Who assassinated Germany's most powerful banker just weeks after the Berlin Wall fell?
In short: This video examines the 1989 assassination of Alfred Herrhausen, head of Deutsche Bank. It details the sophisticated bomb attack in Frankfurt and the lingering mystery surrounding the perpetrators, who remain unidentified thirty-five years later despite the Red Army Faction claiming responsibility for the high-profile killing.
On November 30, 1989, Alfred Herrhausen, the 59-year-old leader of Europe's largest bank, was killed when a bomb destroyed his vehicle in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. The attack occurred at 8:34 AM as his convoy turned onto Kaiser Friedrich Promenade. Investigators discovered a detonator and a note featuring the logo of the Red Army Faction (RAF), a left-wing guerrilla group active in West Germany for nearly three decades.
The assassination took place only three weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a period defined by intense political shifts as Germany moved toward unification. Despite the RAF's public claim of responsibility, the specific individuals behind the sophisticated bombing have never been caught, leaving the true motives and identities of the attackers a subject of ongoing historical inquiry.
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