Hanns Martin Schleyer
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Hans "Hanns" Martin Schleyer was a German business executive, employer and industry representative, Nazi SS officer, and lobbyist. He served as president of two powerful commercial organizations: the
Schleyer in November 1973
Hanns Martin Schleyer (right) and Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, 1974
German industrial leader and former Nazi SS officer Hanns Martin Schleyer was kidnapped on 5 September 1977, by the Red Army Faction, also known as Baader-Meinhof Gang, in Cologne, West Germany. It wa
Hanns Martin Schleyer
…Red Army Faction (RAF) in 1977 during the so-called German Autumn was the climax of one of the most serious crises in the history of West Germany. He was kidnapped on 5 September 1977 by the far-left terrorist organization Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion, RAF) and subsequently murdered; his driver and police…
Memorial in Cologne