In 1988 Matthias Ohms, the ‘five-billion-dollar man’ as Frankfurt’s tabloids mockingly dubbed the currency trader, came in as vice-president under Joseph Wolf. Back in 1983 Ohms had already presented himself as a benefactor by granting the cash-strapped SGE an ‘interest-free loan’ of 1.1 million marks. Very noble indeed.
What few people know today: the enthronement assembly of November 14, 1988 was special. Fists flew. Wolf, hated by the fans, lasted exactly nine days in office.
