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Daniela Klette and Wolfgang Grams (r.) probably knew each other since the end of the 70s. Detlev Rohwedder died in 1991. © dpa/Polizei (collage)
Detlev Karsten Rohwedder was murdered more than 30 years ago. The RAF claimed responsibility - there is still no perpetrator. What does Daniela Klette know?
Vechta/Düsseldorf – The arrest of the RAF terrorist Daniela Klette could mark a turning point in the case of the head of the Treuhand, Detlev Karsten Rohwedder, who was murdered 33 years ago. Although the RAF claimed responsibility for the murder at the time, the identity of the perpetrators remains unclear to this day. There is even speculation that the Stasi was involved. Daniela Klette, who was recently arrested in Berlin, probably once had close relationships with a suspect in this case. Is it possible that she can now provide crucial information to solve the crime?
RAF murder 1991: Netflix filmed the crime as “Rohwedder – Unity and Murder and Freedom”
Flashback to April 1, 1991: Detlev Karsten Rohwedder sat in his pajamas at his desk in his villa on the Rhine in Düsseldorf in the middle of the night and worked. As he stood up, a shot suddenly rang out. On Easter Monday 1991, Rohwedder was shot in the back and died half an hour before midnight. His wife was wounded in the arm by a second bullet, while a third bullet lodged in the bookshelf.
Terrorists targeted 58-year-old Rohwedder from an allotment garden. The perpetrator, as later determined by a laser scanner reconstruction, was lurking 63 meters away. A letter of confession from the RAF (Red Army Faction) was found there, which investigators quickly classified as authentic. The rifle from which the bullets were fired had recently been used in the RAF attack on the US embassy in Bonn.
On Easter Monday 1991, half an hour before midnight, Rohwedder - once manager of the year, renovator, state secretary and member of the SPD - died. 30 years later, the Federal Prosecutor's Office is still conducting the investigation "against unknown people" under file number 2 BJs 62/91-2. The case has been a “cold case” for years.
A few years ago, Netflix dedicated its own documentary series to the case. Watch a trailer here:
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Daniela Klette probably knew suspect Wolfgang Grams from their time together at the end of the 70s
One of the suspects in Rohwedder's murder is Wolfgang Grams. A hair of his was found on a terry towel left at the scene. Thanks to advances in forensic science, the terrorist's DNA was identified ten years after the crime. However, he himself could no longer be questioned - he died in 1993 during a GSG9 mission at Bad Kleinen train station.
It is unclear whether Daniela Klette, who apparently had plans to live in Italy, was actively involved in the crime. But Klette and Grams obviously knew each other. At the end of the 1970s, the now 65-year-old joined the “Rote Hilfe Wiesbaden” and met Wolfgang Grams in the RAF support scene. Grams later rose to the command level of the third generation of the RAF - it is possible that Klette, who hoarded gold and military weapons in her apartment, also belonged to this level. However, the knowledge available at this point is still insufficient. It is possible that Klette's statements in the upcoming trial will provide further clarity.
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