Claim

Claim 840

Conrad Ahlers, the article's author and the magazine's deputy editor-in-chief, was arrested while on vacation in Spain.

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

Statement: Conrad Ahlers, the article's author and the magazine's deputy editor-in-chief, was arrested while on vacation in Spain.
Field: action
Value: Ahlers's arrest in Spain
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

Conrad Ahlers, the author of the article and the magazine’s deputy editor-in-chief, was arrested while on vacation in Spain.