9 September, Abu Qatadah, a 31-year-old German and an important person in ISIS media, answered the message. They had Skype discussions for several months. Finally, Todenhӧfer received a document guaranteeing his safety. In October 2014, Todenhӧfer was the first western journalist to travel to ISIS-controlled territory. He was accompanied by his filmmaker son, Frederic. Todenhöfer wrote that he stayed with an ISIS soldier who was armed with a Kalashnikov rifle. The soldier told him that he was sure to return home alive because ISIS wanted to be accepted as a state, so he had the guarantee of safety from their leadership. In other words, violation of the guarantee would mean violation of this state. Todenhӧfer spent most of his time in Mosul, Iraq but he could have visited ISIS-controlled cities in Syria such as Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor. Interview with al Nusra commander In 2016 Todenhöfer filmed an interview with an alleged Syrian rebel commander near Aleppo. The commander, said to be with the al-Qaeda affiliated group the Al-Nusra Front (later Jabhat Fateh al-Sham), claimed to have American support and said his group opposed humanitarian aid to civilians. Whether the commander was truly a Nusra fighter was later questioned and the authenticity of the video disputed. Todenhöfer did not respond to questions about his interview. Major works Wer weint schon um Abdul und Tanaya? (2003) Andy und Marwa. Zwei Kinder und der Krieg (2005) Warum tötest du, Zaid? (2008) Why do You Kill, Zaid? Why Do You Kill?: The Untold Story of the Iraqi Resistance (2008) Teile Dein Glück (2010) Du sollst nicht töten: Mein Traum vom Frieden (2013) 10 Tage im Islamischen Staat (2015) Ten Days in the Islamic State Bibliography Notes External links Jürgen Todenhöfer's webpage Jürgen Todenhöfer on Facebook Facebook.Teile-dein-Glück Jürgen Todenhöfer's book "Who cries for Abdul and Tanaya? – The Falsities in the Crusade against Terror" (in German) "Marwa's story: 10 years since the bomb fell", BBC article, 12 March 2013. 1940 births Living people People from Offenburg People from the Republic of Baden Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg German political writers German male non-fiction writers German pacifists Lutheran pacifists Historians of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Historians of the Iraq War War correspondents of the Iraq War German war correspondents Writers on the Middle East Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany Jurists from Baden-Württemberg 20th-century German