Stefan Wisniewski was born on 8 April 1953 and is a former member of the Red Army Faction.
13 Facts About Stefan Wisniewski
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Stefan Wisniewski was the son of Gisela, a widowed refugee from East Prussia, mother of three, and of Stanislaw Wisniewski from Kutno, a former forced labourer in German Arbeitseinsatz during World War II, who died on 9 October 1953 in Tubingen.
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Stefan Wisniewski's father had not returned to Poland, believing he would not like the communists in power there.
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Stefan Wisniewski protested the detention of RAF members and participated in squattings and in the protests against the conservative Springer press.
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Stefan Wisniewski was not only part of the group which kidnapped Schleyer, he was the one who called the shots at the scene of the kidnapping.
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On 11 May 1978, Stefan Wisniewski was arrested at Orly Airport in Paris and extradited to Germany.
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On 28 March 1979, Stefan Wisniewski attempted to escape from prison.
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Stefan Wisniewski bound and gagged the guard and locked him in a cell.
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On 4 December 1981, Stefan Wisniewski was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for murder, kidnapping, coercion of a constitutional body, and membership in a terrorist organization.
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Stefan Wisniewski commented on the verdict by saying that he did not care.
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Stefan Wisniewski explained that setting the hostage free without receiving anything in return would have been a sign of weakness.
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In 2007, fellow RAF terrorists Peter-Jurgen Boock and Verena Becker stated that Stefan Wisniewski had been involved in the shooting of the federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback, who was killed by the RAF in 1977.
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In 2007, Stefan Wisniewski's involvement was being investigated by the police.