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**englisharchie** · #1 29 Dec 2011

does anyone know age wheather travelling by bike /vw i think i met him last year would love to know if its him

**steview** · #2 30 Dec 2011

Martin Eugen Arker born May 18, 1953 in Berlin. Possible links to a Dragoman tour. A Dutch newspaper article stated he was traveling with a group of 11 people. Hope this helps.

**SimonDragoman** · #3 30 Dec 2011

Martin Eugen Arker had previously travelled with Dragoman in Asia and southern Africa but was not part of a Dragoman tour prior to his passing.

Our thoughts are with his family at this very sad time.

Simon Williams
Dragoman Operations

**Ferroa** · #4 19 Mar 2016

Hi guys
I am making a documentary about the kidnappning and I'd like to get in contact with the family of the german guy. Can anybody help with this?

Thanks!

**MarioDE** · #5 19 Sep 2019

Good day,
The family lives in Karlsruhe.
I was a good friend of Martin Eugen Arker, we traveled together and lived in Southeast Asia for a while.
mariokoeppen@yahoo.de

**priffe** · #6 19 Sep 2019

There was a documentary on Swedish television about Johan Gustafsson a year ago.
Now there is a new documentary made by Simon Stanford, a South African, 1 hour 18 minutes.
It gives co-captive McGown the chance to speak also.
Perhaps he also made a South African version focusing on McGown?
Dunno if it will be translated, but parts of it is in English.
https://www.svtplay.se/video/2333997...e-hos-al-qaida
The desert segments were recreated in Kalahari.
The dynamic between the three hostages is one focus of the documentary. They did not get along, and were barely on speaking terms, which may seem odd. But that is how it was. Dutchman Rilke did not wish to be a part of the documentary.

I have heard stories about how mr Arker apparently did not fancy being kidnapped so he would rather resist, which he did.
The tour he was on left shortly after, leaving a bit of a mess behind for mr Arker's relatives to clear up.