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Although Mahler refused to be exchanged, the other prisoners were set free.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The United Nations and Terrorism. Germany, Multilateralism, and Antiterrorism Efforts in the 1970s|last=Blumenau|first=Bernhard|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|year=2014|isbn=978-1-137-39196-4|location=Basingstoke|pages=25–6, 30}}</ref> |
Although Mahler refused to be exchanged, the other prisoners were set free.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The United Nations and Terrorism. Germany, Multilateralism, and Antiterrorism Efforts in the 1970s|last=Blumenau|first=Bernhard|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|year=2014|isbn=978-1-137-39196-4|location=Basingstoke|pages=25–6, 30}}</ref> |
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After the militants had been flown out to [[Aden]], [[South Yemen]], Lorenz was set free on 4 March. He had won the [[plurality (voting)|plurality]] (43.9%) of votes while being absent, nevertheless [[Klaus Schütz]], relying on a coalition of [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democrats]] and [[Free Democratic Party of Germany|Free Democrats]], remained mayor. |
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One of the freed prisoners, Rolf Heissler, became a member of the group which abducted [[Hanns-Martin Schleyer]] in 1977 to exchange him for imprisoned RAF members. After the operation had failed, Schleyer was killed. Heissler was one of his two murderers.<ref>[http://www.worldwidelexicon.org/translation/1790.html WorldwideLexicon.Marx: Ex-Terrorist Reveals Names Of The Schleyer Murderers<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211074651/http://www.worldwidelexicon.org/translation/1790.html |date=11 February 2012 }}</ref> |
One of the freed prisoners, Rolf Heissler, became a member of the group which abducted [[Hanns-Martin Schleyer]] in 1977 to exchange him for imprisoned RAF members. After the operation had failed, Schleyer was killed. Heissler was one of his two murderers.<ref>[http://www.worldwidelexicon.org/translation/1790.html WorldwideLexicon.Marx: Ex-Terrorist Reveals Names Of The Schleyer Murderers<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211074651/http://www.worldwidelexicon.org/translation/1790.html |date=11 February 2012 }}</ref> |
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Peter Lorenz (22 December 1922 – 6 December 1987) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
In 1975 Lorenz was a candidate for mayor of West Berlin. He was kidnapped by the 2 June Movement group three days before the elections on 27 February. The group demanded a release of several imprisoned left-wing militants, including 2 June Movement members Verena Becker and Gabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann as well as Horst Mahler, one of the founders of the Red Army Faction (RAF) and Munich Tupamaros member Rolf Heissler. Although Mahler refused to be exchanged, the other prisoners were set free.[1]
After the militants had been flown out to Aden, South Yemen, Lorenz was set free on 4 March. He had won the plurality (43.9%) of votes while being absent, nevertheless Klaus Schütz, relying on a coalition of Social Democrats and Free Democrats, remained mayor.
One of the freed prisoners, Rolf Heissler, became a member of the group which abducted Hanns-Martin Schleyer in 1977 to exchange him for imprisoned RAF members. After the operation had failed, Schleyer was killed. Heissler was one of his two murderers.[2]
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[edit]- ^ Blumenau, Bernhard (2014). The United Nations and Terrorism. Germany, Multilateralism, and Antiterrorism Efforts in the 1970s. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 25–6, 30. ISBN 978-1-137-39196-4.
- ^ WorldwideLexicon.Marx: Ex-Terrorist Reveals Names Of The Schleyer Murderers Archived 11 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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