German Autumn
Meanings
name
- A set of events in late 1977, revolving around the kidnapping and murder of industrialist Hanns-Martin Schleyer, by the Red Army Faction (RAF), and the hijacking of the Lufthansa aeroplane Landshut by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
Word forms
Etymology
Derived from the 1978 film "Deutschland im Herbst" (Germany in Autumn).
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