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HIST 323: Germany Since 1945

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Picture is from March 10, 1975 issue of Time magazine from the article "Living Dangerously in Berlin".

Peter Lorenz, the Christian Democratic Union party candidate for mayor of Berlin was kidnapped three days before the election. From the article: "The kidnappers identified themselves as members of the 'June Second Movement,' referring to the day in 1967 when police shot and killed a member of a crowd of students protesting a visit to West Germany by the Shah of Iran."