German state finance minister Thomas Schäfer found dead, likely by suicide

[Keto]

The body of Thomas Schäfer, finance minister for the German state of Hesse, was found on train tracks near Wiesbaden. Police suspect the 54-year-old died by suicide.

German state finance minister Thomas Schäfer found dead | DW | 29.03.2020

Police suspect Thomas Schäfer died by suicide after his body was found on train tracks near Wiesbaden. He was the finance minister for the state of Hesse, where Germany's financial center Frankfurt lies.

www.dw.com

 

[I’mDone]

May he rest in peace.

 

[Jumper Geo]

The body of Thomas Schäfer, finance minister for the German state of Hesse, was found on train tracks near Wiesbaden. Police suspect the 54-year-old died by suicide.

German state finance minister Thomas Schäfer found dead | DW | 29.03.2020

Police suspect Thomas Schäfer died by suicide after his body was found on train tracks near Wiesbaden. He was the finance minister for the state of Hesse, where Germany's financial center Frankfurt lies.

www.dw.com

Wow, sad it's the worry and pressure of the global recession which will hit us all this year, bad times a head, he could have created a thread first a bit selfish at least a goodbye thread, lol.

Sorry I find humour is everything

Could have lost a lot of money in the crashing financial markets he's not the first and won't be the last. RIP.

 

[Let'sgetoutofHERE]

I wonder which method he used

 

[Jumper Geo]

I wonder which method he used

I will take a wild stab in the dark and say by train,

 

[I’mDone]

I wonder which method he used

Body found on train tracks so I guess jumping in front of it, or decapitation.

 

[Jumper Geo]

Body found on train tracks so I guess jumping in front of it, or decapitation.

Yes I just just went for the obvious, lol

 

[Donk]

balls of steel to ctb in that way

 

[Let'sgetoutofHERE]

balls of steel to ctb in that way

He probably didn't know about this forum

 

[a.n.kirillov]

The body of Thomas Schäfer, finance minister for the German state of Hesse, was found on train tracks near Wiesbaden. Police suspect the 54-year-old died by suicide.

German state finance minister Thomas Schäfer found dead | DW | 29.03.2020

Police suspect Thomas Schäfer died by suicide after his body was found on train tracks near Wiesbaden. He was the finance minister for the state of Hesse, where Germany's financial center Frankfurt lies.

www.dw.com

A fucking shame people still have to die in such cruel ways. Fuck this culture!

A fucking shame people still have to die in such cruel ways. Fuck this culture!

Makes me think sometimes we are still deep within the middle ages, in the big picture view of humanity.

 

[faust]

It is very symbolic that he was a finance minister.
This once again proves that even sober-minded economists and financiers are not immune from anything.
May he rest in peace.

 

[Steamm]

It is very symbolic that he was a finance minister.
This once again proves that even sober-minded economists and financiers are not immune from anything.
May he rest in peace.

Maybe he lost a shit load of money?

 

[faust]

Maybe he lost a shit load of money?

Then it is like during the Great Depression when prosperous people were losing everything and hanging themselves...

 

[mesohappy]

Dude was a finance minister,not politician,maybe spent his whole life studying finance then some shit like current situation comes up and everything he(thought)he knows crumbles,because none of this is precedented...Everyone ctb for some reason..This dude was obviously distraught.

Rip......Germans can come attack me now.

 

[autumnal]

Dude was a finance minister,not politician,maybe spent his whole life studying finance then some shit like current situation comes up and everything he(thought)he knows crumbles,because none of this is precedented...Everyone ctb for some reason..This dude was obviously distraught.

Rip......Germans can come attack me now.

A finance minister IS a politician.

 

[mesohappy]

A finance minister IS a politician.

True..Rest might be right doe??

 

[autumnal]

True..Rest might be right doe??

Could be. But then again it could just as easily be the Coronavirus situation affecting his life in other ways. Or it could just be a total coincidence in terms of the timing, or existing suicide plans simply brought forward by the virus for logistical reasons.

 

[mesohappy]

Could be. But then again it could just as easily be the Coronavirus situation affecting his life in other ways. Or it could just be a total coincidence in terms of the timing, or existing suicide plans simply brought forward by the virus for logistical reasons.

Was he at least distraught??

 

[ManWithNoName]

He probably didn't know about this forum

Even if he did, not everybody who takes their life checks in with SS.

It is very symbolic that he was a finance minister.
This once again proves that even sober-minded economists and financiers are not immune from anything.
May he rest in peace.

And maybe he sees the financial situation of his country—a bankrupt nation that pays a negative yield—not a good thing.

I will take a wild stab in the dark and say by train,

Indeed. With really tight gun laws the average German doesn't have many options

This is how Adolf Merckel died. He was a billionaire who lost all his money and called it quits. And Merckel could have had a very good chance of getting the necessary med(s) for ctb seeing as his business was pharmacuticals.

 

[Depressive1995]

Im so jealous about him and all this people which just just use hard methods like train or jumping like its nothing. Whereas I only want to die since years because of crucial suffering but anyway I am not even able suicide with the softest methods... I wonder about the mindset of these people..

 

[ManWithNoName]

Im so jealous about him and all this people which just just use hard methods like train or jumping like its nothing. (...) but anyway I am not even able suicide with the softest methods... I wonder about the mindset of these people..

I think if one's existence is so horrible that anything to call it quits one would do and not blink and eye. One's life would have to be really bad to the point where one cannot live for one second longer.

 

[Berlin76]

The body of Thomas Schäfer, finance minister for the German state of Hesse, was found on train tracks near Wiesbaden. Police suspect the 54-year-old died by suicide.

German state finance minister Thomas Schäfer found dead | DW | 29.03.2020

Police suspect Thomas Schäfer died by suicide after his body was found on train tracks near Wiesbaden. He was the finance minister for the state of Hesse, where Germany's financial center Frankfurt lies.

www.dw.com

I can really understand that he under these situation of Corona and financial crisis he had enough. The amount of stress is so bizar high many just like at Wallstreet and banks commit suicide due to stress related issues

 

[waterbottleman]

Germanys economy was already under stress before the virus with an ever decreasing and anemic GDP growth rate.

 

[bpdandme]

Why do people always put suicide down to an event, although it can be, suicide is not a 'logical' reaction in any circumstance. I think there will be underlying mental health struggles to take this route. While I agree the economy and the pandemic will be a factor and could of tipped him over the edge, but I just think it oversimplifies suicide and mental health struggles. A lot of people struggle financially and will be in a similar position to him, but they won't all commit suicide.

 

[a.n.kirillov]

suicide is not a 'logical' reaction in any circumstance. .

Have you ever really thought about any of this? maybe you should try doing so.

A lot of people struggle financially and will be in a similar position to him, but they won't all commit suicide.

So?

Some people can handle more than others, some people have natural talents that others don't, some people are exceptionally beautiful and most aren't, some people are tall and some aren't.

What are you trying to say with this?

 

[bpdandme]

Have you ever really thought about any of this? maybe you should try doing so.

It's a contradiction for sure, but we are hard-wired to live, our survival instinct is so strong and the body will work hard to try to survive. Does that explain myself better? As species, the human reaction is not to die, we are born to live. Of course, as I said there will be times where this doesn't apply. It's just like when Chester Bennington committed suicide and a lot of people said it was because of his friend's suicide, Chris Cornell. Although this probably didn't help his mental state and could well be a factor, Chester had obviously been suffering for a long time and had mental health issues and demons he battled with - a suicide can't be oversimplified to a single event.

Sorry if I did not explain myself well, I didn't mean to cause offence.

 

[HadEnough1974]

The body of Thomas Schäfer, finance minister for the German state of Hesse, was found on train tracks near Wiesbaden. Police suspect the 54-year-old died by suicide.

German state finance minister Thomas Schäfer found dead | DW | 29.03.2020

Police suspect Thomas Schäfer died by suicide after his body was found on train tracks near Wiesbaden. He was the finance minister for the state of Hesse, where Germany's financial center Frankfurt lies.

www.dw.com

Makes me wonder if he visited ss. I always warn people against trains.

 

[a.n.kirillov]

It's a contradiction for sure, but we are hard-wired to live, our survival instinct is so strong and the body will work hard to try to survive. Does that explain myself better? As species, the human reaction is not to die, we are born to live. Of course, as I said there will be times where this doesn't apply. It's just like when Chester Bennington committed suicide and a lot of people said it was because of his friend's suicide, Chris Cornell. Although this probably didn't help his mental state and could well be a factor, Chester had obviously been suffering for a long time and had mental health issues and demons he battled with - a suicide can't be oversimplified to a single event.

Sorry if I did not explain myself well, I didn't mean to cause offence.

No, it's just that you said 'suicide can never be logical' and I object to that strongly. Very strongly.

And the fact that two people undergoing the same beating will suffer different amounts of pain isn't sufficient to make a moral judgement about one or the other. One isn't better than the other and the pain that the more sensitive of them feels is no less real.

These two "arguments" are often used to deny people the right-to-die, that's why they offend me (not personally by you necessarily, just in general).

 

[bpdandme]

No, it's just that you said 'suicide can never be logical' and I object to that strongly. Very strongly.

And the fact that two people undergoing the same beating will suffer different amounts of pain isn't sufficient to make a moral judgement about one or the other. One isn't better than the other and the pain that the more sensitive of them feels is no less real.

These two "arguments" are often used to deny people the right-to-die, that's why they offend me (not personally by you necessarily, just in general).

I don't think you're understanding what I'm saying/I'm not explaining myself properly. My parents say "I have no reason to be depressed/nothing bad has happened" etc, when there does not need to be reason to have depression or commit suicide, depression doesn't discriminate and can happen to anyone and there are usually multiple factors.

I meant that suicide is not 'logical' in the aspect that as a species we are hard-wired to live and hence why we all have strong survival instinct, the body works to live. I do not think suicide is illogical, I am suicidal myself and I understand why someone would want things and I feel it everyday. I'm still here because of survival instinct. There is no two argument that I am creating, I am just saying I think mental health and suicide can often be oversimplified when there is a lot of factors to consider. I'm not saying I think suicide is illogical or that I don't understand why people commit suicide - I was in the hospital in November for overdosing on SN. However, a lot of people have gone through things I have gone through and will not have any mental health issues or attempt suicide. That was not a separate argument, it was adding to the original oversimplifying suicide/mental health point I was trying to make (obviously unsuccessfully).

 

[Taran]

The body of Thomas Schäfer, finance minister for the German state of Hesse, was found on train tracks near Wiesbaden. Police suspect the 54-year-old died by suicide.

German state finance minister Thomas Schäfer found dead | DW | 29.03.2020

Police suspect Thomas Schäfer died by suicide after his body was found on train tracks near Wiesbaden. He was the finance minister for the state of Hesse, where Germany's financial center Frankfurt lies.

www.dw.com

I wonder how many normal people and poor will commit suicide due to this corona crisis....as it didn't even leave a politician