Investigation · 9,500-word feature · 38 pages · PDF
The Lehder Home in Germany
The specific residence — address protected — where Carlos Lehder actually lived in Germany, 2020 to early 2022, and what the eighteen months there looked like from inside the house.
Reporter: Daniel Z. · Heidelberg Correspondent · Recorded November 2021
Public teaser
The German residence Carlos Lehder lived in from June 2020 to early 2022 is, per my agreement with the current occupants, not identified by address in this piece. The rest of what I have — I wrote down.
The house itself — a Catholic-run transitional facility outside Bonn that then became a private residence outside Heidelberg — the daily rhythm inside it, the specific room he chose, the books on the shelf when he arrived and the books he added, the meals, the visitors (there were more than the American press assumes), the calls to Colombia, the small garden, the walks, and — running throughout — my friend the driver’s day-by-day account of what Carlos said in the car.
The piece is my most personal on the subject. It is also the piece the current German occupants have specifically authorised, on the condition that the address remain protected until further notice.
The rest is behind a reader or publisher license, below.
What the license unlocks
- ▸The full 9,500-word feature by Daniel Z.
- ▸The driver’s day-by-day account of the eighteen months
- ▸Room-by-room description of the Bonn residence and the later Heidelberg residence
- ▸The visitor list — six names authorised for publication
- ▸A protected-address protocol explaining what is redacted and why
- ▸PDF format, watermarked per reader on the reader license
How the material was sourced
Written by Daniel Z. 2023–2026, based on continuous 2020–2022 access via the driver, on the residence staff, on six of the named visitors, and on Daniel Z.’s own two visits in autumn 2021.
Reader License
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Single-reader, watermarked PDF. Full material for personal reading. Non-redistributable — no forwarding, republishing, or quoting in commercial work. Watermarked with your name.
Price
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Quote, reprint, adapt
Non-exclusive right to publish, quote, reprint and adapt the material with attribution to carloslehder.co. For working journalists, book publishers, documentary producers. Written attestation of chain-of-custody included.
Price
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Where the money goes
50% of every sale is directed to at-risk children’s art programmes in Colombia under the Federico Lehder archive stipulation. A donation receipt is provided to every buyer.
Any questions about the material, its provenance, or the licensing terms — exclusives@carloslehder.co. Response within 48 hours.