Josef Bachmann

Male, Deceased Person

1945 – 1970

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Who was Josef Bachmann?

Josef Erwin Bachmann became widely known in Germany for his assassination attempt on the leader of the German student movement, Rudi Dutschke, firing three bullets at him, on April 11, 1968. He was convicted of the attack and sentenced to a seven-year prison sentence. While in prison in 1970, Bachmann committed suicide by suffocating himself with a plastic bag over his head.

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Born
Oct 12, 1945
Reichenbach im Vogtland
Nationality
  • Germany
Died
Feb 24, 1970

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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