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'''Wilfried Bonifatius "Boni" Böse''' (7 February 1949, &ndash; 4 July 1976) was a founding member of the [[Germany|German]] organization [[Revolutionäre Zellen]] that was described in the early 1980s as one of Germany's most dangerous [[far-left politics|leftist]] terrorist groups by the West German Interior Ministry.<ref>{{cite news|title=West German Terrorists Bomb 6 U.S. Facilities|newspaper=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] |date=2 June 1982 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19820602&id=2OchAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I2gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2042,403741}}</ref> He carried out attacks in Germany and in 1976 was involved in the hijacking of Air France Flight 139, that led to his death in [[Entebbe, Uganda]] during the [[Entebbe raid|Israeli operation]] to free the hostages.
'''Wilfried Bonifatius Böse''' (7 February 1949, &ndash; 4 July 1976) was a German militant who was a founding member of the German organization [[Revolutionäre Zellen]] that was described in the early 1980s as one of Germany's most dangerous [[left-wing terrorist]] groups by the West German Interior Ministry.<ref>{{cite news|title=West German Terrorists Bomb 6 U.S. Facilities|newspaper=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] |date=2 June 1982 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19820602&id=2OchAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I2gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2042,403741}}</ref> He carried out attacks in Germany and in 1976 was involved in the hijacking of Air France Flight 139, that led to his death in [[Entebbe, Uganda]] during the [[Entebbe raid|Israeli operation]] to free the hostages.


==Attacks in West Germany==
==Attacks in West Germany==
Ilan Hartuv, one of the surviving hostages in the hijacking of Air France Flight 139 in 1976, recalled Böse saying to him during the hijacking that "I carried out terrorist acts in West Germany because the ruling establishment took Nazis and reactionaries into its service."<ref name="Melman 2011">{{cite news |last=Melman |first=Yossi |url=http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/setting-the-record-straight-entebbe-was-not-auschwitz-1.372131 |title=Setting the record straight: Entebbe was not Auschwitz |newspaper=[[Haaretz]] |date=8 July 2011}}</ref>
Ilan Hartuv, one of the surviving hostages in the hijacking of Air France Flight 139 in 1976, recalled Böse saying to him during the hijacking that "I carried out terrorist acts in West Germany because the ruling establishment took Nazis and reactionaries into its service."<ref name="Melman 2011">{{cite news |last=Melman |first=Yossi |url=http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/setting-the-record-straight-entebbe-was-not-auschwitz-1.372131 |title=Setting the record straight: Entebbe was not Auschwitz |newspaper=[[Haaretz]] |date=8 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108041827/https://www.haaretz.com/2011-07-08/ty-article/setting-the-record-straight-entebbe-was-not-auschwitz/0000017f-da7f-dea8-a77f-de7fcaeb0000|archive-date=8 November 2022}}</ref>


==Hijacking of Air France Flight 139 ==
==Hijacking of Air France Flight 139 ==
Böse was a leader of the 1976 hijacking of Air France Flight 139 from [[Tel Aviv, Israel]] to [[Paris, France]] via [[Athens, Greece]]. After diverting Air France Flight 139 to [[Entebbe]], [[Uganda]], Böse separated the [[Israel]]is from the other passengers; the other passengers were allowed to go home.<ref name="Melman 2011"/> During the hijacking, Böse is reported to have told a Jewish passenger who had shown Böse his [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]] tattoo, "I'm no [[Nazi]]! ... I am an idealist."<ref>{{cite magazine |first=David |last=Tinnin |date=8 August 1977 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,915234-2,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612032743/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,915234-2,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 12, 2008 |title="Like Father" A review of ''Hitler's children'' by Julian Becker |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|TIME]] }}</ref> Böse was killed during [[Operation Entebbe]]. According to hostage Ilan Hartuv, Böse was hesitant to shoot the hostages.<ref name="Hartuv">{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/setting-the-record-straight-entebbe-was-not-auschwitz-1.372131 |title=Setting the record straight: Entebbe was not Auschwitz |author=Yossi Melman |date=8 July 2011 |work=Haaretz |access-date=27 December 2012 |archive-date=5 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105002656/http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/setting-the-record-straight-entebbe-was-not-auschwitz-1.372131 |url-status=live}}</ref> He ordered them to take shelter when [[Israel Defense Forces]] commandos stormed the airport terminal where the hostages were being held. The hijacking of Air France Flight 139 resulted in the deaths of four Israeli hostages.<ref name="britannica.com">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/188804/Entebbe-raid|title=Entebbe raid|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref><ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/4/newsid_2786000/2786967.stm|title=BBC on This Day – 4 – 1976: Israelis rescue Entebbe hostages|work=BBC News}}</ref>
Böse was a leader of the 1976 hijacking of Air France Flight 139 from [[Tel Aviv, Israel]] to [[Paris, France]] via [[Athens, Greece]]. After diverting Air France Flight 139 to [[Entebbe]], [[Uganda]], Böse separated the [[Israel]]is from the other passengers; the other passengers were allowed to go home.<ref name="Melman 2011"/> During the hijacking, Böse is reported to have told a Jewish passenger who had shown Böse his [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]] tattoo, "I'm no [[Nazi]]! ... I am an idealist."<ref>{{cite magazine |first=David |last=Tinnin |date=8 August 1977 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,915234-2,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612032743/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,915234-2,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 June 2008 |title="Like Father" A review of ''Hitler's children'' by Julian Becker |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|TIME]] }}</ref> Böse was killed during [[Operation Entebbe]]. According to hostage Ilan Hartuv, Böse was hesitant to shoot the hostages.<ref name="Hartuv">{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/setting-the-record-straight-entebbe-was-not-auschwitz-1.372131 |title=Setting the record straight: Entebbe was not Auschwitz |author=Yossi Melman |date=8 July 2011 |work=Haaretz |access-date=27 December 2012 |archive-date=5 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105002656/http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/setting-the-record-straight-entebbe-was-not-auschwitz-1.372131 |url-status=live}}</ref> He ordered them to take shelter when [[Israel Defense Forces]] commandos stormed the airport terminal where the hostages were being held. The hijacking of Air France Flight 139 resulted in the deaths of four Israeli hostages.<ref name="britannica.com">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/188804/Entebbe-raid|title=Entebbe raid|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|date=10 November 2023 }}</ref><ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/4/newsid_2786000/2786967.stm|title=BBC on This Day – 4 – 1976: Israelis rescue Entebbe hostages|work=BBC News}}</ref>


==Popular culture==
==Popular culture==

Latest revision as of 11:35, 21 July 2024

Wilfried Böse
Born
Wilfried Bonifatius Böse

(1949-02-07)7 February 1949
Stuttgart, West Germany
Died4 July 1976(1976-07-04) (aged 27)
Entebbe, Uganda
OrganizationRevolutionäre Zellen
Known forOperation Entebbe

Wilfried Bonifatius Böse (7 February 1949, – 4 July 1976) was a German militant who was a founding member of the German organization Revolutionäre Zellen that was described in the early 1980s as one of Germany's most dangerous left-wing terrorist groups by the West German Interior Ministry.[1] He carried out attacks in Germany and in 1976 was involved in the hijacking of Air France Flight 139, that led to his death in Entebbe, Uganda during the Israeli operation to free the hostages.

Attacks in West Germany

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Ilan Hartuv, one of the surviving hostages in the hijacking of Air France Flight 139 in 1976, recalled Böse saying to him during the hijacking that "I carried out terrorist acts in West Germany because the ruling establishment took Nazis and reactionaries into its service."[2]

Hijacking of Air France Flight 139

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Böse was a leader of the 1976 hijacking of Air France Flight 139 from Tel Aviv, Israel to Paris, France via Athens, Greece. After diverting Air France Flight 139 to Entebbe, Uganda, Böse separated the Israelis from the other passengers; the other passengers were allowed to go home.[2] During the hijacking, Böse is reported to have told a Jewish passenger who had shown Böse his Auschwitz tattoo, "I'm no Nazi! ... I am an idealist."[3] Böse was killed during Operation Entebbe. According to hostage Ilan Hartuv, Böse was hesitant to shoot the hostages.[4] He ordered them to take shelter when Israel Defense Forces commandos stormed the airport terminal where the hostages were being held. The hijacking of Air France Flight 139 resulted in the deaths of four Israeli hostages.[5][6]

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Böse is played by Helmut Berger in the 1976 film Victory at Entebbe, by Klaus Kinski in Operation Thunderbolt (1977), by Horst Buchholz in Raid on Entebbe (1977), Aljoscha Stadelmann in Carlos (2010), and by Daniel Brühl in Entebbe (2018).

References

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  1. ^ "West German Terrorists Bomb 6 U.S. Facilities". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 2 June 1982.
  2. ^ a b Melman, Yossi (8 July 2011). "Setting the record straight: Entebbe was not Auschwitz". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022.
  3. ^ Tinnin, David (8 August 1977). ""Like Father" A review of Hitler's children by Julian Becker". TIME. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008.
  4. ^ Yossi Melman (8 July 2011). "Setting the record straight: Entebbe was not Auschwitz". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Entebbe raid". Encyclopædia Britannica. 10 November 2023.
  6. ^ "BBC on This Day – 4 – 1976: Israelis rescue Entebbe hostages". BBC News.
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