Im Gespräch mit Ulrich Wickert

In the organizer's words:

Judge Jacques Ricou's eighth case will be published at the end of October 2025

In the Tunnel du Landy in Paris, examining magistrate Jacques Ricou and his girlfriend Margaux witness the robbery of a black Mercedes. The perpetrators are on motorcycles and are very experienced: They steal a briefcase through the smashed window and disappear as quickly as they arrived. The explosive part: the suitcase apparently contains a Bitcoin key. Surely the incident has nothing to do with Ricou's current investigation? Because he is investigating the murder of a judge who had learned too much about money laundering with Bitcoin.
(Text from www.ulrichwickert.de/der-raub-im-tunnel/)

Ulrich Wickert, born in Tokyo in 1942, is one of Germany's best-known journalists. He made a name for himself with critical contributions to the television magazine MONITOR before reporting from Washington, New York and Paris for fourteen years as a foreign correspondent for ARD. He presented the Tagesthemen news program for fifteen years and was considered the most popular presenter on German television during this time due to his stylistically polished, always ironic texts. Today he lives in Hamburg and the south of France and is the author of numerous non-fiction books and crime novels.

The event will be moderated by Jürgen Zurheide (WDR).

Admission only after prior registration by October 28, 2025 via im.gespraech@rsgv.de with the subject "Ulrich Wickert". It pays to be quick, places are limited.

An event in cooperation with the Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland and the Heine Haus Literaturhaus Düsseldorf