The Marcus Wolf Trials

This page is deticated to the Marcus Wolf Trials. These are some are some basic backround facts on Marcus Wolf: -was a spy for East Germany from 1945 to 1989 -during holocaust, hisfamily was placed on the wanted list -after he found out about the files charged against him, Wolf hid from German plice for almost a year in the Soviet Union -Wolf surrendered to police on September 24, 1991 Here are some facts about Wolf's first trial: -trial began on May 4, 1993 and ended on December 5, 1993 -the judge was Klaus Wagner -trial took place in the high court in Dusseldorf, Germany -found guilty of treason and sentenced to six years in prison -Chief Defense Lawyer was Johann Schwenn -Chief Prosecuting Lawyer was Joachim Lampe Here are some facts about Wolf's second trial: -trial began on Janurary 7, 1997 and ended on May27, 1997 -the judge was Ina Obst-Oellers -trial took place in the high court in Dusseldorf, Germany -found guilty of kidnapping, wounding, and incitement and was sentenced to two years in prison and a 30,000 dollar fine Here are some other basic facts: -Wolf spoke only once durring each of his trials -Wolf did not show any differing face exprssions when either of the verdicts were read -siad that charges were obsurd and legaly unsupportable -While appealing the first case, he was on many talk shows and even published a cookbook In my opinion, Wolf is not guilty of treason, because at the time of the split of Berlin, everyone had to be on one of the two sides. Communist or not.