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| − | The '''Celle Hole''' is the name for a hole that had been blasted | + | The '''Celle Hole''' is the name for a hole that had been blasted into the outer wall of the [[prison]] of Celle, [[Germany]]. This was part of a campaign by one of the West German [[secret service agencies]]<ref>[[Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution]]</ref> and the specialized [[counter terrorism]] force [[GSG 9]], in an attempt to lay blame on the [[Red Army Faction]], West Germany's most active and prominent left-wing terrorist group. In [[1986]] it was revealed to have been a [[False flag|plot by the government]] under the code name "Operation Fire Magic".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130608174143/http://pdfarchiv.zeit.de/1987/25/feuerzauber-mit-dunklen-figuren.pdf</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210318211825/https://www.cz.de/Celle/Blaulicht/Erinnerungen-an-das-Jahr-1978-Celler-Loch-wieder-aufgestellt</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110520213327/http://www.taz.de/?id=archivseite&dig=2007/05/09/a0046</ref> |
==Execution== | ==Execution== | ||
The secret services used a stolen [[Mercedes]] SL, driven by two criminals named Klaus-Dieter Loudil and Manfred Berger, who were recruited by the secret services. In the car were forged passports, one passport with a photograph of [[Sigurd Debus]]. Serial numbers of the passports showed that they were stolen from German authorities. Mr. Debus was an inmate in the Celle prison. He was considered as a [[Red Army Faction]] terrorist suspect. Some tools to be used for a prison escape attempt were brought secretly to Mr. Debus' prison cell by the secret services. | The secret services used a stolen [[Mercedes]] SL, driven by two criminals named Klaus-Dieter Loudil and Manfred Berger, who were recruited by the secret services. In the car were forged passports, one passport with a photograph of [[Sigurd Debus]]. Serial numbers of the passports showed that they were stolen from German authorities. Mr. Debus was an inmate in the Celle prison. He was considered as a [[Red Army Faction]] terrorist suspect. Some tools to be used for a prison escape attempt were brought secretly to Mr. Debus' prison cell by the secret services. | ||
| − | The action should have had taken place one night earlier when twelve secret service officers, one [[GSG 9]] demolition squad officer and [[Jürgen Wiehe]], a civil servant in the ministry of interior of the state of Lower Saxony waited for the right moment to detonate the bomb on July | + | The action should have had taken place one night earlier when twelve secret service officers, one [[GSG 9]] demolition squad officer and [[Jürgen Wiehe]], a civil servant in the ministry of interior of the state of Lower Saxony waited for the right moment to detonate the bomb on July 24th. But they had to interrupt the action when two lovers, coming from the nearby funfair, entered the danger zone. So the action was deferred. |
| − | On July 25, [[1978]] at 2:54 a.m. the bomb was detonated at the outer prison wall, but caused | + | On July 25, [[1978]] at 2:54 a.m. the bomb was detonated at the outer prison wall, but caused limited damage only. No inmate was able to escape. The Mercedes was caught later in Salzgitter] (80 km away) in a police road block, the driver escaped. The false passports and some ammunition were found in the car. |
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| + | A handgun, which was the official pistol of one of the secret service officers, as well as a rubber dinghy, were found. After the detonation, Mr. Debus' conditions of detention were aggravated for security reasons. The secret service had planted escape tools into Debus' cell, which were found in the search after the attack, and were supposed to prove Debus' participation. Hence, the detainee started a [[hunger strike]] to protest. Sigurd Debus died on April 16, [[1981]] shortly before the date of his discharge from prison. | ||
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| Date | 25 July 1978 |
| Planners | Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, GSG 9 |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured (non-fatal) | 0 |
The Celle Hole is the name for a hole that had been blasted into the outer wall of the prison of Celle, Germany. This was part of a campaign by one of the West German secret service agencies[1] and the specialized counter terrorism force GSG 9, in an attempt to lay blame on the Red Army Faction, West Germany's most active and prominent left-wing terrorist group. In 1986 it was revealed to have been a plot by the government under the code name "Operation Fire Magic".[2][3][4]
Execution
The secret services used a stolen Mercedes SL, driven by two criminals named Klaus-Dieter Loudil and Manfred Berger, who were recruited by the secret services. In the car were forged passports, one passport with a photograph of Sigurd Debus. Serial numbers of the passports showed that they were stolen from German authorities. Mr. Debus was an inmate in the Celle prison. He was considered as a Red Army Faction terrorist suspect. Some tools to be used for a prison escape attempt were brought secretly to Mr. Debus' prison cell by the secret services.
The action should have had taken place one night earlier when twelve secret service officers, one GSG 9 demolition squad officer and Jürgen Wiehe, a civil servant in the ministry of interior of the state of Lower Saxony waited for the right moment to detonate the bomb on July 24th. But they had to interrupt the action when two lovers, coming from the nearby funfair, entered the danger zone. So the action was deferred.
On July 25, 1978 at 2:54 a.m. the bomb was detonated at the outer prison wall, but caused limited damage only. No inmate was able to escape. The Mercedes was caught later in Salzgitter] (80 km away) in a police road block, the driver escaped. The false passports and some ammunition were found in the car.
A handgun, which was the official pistol of one of the secret service officers, as well as a rubber dinghy, were found. After the detonation, Mr. Debus' conditions of detention were aggravated for security reasons. The secret service had planted escape tools into Debus' cell, which were found in the search after the attack, and were supposed to prove Debus' participation. Hence, the detainee started a hunger strike to protest. Sigurd Debus died on April 16, 1981 shortly before the date of his discharge from prison.
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References
- ↑ Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130608174143/http://pdfarchiv.zeit.de/1987/25/feuerzauber-mit-dunklen-figuren.pdf
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210318211825/https://www.cz.de/Celle/Blaulicht/Erinnerungen-an-das-Jahr-1978-Celler-Loch-wieder-aufgestellt
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110520213327/http://www.taz.de/?id=archivseite&dig=2007/05/09/a0046
