German
Wolfgang Halbig
The Hoax of a Lifetime
Prologue: Straight Outta Heidelberg
August 10th, 1946: Wolfgang Walter Halbig is born. somewhere in Germany.
Wolfgang Halbig – Early Life (Germany)
Wolfgang Halbig’s grandparents raised Halbig in the town of Heidelberg (State of Baden-Württemberg), until the age of twelve – twelve, or fourteen, or sixteen – but Wolfgang usually claims pre-teen.
Halbig’s grandparents brought him up as a Catholic while in Germany, but would claim no faith as an adult.
According to public statements made by Wolfgang on multiple occasions, he never knew his father. Wolf claims that his father was “in a concentration camp for three years,” sometimes saying the camp was located “in Posen, Poland.” This would presumably indicate Stalag XXI-D.
papers: Wolfgang Halbig arrives in the United States – August 18, 1953
Relocation to the United States
In 2012, Wolfgang gave a deposition as part of a civil lawsuit. In this deposition, Wolf ...