Overview

• Freddy Quinn's autobiography, 'Wie es wirklich war,' set to release on May 22, 2025, confronts long-standing myths about his life and career.
• Quinn confirms he never knew his father and rejects claims that businessman Johann Quinn was his biological parent.
• He reveals his seafaring image, central to his success in the 1950s and 1960s, was a marketing creation by his record label.
• Archival evidence uncovered by Quinn suggests his possible father, Emil Warchalowski, was killed by his own son in a 1965 family massacre.
• The singer reflects on the personal toll of living with these fabrications and expresses peace with the unresolved questions about his lineage.