PHI has gained access to the text of emails found in Wenzel Hitzig's mail.gr account.
Below are transcripts of mails to and from Magdalena Holm, a german national who was a friend of both Achim Michaelis and Wenzel Hitzig. Wenzel's text is in bold:

[email protected] schrieb:
> Hello Magdalena.
> I'm sorry I didn't reply to your last mail but I've been having problems with
>
> my email account. It's a little embarrassing but I didn't have the money to
> pay
> for the service anymore so I've decided to use this free account instead.
> Please direct any mails you want to send me to here in future. Of course I
> can't even get back into my old account now.
>
> The money situation looks like it is going to be tight for some while yet,
> but
> maybe you can help me? I'm not asking for a loan, that way only trouble lies,
>
> but I found out something that I wanted to ask you. Did Achim ever mention
> great riches or treasure?
> I'm still puzzling over the details, you know how obscure Achim could be when
>
> the mood took him, but he seems to have found out something that excited him
> greatly, and he has left me a few clues. If you know anything please reply.
> It
> might be that Achim had an idea for raising the capital for TINAG he
> discussed
> with you? It would explain why he was never as bothered about the costs of
> our
> project as I was.
> I still miss him, even the rows.
> Regards
> Wenzel
> P.S Where in the world are you now?

From: Magdalena
Sent: 4/10/2002 5:58:22 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: re: missing again!
He Wenzel,
nice to hear from you. My English is still bad. How is your German?
I am sorry to hear about your problems. Here in Germany it is the same. I have
lost a lot of customers. And had only one internet and two little illustration
jobs in the last month. I hope the economy will get better soon.
Luckily I have saved a little money over the years.
Maybe I will take a sabbatical and travel a bit.
Do you know that Piet is working in New York now. He offerd me a job, But I
think my english is too bad.
While I m writing this I have opened the babelfish in another Window for finding
the right words.
What do you mean ? A treasure? I?m sorry but I don?t know what you talking
about. Can you explain that better? You make me curious. Please tell me more.
What have you found?
Hope your answer is a little quicker this time ;-)
Greetings
Magdalena

[email protected] schrieb:
>
> Hi Magdalena,
> thanks for the reply,
> First of all, Piet is in New York? I had no idea. Maybe he wrote to me and
> told
> me, but the last 6 months or so have been something of a nightmare. I won't
> bore you with the details but I no longer have the office in Atlanta. I might
>
> have to ask Piet for a job myself!
> Secondly, hey you should go work in New York if it appeals to you. I don't
> think your english skills would hold you back too much, it really depends how
>
> much you are dealing with people rather than computer work? My German is
> probably very poor. I haven't had to speak it for a while. I remember rowing
> with Achim in both german and english on the last day we had at >Rowan Oak.
> For
> a long time after that I found it painful. I think in english, and only some
> of
> my phrasing is still a little stilted I think because of my upbringing.
> As for the questions I asked you. I really can't tell you too much at this
> time. That's not my impression of Achim! It's just that I don't really know
> a
> lot as yet. I found a notebook I think Achim had hidden in a cabinet in our
> old
> office. It was taped up under the top of a file cabinet. I never would have
> found it had it not been for some of the furniture being overturned. As I put
>
> everything back in place I realised there was some card or something taped to
>
> the inside of the top of the cabinet, and I found a red notebook of Achims.
> It
> mentions in a vague fashion that there is some sort of historical treasure or
>
> wealth attainable. I think he intended it to be like a prize or something,
> like
> those puzzles they sell that have a real prize for the first to solve them.
> It's always a great publicity tool. He made some comment about if times got
> bad
> he could always claim the treasure himself. I wish he had discussed it with
> me
> while he was alive.
> I've been going through the Tinag game again as Achim left some clues in
> there,
> but what I really need is access to some other parts of the game. I spoke to
> Gideon Shapiro (remember him?) and I'm thinking about contacting Juan in
> Cardiz? Would you be able to offer me any assistance in reaching him? Didn't
> he
> have another part or something that Achim had given him or told him?
> I think probably Achim discussed more with you than with me some of his ideas
>
> for the different levels of the game. With me he was just happy for us to
> work
> on the tomb raider style of the game etc. I didn't understand everything else
>
> he was doing within it. I want to now though. I think I will retrace some of
> his steps and find out for myself what is going on. It might do me good to
> get
> out of this place for a while.

>regards Wenzel

From: Magdalena
Sent: 4/23/2002 6:11:23 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: re: missing again!
Hi Wenzel,
so you are again busy with Achim's game. Do you really think that there is more?
Are you sure that you don't hunt a phantom?
A year ago the crimescene detectives asked me for Juan, but I never heard
anything else about that clue.
The address of Juan was:
Juan Massip
Luja 19, piso 14
11500 El Puerto de St. Maria
Provincia de Cadiz
Spain
I don't know, if he is still under that address to find. He had a restaurant in
Duisburg. I don't know what he's doing now. Maybe he has a restaurant too now,
or he works as a cook.
Can you tell me more about that red notebook. Did Achim wrote something about
me? I would really like to read it. Can you send me some fotocopy of it? That
would be very kind.
If you can make a contact to Juan, let me know that. Or if there is anything
else I can do to help you.
tsch?ss
Magdalena
PS:
I talked to a journalist who wants to do a little tv feature on Achim for the
cultur channel "arte". I gave him your e-mail. I hope that is okay? Probably he
will contact you.
But I think it's better to tell him nothing about your new investigation. Can't
say why. Just a feeling. Call it female intuition.
m: Magdalena
Sent: 6/18/2002 12:33:48 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Your trip to Spain
Dear Wenzel,
Ah I see, I thought already you were missing again.
Good to hear that you could make some money.
You realy want to go and look for Juan in Cardiz?
Maybe you waste your time. If he did not answer your telegramm or letter or what
ever. That means he isnt under this adress.
Come on Wenzel we are no detectives. Do you know how difficult it is to find
somebody in a forreign country?
I think I will agree to the New York offer. First I will go there for a month to
sniff at the business. Maybe I will stay longer. Don't know. I think I need a
green card, if I want to work in the states. Can you tell me something about
that?
I think it will be very strange to be in New York again. You know the last time
I was there with Achim.
Since that a lot happened. Achim is gone and probably New York has changed too
after all the pain of September 11.
Bye Magdalena
From: Magdalena
Sent: 7/14/2002 4:51:41 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: What's Up!
Hi Wenzel,
it seems that you are missing again. The last thing I heard, was that you wanted
to go to Spain. What happened? Is everything okay? Did you find Juan in Cardiz?
I hope you didn't get into any trouble.
I'm getting already headaches about that. Please, send me a lifesign, so I can
see that everything is okay with you.
greetings
Magdalena

wenzel hitzig schrieb:
> Hi Magdalena.
>
> I'm still in spain! I did find Juan in Cardiz but it was a piece of good
> fortune I think! I don't know whether there was a typo or something in
> the address you gave me but he wasn't there anyway. Luckily I managed to
> find him by asking around and also thanks to Elena.
>
> He told me some interesting things, and he had something from Achim! I
> don't want to say too much just yet because I need to verify a few
> things and until then I'm playing my cards close to my chest.
> So yes I'm okay. I see Juan again on wednesday and then I hope to fly
> home at the end of this week.
> I'll tell you more when I know more. Sorry for the secrecy - I just
> don't want to say anything just yet.
> I'm nursing a hangover too, the local wine is very very strong!
> I'll be in touch soon...
>
> Wenzel
>

From: Magdalena
Sent: 7/22/2002 10:10:12 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: please!!!
Hi Wenz,
come on boy that's not fair. You make me so curious about that meeting with
Juan. What did he tell you? And What did he had from Achim?
Oh, please Wenzel be kind, tell me more.
BTW, are you still in Spain. What do you think about a little stop over? We can
meet in D?sseldorf. This is not much more than a two hour flight from Spain.
I would like to see you. And you can tell me more about your Cardiz adventure.
Maybe I can help you.
Please answer quick.
greetings
Magdalena
From: Magdalena
Sent: 9/23/2002 6:58:13 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: queens
He Wenz,
sorry, for the long break. But there was so much new.
I did not find the time to write any mails.
At the moment I stay with Piet in his flat in Queens.
It's a funny house. On the ground floor is a Greek
gyros fast food restaurant. The owner lives with his
family on the first floor. It's allways a lot of live
in the house. There are two more Greek familys. I
didn't know that there were so many Greeks in Queens.
You allways hear the Greek languages in the streets.
Sounds very familiar to me. Above my sofa lives a
musician. A trumpet player. That's somtimes a little
bit nerved. But I don't go to bed so early.
I did some drawings for Piet's company. You know I
don't have a green card yet. So it's for the sofa and
sharing the fridge. I'm still not sure whether I want
to stay longer. I hope that I can visit you soon. I
think it's good not to stay all the time in Piet's
flat. He say's it's okay. I can stay as long as I like
to. But you know what we say about visitors. They are
like fish. At first you are glad to see them, but
after three days...
bye bye
Magdalena

wenzel hitzig schrieb:
> At last a chance to catch up on mail. I took a break in Oxford recently
> to go see Arlene and a few other folk. Arlene was pleased to see me at
> least!
>
> It's funny that you should mention Greeks and Greece, because I think I
> will have to go there. I've been on a treasure hunt I feel, but without
> finding the treasure. I think I can get something from Greece which will
> let me find the treasure. I have a hunch where it is, but I need to be
> able to prove it.
>
> Well I'm sure all that sounds very confusing. Someday Magdalena I will
> tell you the whole story. Maybe on my return? I have to finish the
> contract I work on at the start of November and then I'm off travelling
> again so I have no time for it now. I understand so much more of what
> made Achim the way he was now. If I pull this off, it's big time major
> league shit. I'm not joking either. There have been times recently when
> I've felt like I'm involved in a mystical novel. No wonder Achim spent
> time stoned on a beach mumbling about things I didn't understand, I can
> hardly get my head around it myself, and yet everything I've found so
> far is leading me in one clear direction. I cannot leave clues with you.
> It would be wrong at this moment, and possibly even dangerous.
>
> Magda,
> today finds me in a somewhat sober mood. These past months I have found
> it difficult to trust anyone. Riddles and secrecy have become second
> nature. I'm like some foolish conspiracy theorist, and yet a small voice
> keeps saying to me just because I am paranoid, it doesn't mean the
> bastards aren't out to get me.
> You have probably noticed I haven't shared much with you. I haven't
> shared much with anyone. I hope it hasn't seemed personal. I hold Arlene
> dear to me, she is the closest I have ever come to having a real
> girlfriend. If things were different I might ask her to marry me. Maybe
> one day? But yet still I have shared nothing real with her of my hunt.
> Maybe I am scared of letting go, maybe I am scared that the threads that
> hold it together are too fragile and delicate to be subjected to the
> eyesight of others, as if it is my very own spider web, and anyone else
> wandering into it will rip the gossamer. Maybe I am scared you will all
> think I am crazy?
>
> I gave a list of 4 key words to my sister Katja. If you remember
> anything about me you will know how to find her. Let me know if you
> don't remember to what I refer. (It was a puzzle from years ago we had
> some fun with!)
>
> We�ll speak soon no doubt, I feel very close to the end of my adventure,
> and at last I will be able to share with my friends.
>
> Sorry Magda
> Wenzel

From: Magdalena
Sent: 10/20/2002 8:32:24 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: visit
Hi Wenz,
you are a big Secret shopkeeper. You know how curious am I.
This is really a torture for me.
Where do you want to go in Greece? And when?
I hope not on the next weekend, because I woull like to visit you for a couple
of days. Is this okay? I hope so. To be true I got already a flight.
I will arrive im Atlanta saturday the 26th at 11:57 with Delta Airlines 1281
from Newark. Can you pick me up at the airport?
greetings
Magdalena

From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 19:53:52 EEST
Subject: hello it's me
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Hi Magdalena,
are you still mad at me over the last weekend?
I hope not. I'm sorry I haven't told you everything, I know you said it
was fine but I felt like it ruined things between us. I promise one day I
will tell you all, and when you know you will understand why I couldn't.
I hope you still had a good time anyway, I enjoyed catching up with you.
This is a brief mail to say that because of changes at nameplanet I am
changing my email addy again!
it's now just [email protected]
haha! A greek email address for me... how appropriate!
regards
Wenzel

From: [email protected] (Magdalena)
To: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 15:54:15 +0100
Subject: Re: hello it's me
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Hi Wenz,
sorry for the long break. I was very busy the last weeks.
How are you? You know I'm dying to hear more about your investigation.
Anything
new, that you would like to share with me? Maybe I can help.
have a nice week.
Hope we will meet again soon. I really enjoyed my visit in Atlanta
bye for now
Lena