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'''Jürgen Ponto''', (17 December 1923 [[Bad Nauheim]], [[Hesse]] - 30 July 1977 [[Frankfurt am Main]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[banker]] and chairman of the [[Dresdner Bank]] board of directors. Previously, he had worked as a [[lawyer]]. He was assassinated by members of the [[Red Army Faction]] in events leading up to the [[German Autumn]].
'''Jürgen Ponto''' (17 December 1923 [[Bad Nauheim]], [[People's State of Hesse|Hesse]] - 30 July 1977 [[Frankfurt am Main]]) was a German [[banker]] and since 1969 chairman of the [[Dresdner Bank]] board of directors.<ref>{{cite book|author=Heinrich August Winkler|title=Germany: 1933-1990|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gXflC2Ipo_QC&pg=PA318|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-926598-5|page=318}}</ref> Previously, he had worked as a [[lawyer]]. He was murdered by members of the [[Red Army Faction]] in events leading up to the [[German Autumn]]. Actor [[Erich Ponto]] was his uncle.


==Death==
==Death==
On Sunday 30 July 1977, Ponto and his wife Ignes were at their [[Oberursel]] [[villa]] packing for a [[Tourism|vacation]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]] but were also expecting a visit from [[Susanne Albrecht]], the daughter of a good friend of the Pontos. She arrived at around 17:10, with two strangers, later identified as [[Brigitte Mohnhaupt]] and [[Christian Klar]]. Albrecht gave Ignes a [[flower bouquet|bouquet]] of [[rose|red roses]], and all the guests were invited into the living room, where Ignes left them alone with Ponto.
On Saturday 30 July 1977, Ponto and his wife Ignes were at their [[Oberursel]] [[villa]] packing for a [[Tourism|vacation]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], but were also expecting a visit from [[Susanne Albrecht]], the daughter of a good friend of the Pontos. They didn't know that Susanne belonged to the RAF and had gone underground some weeks before.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Patricia Melzer|title='Death in the Shape of a Young Girl': Feminist Responses to Media Representations of Women Terrorists during the 'German Autumn' of 1977|journal=International Feminist Journal of Politics|date=2009|volume=11|issue=1|doi=10.1080/14616740802567782|pages=35–62|s2cid=145187393 }}</ref> She arrived at around 17:10 with two strangers, later identified as [[Brigitte Mohnhaupt]] and [[Christian Klar]]. Albrecht gave Ignes a [[flower bouquet|bouquet]] of [[rose|red roses]], and all the guests were invited into the living room, where Ignes left them alone with Ponto.


From the living room, raised voices were heard and then gunshots. It is thought that Albrecht and her accomplices attempted to kidnap Ponto, and after he resisted they shot him. He was shot five times and later died of his serious wounds. The three killers fled the villa, and escaped with their [[crime scene getaway|getaway driver]] [[Peter-Jürgen Boock]]. The killers took responsibility for the murder in the name of ''Roter Morgen'' (Red Morning).<ref name="dresdnerbank.com"/><ref name="HTT"/>
From the living room, raised voices were heard and then gunshots. It is thought that Albrecht and her accomplices attempted to kidnap Ponto, and after he resisted they shot him. He was shot five times and later died in a hospital in Frankfurt of his wounds. The three killers fled the villa, and escaped with their [[crime scene getaway|getaway driver]] [[Peter-Jürgen Boock]]. The killers took responsibility for the murder in the name of ''Roter Morgen'' (Red Morning).<ref name="dresdnerbank.com"/><ref name="HTT"/>


==See also==
==See also==
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*[[German Autumn]]
*[[German Autumn]]
*[[Red Army Faction]]
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==References==
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<ref name="dresdnerbank.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.dresdnerbank.com/Dresdner-Bank/Facts-Figures/history/_downloads/juergen-ponto-biographie.pdf |title=Commerzbank AG |publisher=Dresdner Bank |accessdate=13 September 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="HTT">http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,915254,00.html</ref>
<ref name="HTT">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,915254,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215120146/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,915254,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 December 2008|title=Red Roses from Roter Morgen |magazine=TIME|date=15 August 1977|accessdate=13 September 2013}}</ref>}}

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Latest revision as of 20:31, 22 April 2024

Assassination of Jürgen Ponto
LocationOberursel, Hesse, West Germany,
Date30 July 1977
17:10[1] – 17:30 at the latest. (CET)
TargetJürgen Ponto
Attack type
Attempted kidnapping, murder
Weaponsfirearms
Deaths1 civilian
PerpetratorsRoter Morgen
RAF
Brigitte Mohnhaupt
Christian Klar
Susanne Albrecht

Jürgen Ponto (17 December 1923 Bad Nauheim, Hesse - 30 July 1977 Frankfurt am Main) was a German banker and since 1969 chairman of the Dresdner Bank board of directors.[2] Previously, he had worked as a lawyer. He was murdered by members of the Red Army Faction in events leading up to the German Autumn. Actor Erich Ponto was his uncle.

Death

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On Saturday 30 July 1977, Ponto and his wife Ignes were at their Oberursel villa packing for a vacation in Rio de Janeiro, but were also expecting a visit from Susanne Albrecht, the daughter of a good friend of the Pontos. They didn't know that Susanne belonged to the RAF and had gone underground some weeks before.[3] She arrived at around 17:10 with two strangers, later identified as Brigitte Mohnhaupt and Christian Klar. Albrecht gave Ignes a bouquet of red roses, and all the guests were invited into the living room, where Ignes left them alone with Ponto.

From the living room, raised voices were heard and then gunshots. It is thought that Albrecht and her accomplices attempted to kidnap Ponto, and after he resisted they shot him. He was shot five times and later died in a hospital in Frankfurt of his wounds. The three killers fled the villa, and escaped with their getaway driver Peter-Jürgen Boock. The killers took responsibility for the murder in the name of Roter Morgen (Red Morning).[1][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Commerzbank AG" (PDF). Dresdner Bank. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  2. ^ Heinrich August Winkler (2007). Germany: 1933-1990. Oxford University Press. p. 318. ISBN 978-0-19-926598-5.
  3. ^ Patricia Melzer (2009). "'Death in the Shape of a Young Girl': Feminist Responses to Media Representations of Women Terrorists during the 'German Autumn' of 1977". International Feminist Journal of Politics. 11 (1): 35–62. doi:10.1080/14616740802567782. S2CID 145187393.
  4. ^ "Red Roses from Roter Morgen". TIME. 15 August 1977. Archived from the original on 15 December 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
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