Gerhard Wisnewski

Gerhard Wisnewski is a German author. In his books, he presents conspiracy theories for many important events in recent history. ^[1]

Wisnewski rose to prominence in the early 1990s with his book, conceived as a contemporary history non-fiction book, in which he claimed that the third generation of RAF terrorists was a conspiracy of Western intelligence agencies.

On the occasion of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, he spread far-reaching speculation. In the following years, he began to explain various events with comprehensive conspiracies by governments, intelligence agencies, and media worldwide. The recipients and disseminators of his stories are right-wing populist media, like Kopp-Verlag and others.

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Wisneswki was born 1959 in Bavaria. After graduating from high school in 1979, he worked for the Frankfurter Neue Presse and the Springer tabloid Bild Frankfurt. From 1981 to 1990, he studied political science in Munich. He also worked for various Munich newspapers (AZ, tz, Münchner Stadtzeitung) and magazines (Stern München, P.M. Magazin). Since 1986 he worked as free-lance author and filmmaker.

Work

Wisnewski became known for his conspiracy theory books about the Red Army Faction, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the moon landing. ^{[2] [3]}

In these books, he suggests that the RAF attacks from 1985 to 1991 were not carried out by the RAF, the attacks of September 11, 2001, were not planned by al-Qaeda, and there was no manned moon landing in 1969.

Since 2010, Since 2010, he has published an annual report: "Concealed, Covered Up, Forgotten." DRadio Kultur said: "For Wisneswki, there is hardly an important story in politics, business, or society that is even halfway accurately told by the traditional media. ... An Almanac for Conspiracy Theorists." ^[4]

References

1. LTO. "OVG: Stadtbücherei darf vor Buchinhalten nicht warnen". Legal Tribune Online (in German). Retrieved 2025-07-13.
2. Steinhoff, Bericht: Volker. "Hetze gegen Panorama - Reaktionen auf Beitrag über Verschwörungstheorien". ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-07-13.
3. Hümmler, Holm Gero (2020-07-16). "Mondlandung 1969: Zehn Gründe, die gegen eine Mondverschwörung sprechen". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN   0044-2070 . Retrieved 2025-07-13.
4. deutschlandfunk.de (2020-01-30). "Gerhard Wisnewski: "Verheimlicht, Vertuscht, Vergessen" - Almanach für Verschwörungsgläubige". Die Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 2025-07-13.