Billy Six

Billy Six (born 1986) is a German journalist, documentarian^[1] and author. He began his journalist career in local newspapers.^[2] In 2011 Six started working as war reporter for German newspaper Junge Freiheit in Egypt. Since then he has covered most conflict ridden parts of the world such as Libya,^[3] Syria,^[4] Lebanon,^[5] and Ukraine.^[6] While working for Junge Freiheit, he was arrested in Syria by the al-Assad army in December 2012.^[7] His liberation was announced by Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Fayssal Mikdad and Ambassador of Russia in Damascus in a press conference at March 2013.^[8][9]

Early life

Billy Six born 1986 in East Berlin. He started his career as a business administrator for finance consulting and member in local parliament of Neuenhagen^[10] after graduating from high school 2006. He traveled to more than 70 countries.

Publishing career

Six has written for several newspapers and various print magazines, including D Magazine, Junge Freiheit,^[11] Raum & Zeit,^[12] Globetrotter,^[13] Jüdische Allgemeine,^[14] and Preußische Allgemeine.

Six had been working for around a year in Ukraine, covering the conflict and lightening MH17 (interviewing 100 witnesses), and documented all kind of evidence. He was interviewed by the BBC in the documentary Conspiracy Files: Who Shot Down MH17 (May 2016).^[15] It widened attention for his MH17 research, consisting of interviews with witnesses, former militaries, audio and video experts.^[16] His methods of broadcasting are disputed.^[17]

Six also covered the refugee crisis in Europe. He contributed research in the border area between Greece and Macedonia, also at Budapest main station or Freilassing border crossing into Germany. He was traveling a month with the refugees; his results were published by Junge Freiheit TV: ″The Refugee Deception″.^[18]

Books

• Das grüne Irrlicht (about German politician Hans-Christian Ströbele) (2012)
• Marsch ins Ungewisse (about Syria) (2014)
• Schuldig im Namen der Asyl-Industrie (2016)

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