The Kidnapping of Hanns-Martin Schleyer and the (Unlearned) Lessons of History
I've just finished reading Tom Bowers' fascinating — and disturbing — book on the failures of denazification after WWII, Blind Eye to Murder. In the final chapter, Bowers discusses the 1977 kidnapping and eventual murder of Hanns-Martin Schleyer, the wealthy president of the Federation of German Employers and a former SS officer, by the Red Army Faction (RAF). ...