On Wednesday evening, Wolfgang Schäuble was a guest at a special edition of Markus Lanz's talk show.
The CDU politician told of the day he was shot twice.
On Wednesday evening,
Wolfgang Schäuble was
the only guest at
Markus Lanz
.
The show got particularly emotional when Schäuble talked about the reason why he is in a
wheelchair
today
.
His
daughter
said: “I think papa is dead
Hamburg - “Welcome to a special edition by
Markus Lanz
” - with these words the presenter greeted his viewers on Wednesday evening on
ZDF
.
Special edition, since only one guest was invited: Bundestag President
Wolfgang Schäuble
.
Together with the CDU politician, Lanz looked back on 30 years of reunification, spoke about his relationship with former Chancellor
Helmut Kohl
and Chancellor
Angela Merkel
and commented on current political events surrounding the demonstrations at the Reichstag.
It got emotional when Schäuble
told about
the
assassination attempt on him
.
On October 12, 1990, only nine days after German reunification, the then 48-year-old was
shot twice
and seriously injured
at an election campaign event in Oppenau, Baden-Württemberg
.
Schäuble at Markus Lanz: CDU politicians cannot remember the days after the attack
The shooter was mentally ill and was declared incapable of guilt in the subsequent trial.
Schäuble
, then Minister of the Interior, was injured in his spinal cord and jaw and has been paraplegic and
dependent
on a
wheelchair
since the attack
.
Schäuble told the talk show that he still “remembered
the day of the
attack
well”.
He went out "and suddenly it pops." Today he no longer knows what happened in the following five days, his memory was as if erased.
"That's how it's done.
From one second to the next it's a different world, that's human life, ”says Schäuble to Lanz.
Schäuble
reported
calmly
about the day of the attack,
but when he talked about his family it got emotional.
His daughter was at the event and heard the shots at her father.
The then 17-year-old called her mother and said: “I think
papa is dead
.” He only knows the rest from stories, says Schäuble.
But: “This is life.
I was allowed to continue. "
"Markus Lanz": Schäuble finds storming the Reichstag "despicable"
Schäuble
quickly tried to
regain his composure.
“You don't have to exaggerate that,” he said quickly, when asked about his wife and the suffering he and his family had to endure.
He got along well with it.
The work “helped him tremendously”, he had worked so much that he sometimes couldn't concentrate enough on rehab, said the now
77-year-old.
Lanz
then wanted to know from Schäuble whether he had never had a problem with his fate.
Yes, of course, said
Schäuble with a
smile, “but it's no use either.” He is a person who can suppress well.
He had become neither a better nor a worse person.
Lanz
and
Schäuble also
spoke
about the
Corona demonstration
around the Reichstag,
and
in particular the attempted storming of the building was "despicable" for him.
The
Reichstag
was for many a symbol, said Schäuble.
"But for neo-Nazis, you have to think about it: the
Reichstag fire
is the symbol for the destruction of democracy."
In the meantime, however, a new Corona recommendation Schäuble for the Bundestag has probably involuntarily raised questions.
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