by Jan Philipp Reemtsma · Hamburger Edition · tapa dura · ISBN 9783930908295
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«Im Keller» is an autobiographical account by Jan Philipp Reemtsma about his kidnapping, published by Hamburger Edition in hardcover (221 pages, in German).
In March 1996, Jan Philipp Reemtsma was kidnapped in Hamburg and spent 33 days in the cellar of a house near Bremen, until a ransom of 30 million marks was paid. The book reconstructs the fear, the waiting, the shame and the hatred towards his captors, and reflects on forced intimacy and the victim's trauma.
Originally published in 1997. The ransom of 30 million marks was exceptional in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Recommended for readers of memoirs and true crime, and for those interested in the psychology of trauma and survival testimonies.
Jan Philipp Fürchtegott Reemtsma is a German literary scholar, author, and patron who founded and was the long-term director of the Hamburg Institute for Social Research. Reemtsma lives and works mainly in Hamburg. In 1996, Reemtsma was kidnapped by Thomas Drach and only released after a ransom of 30 million German Marks was paid.
