Hanns-Martin Schleyer

Hanns Martin Schleyer (May 1, 1915, Offenburg – October 19, 1977 near Mulhouse, France) was a German manager, CDU member and employer representative. In 1977 he was kidnapped by the extreme-left terrorist organisation Red Army Faction and later murdered. Image File history File links Hanns_Martin_Schleyer. ... Image File history File links Hanns_Martin_Schleyer. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Offenburg is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Mulhouse (French: Mulhouse, pronounced ; Alsatian: Milhüsa; German: Mülhausen) is a town and commune in eastern France close to Swiss and German border. ... Management (from Old French ménagement the art of conducting, directing, from Latin manu agere to lead by the hand) characterises the process of leading and directing all or part of an organization, often a business, through the deployment and manipulation of resources (human, financial, material, intellectual or intangible). ... The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU - Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest conservative political party in Germany. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... Red Army Faction Insignia - a Red Star and a Heckler & Koch MP5 The Red Army Faction (or Red Army Fraction; also commonly known as the Baader-Meinhof Group [or Gang]; in German: Rote Armee Fraktion or simply RAF), was postwar West Germanys most active and prominent left-wing terrorist...

Youth

Schleyer came from a national-conservative family. His father was a judge and his great-great uncle was Johann Martin Schleyer, a renowned Catholic priest. Hanns Martin Schleyer started studying law at the university of Heidelberg in 1933. He joined the Corps Suevia, a fraternity. In 1939 he obtained a doctorate at the university of Innsbruck. A judge or justice is an official who presides over a court. ... Johann Martin Schleyer Johann Martin Schleyer (July 18, 1831 - August 16, 1912), German Catholic priest who invented the constructed language Volapük. ... This article is about the sacrament. ... // Balancing scales are symbolic of how law mediates peoples interests For other senses of this word, see Law (disambiguation). ... The Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (German Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; also known as simply University of Heidelberg) was established in the town of Heidelberg in the Rhineland in 1386. ... A view of the city from the castle (Schloss) The castle (Schloss) above the town Shopping district Heidelberg and the other cities of the Neckar valley View from the so called alley of philosophers (Philosophenweg) towards the Old Town, with Heidelberg Castle, Heiliggeist Church and the Old Bridge Heidelberg is... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... The terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words frater and soror, meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe many social and charitable organizations, for example the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Rotary International, Ordo Templi Orientis or the Shriners. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Leopold-Franzens-Universität, more often simply called University of Innsbruck, is one of the major Austrian universities, offering a broad range of subjects. ... Innsbruck is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the federal state of Tyrol. ...

Nazi involvement

Very early in his life he became a follower of National Socialism. After a stint in the Hitler Youth, the youth organization of the National Socialist Party, he joined the SS in 1933. During his studies, he was engaged in the Nazi student movement. An early, important mentor of this time was the student leader Gustav Adolf Scheel. In the summer of 1935, Schleyer accused his fraternity of lacking "national socialist spirit". He left the fraternity when the Kösener SC, an umbrella organization, refused to exclude Jewish members. Schleyer started a career as a leader in the national socialist student movement and, in 1937, he joined the NSDAP. At first he was the president of the student body of the university of Heidelberg. Later, Reichsstudentenführer Scheel sent him to post-Anschluss Austria, where he occupied the same position at the university of Innsbruck. In 1939 Schleyer married Waltrude Ketterer (daughter of the physician, city councillor of Munich and SA-Obergruppenführer Emil Ketterer). They had four sons. National Socialism redirects here. ... The Hitler Youth (German: Hitler-Jugend, abbreviated HJ) was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party that existed from 1922 to 1945. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... SS or ss or Ss may be: The Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force Steamship (SS) (ship prefix) The United States Secret Service A submarine not powered by nuclear energy (SS) (United States Navy designator), see SSN A Soviet/Russian surface-to-surface missile, as listed by NATO reporting name Shortstop... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Look up Mentor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up Leadership in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Gustav Adolf Scheel (born 22 November 1907 in Rosenberg, Baden; died 25 March 1979 in Hamburg) was a German physician and multifunctionary in the time of the Third Reich (SA and SS member, Leader of the National Socialist Students Federation, Organizer of the SD in the southwest, Superior SS and... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband (abbreviation: KSCV) is the oldest association of German and Austrian Studentenverbindungen. ... An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. ... This article describes some ethnic, historic, and cultural aspects of the Jewish identity; for a consideration of the Jewish religion, refer to the article Judaism. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... German troops march into Austria on 12 March 1938. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The seal of SA The   (SA, German for Storm Division, usually translated as stormtroops or stormtroopers) functioned as a paramilitary organization of the NSDAP – the German Nazi party. ... SS-Obergruppenführer Erich von dem Bach-Zalewski SS-Obergruppenführer patch SA-Obergruppenführer insignia Obergruppenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the SA. Translated as Senior Group Leader, the rank of SA-Obergruppenführer was held by...

During World War II, Schleyer was drafted and spent time on the Western Front. After an accident, he was discharged and appointed president of the student body in Prague. In this position he met Bernhard Adolf, one of the German economic leaders in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, who brought Schleyer to the industrial association of Bohemia and Moravia in 1943. Schleyer became an important deputy and advisor to Bernhard Adolf. On May 5, 1945, Schleyer escaped from the city shortly after the start of the Prague uprising. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Western Front was a term used during the First and Second World Wars to describe the contested armed frontier between lands controlled by Germany to the East and the Allies to the West. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This box:  • • An economic system sucks(social institution) which deals with the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services in a particular society. ... Flag of the Protectorate The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (in German: Reichsprotektorat Böhmen und Mähren, in Czech: Protektorát ÄŒechy a Morava) was the ethnic-Czech protectorate (in fact a puppet state) of the German Reich established in the central parts of Bohemia and Moravia. ... Flag of Bohemia Bohemia (Czech: ; German: ) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic. ... Flag of Moravia Moravia (Czech and Slovak: Morava; German: ; Hungarian: ; Polish: ) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

After the war

After World War II, Schleyer was a prisoner of war for three years, because he had held the rank of an officer (Untersturmführer) in the SS. In 1948 he was repatriated. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ... SS-Untersturmführer insignia Untersturmführer was a paramilitary rank of the German Schutzstaffel first created in July 1934. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

In 1949 he became secretary of the Handelskammer of Baden-Baden. In 1951, Schleyer joined Daimler-Benz, where he climbed the ladder, with the help of his mentor Fritz Könecke, to be a member of the board of directors. At the end of the 1960s, he was almost appointed chairman of the board, but lost the position to Joachim Zahn. Successively, Schleyer got more involved in employer associations, and was a leader in several employer and industry associations. He was simultaneously president of the Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände (federal union of employer association, or BDA) and the Bundesverbandes der Deutschen Industrie (federal association of the German industry, or BDI). 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Daimler-Benz AG was founded on May 1, 1924 by the merger of Benz & Cie. ... In relation to a company, a director is an officer of the company charged with the conduct and management of its affairs. ... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ...

His uncompromising acts during industrial protests in the 1960s (as lockouts), his history with the Nazi party, and his aggressive appearance, especially on TV (the New York Times described him as a "caricature of an ugly capitalist"), made Schleyer the ideal enemy for the 1968 student movement. A pocket book novel by Bernt Engelmanns, "Grosses Bundesverdienstkreuz" from 1974, also created a public image of Schleyer being the key figure of a conservative network with the aim of bringing the tandem Helmut Kohl and Kurt Biedenkopf into power in the German federal government in Bonn. A lockout is a work stoppage in which an employer prevents employees from working. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... This box:      Capitalism generally refers to an economic system in which the means of production are mostly privately or corporately owned and operated for profit, in which investment is determined by private decision, and in which distribution, production and pricing of goods and services are determined in a largely free... Your Grandma. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Tandem is a group of similar units arranged one behind the other and working together. ... Dr. Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (born April 3, 1930) is a Catholic German conservative politician and statesman. ... Prof. ... Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany, located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. ...

Abduction and murder

Hanns Martin Schleyer in captivity.

Memorial in Cologne

Schleyer was kidnapped on September 5, 1977 by the Red Army Faction, also known as Baader-Meinhof Gang, in Cologne. The purpose of this was to blackmail the German government to release imprisoned members of their group. Two police officers and Schleyer's driver Heinz Marcicz as well as his body guard were killed in the kidnapping. Image File history File links Hanns_Martin_Schleyer_in_captivity. ... Image File history File links Hanns_Martin_Schleyer_in_captivity. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (750x1000, 138 KB) Beschreibung: Gedenkkreuz und Mahnmal an die Opfer der Entführung von Hanns-Martin Schleyer Quelle: selber fotografiert Köln-Braunsfeld 2004 Fotograf oder Zeichner: Christoph Rückert --> Dstern first upload in de wikipedia on 14:45, 21. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (750x1000, 138 KB) Beschreibung: Gedenkkreuz und Mahnmal an die Opfer der Entführung von Hanns-Martin Schleyer Quelle: selber fotografiert Köln-Braunsfeld 2004 Fotograf oder Zeichner: Christoph Rückert --> Dstern first upload in de wikipedia on 14:45, 21. ... Köln may refer to: Cologne (German: Köln), the fourth largest city in Germany and largest city of the North Rhine-Westphalia state German Cruiser Köln that served from 1930-1945 mostly for the Kriegsmarine German Frigate Köln (1961-1982), a F120 Köln class frigate of... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Red Army Faction Insignia - a Red Star and a Heckler & Koch MP5 The Red Army Faction (or Red Army Fraction; also commonly known as the Baader-Meinhof Group [or Gang]; in German: Rote Armee Fraktion or simply RAF), was postwar West Germanys most active and prominent left-wing terrorist... Cologne (German:   ; Kölsch: Kölle /ˈkÅ“É«É™/) is Germanys fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than... For other uses, see Blackmail (disambiguation). ...

Schleyer was hidden in a highrise in Erftstadt (Liblar) near Cologne. Later, he was brought over the border into the Netherlands, and later moved to Brussels, where he spent the majority of his time in captivity. The German police came very close to finding Schleyer, but due to lack of internal communication could not rescue him. Several local police officers were convinced that Schleyer was held in the aforementioned highrise close to the Autobahn. One investigator had even rung the bell of the apartment in question, but nobody had conveyed this information to the crisis center of the federal police. Taipei 101, the worlds tallest skyscraper by roof height on high rise. ... Map of Germany showing Erftstadt Erftstadt is a city comprised of several small villages in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Germany, near Cologne. ... Nickname: The Capital Of Europe, Comic City City of a 100 Museums Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 979 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989 Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area    - City 162 (Region) km²  (62. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

After 43 days, the German government had not given in to the demands of the kidnappers. Hours after the German anti-terror unit GSG 9 ended the Palestinian hijack of Lufthansa Flight 181, the imprisoned RAF members Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe were found dead in their prison cells. Irmgard Möller was found seriously injured. Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (GSG 9 - Border protection group 9) is a German counter-terrorism unit, and is considered to be among the best of such units in the world. ... The Landshut at Mogadishu Airport, on October 18, 1977. ... Andreas Baader Andreas Baader (May 6, 1943 - October 18, 1977) was the first leader of the German revolutionary organization Red Army Faction, commonly known as the Baader-Meinhof gang. ... Gudrun Ensslin Gudrun Ensslin (August 15, 1940 - October 18, 1977) was a founder of the German terrorist group Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF), better known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang. ... Jan-Carl Raspe Jan-Carl Raspe (July 24, 1944 - October 18, 1977) was a member of the German militant group, the Red Army Faction. ... Mugshot of Irmgard Möller The title of this article contains the character ö. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Irmgard Moeller. ... Injury is damage or harm caused to the structure or function of the body caused by an outside agent or force, which may be physical or chemical. ...

After Schleyer's kidnappers received the news of the death of their imprisoned comrades, Schleyer was taken from Brussels on October 18, 1977, and shot to death en route to Mulhouse, France, where his body was left in the trunk of a green Audi 100 on the rue Charles Péguy. After the kidnappers phoned the location of the Audi to the Deutsche Presse-Agentur office in Stuttgart, Schleyer's body was recovered on October 19. Mulhouse (French: Mulhouse, pronounced ; Alsatian: Milhüsa; German: Mülhausen) is a town and commune in eastern France close to Swiss and German border. ... Audi 100 Avant 1994 (C4) The Audi 100 was a mid-sized automobile from Audi that was made between 1968 and 1994. ... Charles Péguy (January 7, 1873-September 4, 1914) was a noted French poet and essayist. ... Deutsche Presse Agentur (German Press Agency) is a news agency founded in 1949 in Germany. ... Stuttgart [], located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 (as of September 2005) in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area. ...

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See also

• German Autumn