Biography

Jean Asselmeyer is a documentary filmmaker and committed activist. Born on January 11, 1944, in Mulhouse, he has lived between France and Germany, where he campaigned alongside revolutionary figures such as Rudy Dutschke. Jean Asselmeyer has lived between France and West Germany since 1967-68. In 1967, he was active in the Federal Republic of Germany alongside Rudi Dutschke, known as "Rudy the Red," in the Socialist Socialist Party (SDS), then in the German Red Aid, and was close to the "anti-imperialist" publishing house "TriKont" (Tricontinental). In 1973, he founded a revolutionary group and reportedly led a guerrilla training course himself.