Bernhard Roessner
Undated police photo of terrorist Bernhard Roessner. German terrorists raided the German embassy on the 24th of April in 1975 and took twelve members of the embassy as hostages to force the liberation of 26 members of the Baader-Meinhof group. Since the demand was not fulfilled, they shot economic military attache Andreas von Mirbach and secretary of embassy Heinz Hillegaard. The hostages could be recovered, partly injured, all terrorists were arrested. Lutz Taufer, Bernhard Roessner, Karl Heinz Dellwo and Hanna Krabbe were each sentenced to twice lifelong prison in 1977 in Dusseldorf
Picture No
10648126
Media ID
45195056
Size
2868px x 3829px
(948KB)
Credit
Mary Evans / picture-alliance / dpa
Date
30-Nov-99
