Andreas Straßmeir

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BornAndreas Karl Strassmeir
17 May 1959
NationalityGerman
ParentsGünter Strassmeir
Son of Günter Strassmeir who was Chief of Staff to German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Suspected of involvement in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

Andreas Karl Strassmeir a.k.a. "Andy The German" (born May 17, 1959)[1] is a German national suspected of involvement in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

Background

Andreas Strassmeir is the son of Günter Strassmeir who was Chief of Staff to German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Until 1988, Strassmeir was a lieutenant in the German Army.[2] He joined the German army, and after 7 years had become an officer. He was a member of a charismatic Christian church in Berlin. By his own account, he lived for a time in a kibbutz in Israel.

Criminal status

Strassmeir moved to Houston in 1989. He may have been in the US illegally after visa violations. He drew the attention of the ATF and maybe other authorities, but his arrest was blocked by higher ups.[3][4]

Oklahoma City bombing

Full article: Oklahoma City bombing

Strassmeir settled in a Christian community in Elohim City, Arkansas in 1991.[5] He became their chief of security, where it has been suggested that the bomb plot originated.[citation needed] Andreas Strassmeir was friends with Tim McVeigh whom he met in 1992 at an arms fair in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Strassmeir has admitted selling McVeigh an old combat knife.[6][7]

Strassmeir has been named as "John Doe #2".[8]

Flight from USA

Four months after the bombing, Strassmeier slipped out of the country, via Mexico.[9] He may have had help from and/or been accompanied by an employee of his attorney Kirk Lyons and/or close friend and former CIA pilot Dave Halloway.[citation needed]

Statements

Strassmeir once stated that "I've never worked for any US government agency, and I've not been involved in any intelligence operation since my discharge from the German army in 1988".[8] Strassmeir also once claimed never to have been in Kansas, but then admitted that he had once driven through the state.[5] Asked to state where he was when the bombing happened, he said he was at work near Elohim City.[10]

Continuing legal investigation

On 19 April 1997, Bundestag deputy Ulla Jelpke was asked in parliament about the possible "complicity of the German citizen Andreas Strassmeir" in the 1995 Oklahoma bombing.[11]


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