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<div>{{Short description|German television producer (1956–2008)}}<br />
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'''Ralph Burkei''' (15 December 1956, [[Munich]] – 26 November 2008) was a German television producer and co-owner of the [[Bavaria]]n [[production company]] C.A.M.P. TV. He was also active in Bavarian local politics with the Munich [[Christian Social Union of Bavaria|CSU]] party and was its treasurer from 2000 to 2004. At one time, he was vice-president of the [[TSV 1860 München]] and president of the [[Lokomotive Leipzig|VfB Leipzig]] football teams.<ref>[http://www.br-online.de/aktuell/news/burkei-tod-bombay-ID1227782863172.xml Anschläge in Bombay, Münchner Unternehmer Burkei tot ''in German''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210125213/http://www.br-online.de/aktuell/news/burkei-tod-bombay-ID1227782863172.xml |date=10 December 2008 }}</ref> <br />
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Burkei died on the way to hospital after fleeing armed attackers and falling from the facade of the [[Taj Mahal Palace & Tower|Taj Mahal hotel]] during the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]].<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/world/news/e3iacfb4ddfa5a1002b40aea0ca93b171e5 German TV producer dies in Mumbai]</ref> <br />
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German counter-jihad activist [[Michael Stürzenberger]], himself victim of the [[2024 Mannheim stabbing]], has cited that the death of his colleague Ralph Burkei in the 2008 Mumbai attack events, during which they were in contact via SMS, as an important event for his anti-Islam beliefs.<ref name="taz">{{cite news|url=https://taz.de/Islamfeindlichkeit-in-Deutschland/!5055779/|title=Islamfeindlichkeit in Deutschland: Der Anti-Muslim|first=Marlene|last=Halser|work=Die Tageszeitung|date=4 November 2013|language=de}}</ref> <br />
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[[Category:1956 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Television people from Munich]]<br />
[[Category:Christian Social Union in Bavaria politicians]]<br />
[[Category:German television producers]]<br />
[[Category:Victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks]]<br />
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