Bielefeld Conspiracy

The Bielefeld Conspiracy is a satire that questions the existence of the city of Bielefeld in order to highlight the self-contained unassailable argument structure of conspiracy in a humorous way. It was first published in 1994 in the German Usenet, circulating since then as a permanent joke on the Internet and has been part of Internet folklore, which is part of the Internet culture.

Origin

At a student party in 1993, a friend of the German computer scientist Achim Held slipped the phrase " That can not " out when they faced someone from Bielefeld. The first known public mention of Bielefeld conspiracy comes from hero and was on 16 May 1994 in the Usenet in the newsgroup de.talk.bizarre published. Held intention was about to go into the ridiculous conspiracy theories common. The selection of the city was a coincidence.

In contrast to the conspiracy theory itself, however, the history of its construction has not been widely disseminated, and there are many on the net, sometimes conflicting, dealt with rumors, like the Bielefeld conspiracy could have been created.

ZDF has the tenth anniversary of the conspiracy theory an interview with Achim Held, the time computer science student in Kiel out, in which he states that the whole story is built on a student party. The idea is to by a friend who had read many esoteric magazines, and one present who have thrown in: " Bielefeld there are not at all" to have been born.

Content

The "conspiracy theory" assumes the existence of the city of Bielefeld in question. It is claimed that all references to this city are part of a wider conspiracy of Bielefeld conspiracy. This conspiracy is to convince mankind of the existence of a town called Bielefeld. The followers of this conspiracy theory should generally talk in terms of the originators of the conspiracy only by YOU or YOU. Some would the CIA, the Mossad or aliens suspect as author of Bielefeld conspiracy under the leadership of a certain Ashtar Sheran, who disguised their ship as a university.

Another version of this conspiracy suspects that is the entrance to Atlantis in Bielefeld. In order not to make YOU aware, would take Bielefeld often the terms B * e ​​* e * e * d, B ** l * f * ld, Blfd or Bielefake used, or is simply talking about the B- word. Also laugh at reports in news about events in Bielefeld belong to the behavioral repertoire of the supporters of the theory. Among the so-called followers of satire the license plate BI applies to German cars still be a forgery because it would not be such a number plate.

Reception

In 2010 a movie was released with the title The Bielefeld Conspiracy in the style of an agent thriller based on the text of hero, plays in the hero himself. Bielefeld producers are marketing and media education lab at the University of Bielefeld under the direction of Fabio Magnifico. It was filmed from May 2009 " in Greece and in Bielefeld ". The world premiere of the film was on June 2, 2010 at Cinemax Bielefeld. The film is based on the novel by Thomas Walden. The novel is the first part of 2012 was a sequel titled Dragon time in Bielefeld: Bielefeld Task 2 of the conspiracy. This novel is played since May 2012 in Bielefeld as a theater series.

The is also based on the Bielefeld Bielefeld Conspiracy movie - Die stylish premiered on April 18, 2011 in Munich. The crime comedy is the same truth with Bielefeld. Since there are not according to the Bielefeld Bielefeld conspiracy exists no unique truth. It was shot, directed by Daniel Mechling with Mirjam Novak and Cecilia Lanzi from April 2010 in Munich.

Cartoonist Ralph Ruthe, who was born in Bielefeld, has addressed the issue in the small video witness protection program.

In the television series Wilsberg of ZDF, the theme was taken up in the episodes Presumed Innocent and The Bielefeld Conspiracy.

Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke about the topic. At the award ceremony of the German Social price in November 2012, she also mentioned discussions with citizens in Bielefeld and added: ". ... So it exists because"

On the part of the city of Bielefeld Bielefeld even the conspiracy is perceived differently. On the one hand create requests in the form of e -mails a processing requirements, on the other hand, the issue is taken up by the city marketing. So, for example, is the 800th anniversary of the city under the motto That can not.