The Truth about the Gunshot that Changed Germany

Otto ottosell at googlemail.com
Mon Jun 1 05:47:28 CDT 2009


The Truth about the Gunshot that Changed Germany

By SPIEGEL Staff

It was the shot that changed the course of German history. On June 2,
1967, a West Berlin police officer shot and killed leftist
demonstrator Benno Ohnesorg. The event triggered a whole generation of
leftist activism. Would history have turned out differently if people
knew then the killer was a member of East Germany's secret police?
(...)
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,627342,00.html



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