Claim

Claim 839

Police stormed Der Spiegel's offices on October 26, 1962, and arrested the magazine's publisher, Rudolf Augstein.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: Police stormed Der Spiegel's offices on October 26, 1962, and arrested the magazine's publisher, Rudolf Augstein.
Field: action
Value: Raid and Augstein's arrest
About: incident 1962-west-germany-spiegel-affair-raid-and-arrests
Source: Democracy in Jeopardy? (October 29, 1962)
Publisher: German History in Documents and Images, German Historical Institute Washington
Method: primary document
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: high
Status: current
Source date: 1962-10-29

Quotation from the source

On Friday, October 26, 1962, the police stormed its offices and arrested publisher Rudolf Augstein.