Trivia

The son of the sculptor Bernhard Jansen and singer Elli Jansen was as a child among the survivors of the 1945 sunken refugee vessel Wilhelm Gustloff .

Wolfgang Jansen died in the poorest conditions.

His new partner died shortly after his divorce.

In 1985, he lost the right leg in a train accident in Darmstadt.

In 1983, his marriage with a physician assistant was divorced after 22 years.