Martin was born in Aachen, Germany, in the summer of 1972, mere weeks before the fatal terror attacks on the Olympic Games in Munich that eventually led to the inception of GSG 9. When they accomplished their great feat in Mogadishu five years later, Martin was still not particularly interested in Germany's first counter-terror force. That changed after he finished studying philosophy, politics and history in Cologne and started working as journalist and producer for public broadcasters and national media outlets, specializing in historical subjects. He has covered the history of GSG 9 time and again for various historical radio and tv programs. In 2022, he published the first complete history of this elite police unit, GSG9--ein deutscher Mythos. Martin lives in Cologne with his partner and cat. In his spare time, he can be found in his kitchen stirring pots, scuba diving off some remote island, sailplaning at his local airfield, or in the rehearsal room with his amateur acoustic pop combo.
