Siegfried Buback

Siegfried Buback (January 3, 1920April 7, 1977) was the chief federal prosecutor from 1974-1977 for the Bundesgerichtshof, the highest court of appeals in Germany.

He decidedly opposed the Red Army Faction during his term and became the first victim of the "German Autumn"; along with his driver, Wolfgang Göbel, and a judicial officer, Georg Wurster, he was shot by members of RAF while travelling from his home in Neureut to the Bundesgerichthof in Karlsruhe.

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