Joachim Joesten
 Joachim Joesten    (researcher) | |
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| Born | 29 June 1907 Cologne, Germany |
| Died | August 1975 (Age 68) |
| Alma mater | Nancy University, University of Madrid |
| Interests | JFK Assassination |
German-born American journalist who investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. | |
Joachim Joesten was a German-born American journalist who investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Early life
Joesten was born in Cologne, Germany on 29th June, 1907. He attended Nancy University in France and the University of Madrid in Spain. Joesten worked as a journalist for the Weltbuehne. According to a Gestapo document, Joesten returned to Berlin in 1928 and established a lending library of books "primarily of a Marxist tendency". After Adolf Hitler gained power in 1933, Joesten emigrated to France. Later he moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, before fleeing the German occupation first to Sweden, then to the United States. Soon after arriving in New York, Joesten joined Newsweek magazine. In 1944 he became a freelance writer.[1]
Kennedy assassination
Joachim Joesten traveled to Dallas a few weeks after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and spent four days there, interviewing witnesses and examining key locations. He came to the conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald was not a lone gunman. However, he did think that he was involved in the conspiracy to kill Kennedy. "I wish to make it absolutely clear that I believe Oswald innocent only as charged, but that he was involved with the conspirators in some way."[1]
Joesten began work on his book, Oswald, Assassin or Fall Guy? Like other early authors who questioned the official version, Joesten was forced to get his book published in the England. Joesten's book was later published in the United States by Carl Marzani in July 1964. In the book Joesten claimed that the Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Dallas Police Department and a group of right-wing Texas oil millionaires conspired to kill Kennedy. He openly accused Police Chief Jesse Curry of being one of the key figures in the assassination.[1]
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