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Thursday 27th of February 1975

49 years ago



53-year-old politician candidate for mayor of West Berlin Peter Lorenz is kidnapped by the Bewegung 2. Juni in Quermatenweg 128, Zehlendorf, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

The terrorists demanded a release of several imprisoned group members, including founder of Die Rote Armee Fraktion Horst Mahler and future RAF terrorists Verena BeckerGabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann, Ingrid Siepmann, Rolf Heißler and Rolf Pohle. After the terrorists had been flown out to Aden, Lorenz was set free on 4 March. The kidnappers were Ralf Reinders, Ronald Fritzsch, Gerald Klöpper, Andreas Vogel and Till Meyer.