| '''Detlev Karsten Rohwedder ''' (October 16, 1932 - April 1, 1991) was a ] manager and ], as member of the ]. He was manager of ]. | '''Detlev Karsten Rohwedder ''' (October 16, 1932 - April 1, 1991) was a ] manager and ], as member of the ]. He was manager of the ]. | ||
| ] | ] | ||
| Rohwedder was born in ]. While responsible for the privatisation of |
Rohwedder was born in ]. While responsible for the privatisation of state-owned property in the ], he was assassinated by a ] while standing at the window of his highly protected house in ]. Though never convicted, several members of the leftist terrorist organisation ] are assumed to be responsible for the murder. | ||
| ==Murder== | ==Murder== | ||
| On Monday, April 1, 1991, at 23:30 clock, Rohwedder was shot and |
On Monday, April 1, 1991, at 23:30 clock, Rohwedder was shot and killed through a window on the first floor of his house in the suburb of Düsseldorf Niederkassel (Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 71) by the first of three rifle shots. The second shot wounded his wife Hergard, while the third hit a bookcase. | ||
| The shots |
The shots were fired from 63 meters away from a rifle with NATO standard calibre ]. An inspection of the scene found three cartridge cases, a plastic chair, a towel and a letter claiming responsibility from RAF member ] (who had died in 1975). The shooter has still not been identified. | ||
| In 2001 a DNA analysis |
In 2001, a ] of hair strands found at the scene, suggested that ] was responsible for the killing. The ] did not name Grams as a suspect, and has not evaluated the evidence. Additionally, there are doubts about the authenticity of the hair as well as with the scientific quality of the investigation results, made eight years after Grams' death . On a request from the ], the Attorney General explained that a review of hair even at an earlier date without a DNA analysis would have been possible, but this was not performed because no hair sample was taken from Grams after his death. | ||
| On April 10, 1991 |
On April 10, 1991 Rohwedder was honoured in Berlin with a day of mourning by German President ], Minister-President of North-Rhine Westphalia, ], and Chairman of the Board of ] ]. | ||
| Reportedly opposed to an unrestricted sell-out of GDR's ] he may have occasionally favoured a worker-owned solution. His successor ] was more in favour of a speedy sell-off to investors. | |||
| Reportedly opposed to an unrestricted sell-out of GDR's ] he may have occasionally favoured a worker-owned solution. | |||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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| | NAME = Rohwedder, Detlev Karsten | | NAME = Rohwedder, Detlev Karsten | ||
| | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | ||
| | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Treuhandanstalt manager | ||
| | DATE OF BIRTH = | | DATE OF BIRTH = October 16, 1932 | ||
| | PLACE OF BIRTH = | | PLACE OF BIRTH = Gotha | ||
| | DATE OF DEATH = | | DATE OF DEATH = April 1, 1991 | ||
| | PLACE OF DEATH = | | PLACE OF DEATH = Düsseldorf | ||
| }} | }} | ||
| {{DEFAULTSORT:Rohwedder, Detlev Karsten}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Rohwedder, Detlev Karsten}} | ||
Revision as of 17:26, 1 May 2011
Detlev Karsten Rohwedder (October 16, 1932 - April 1, 1991) was a German manager and politician, as member of the Social Democratic Party. He was manager of the Treuhandanstalt.
Rohwedder was born in Gotha. While responsible for the privatisation of state-owned property in the GDR, he was assassinated by a sniper while standing at the window of his highly protected house in Düsseldorf. Though never convicted, several members of the leftist terrorist organisation RAF are assumed to be responsible for the murder.
Murder
On Monday, April 1, 1991, at 23:30 clock, Rohwedder was shot and killed through a window on the first floor of his house in the suburb of Düsseldorf Niederkassel (Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 71) by the first of three rifle shots. The second shot wounded his wife Hergard, while the third hit a bookcase.
The shots were fired from 63 meters away from a rifle with NATO standard calibre 7.62x51mm NATO. An inspection of the scene found three cartridge cases, a plastic chair, a towel and a letter claiming responsibility from RAF member Ulrich Wessel (who had died in 1975). The shooter has still not been identified.
In 2001, a DNA analysis of hair strands found at the scene, suggested that Wolfgang Grams was responsible for the killing. The Office of the Attorney General did not name Grams as a suspect, and has not evaluated the evidence. Additionally, there are doubts about the authenticity of the hair as well as with the scientific quality of the investigation results, made eight years after Grams' death . On a request from the SPD, the Attorney General explained that a review of hair even at an earlier date without a DNA analysis would have been possible, but this was not performed because no hair sample was taken from Grams after his death.
On April 10, 1991 Rohwedder was honoured in Berlin with a day of mourning by German President Richard von Weizsäcker, Minister-President of North-Rhine Westphalia, Johannes Rau, and Chairman of the Board of Treuhandanstalt Jens Odewald.
Reportedly opposed to an unrestricted sell-out of GDR's public-owned factories he may have occasionally favoured a worker-owned solution. His successor Birgit Breuel was more in favour of a speedy sell-off to investors.
