Karl-Heinz Kurras, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl-Heinz Kurras

former German police officer and Stasi agent

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1927

Place of Birth: Barciany, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 16-Dec-2014

Profession: police officer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Karl-Heinz Kurras (1 December 1927 – 16 December 2014) was a German police inspector, known primarily for fatally shooting unarmed student Benno Ohnesorg during a demonstration on June 2, 1967, outside Deutsche Oper against the state visit of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.
Kurras was acquitted of any wrongdoing in a series of controversial trials, due to which he became a prominent hate figure of the left-wing German student movement of the 1960s as well as the German New Left.
They suspected that Kurras was under protection from many right-wing figures (many of whom had served in posts under Nazism prior to 1945) in the West German police and justice system and who were resentful towards the left-wing students.
The incident is considered pivotal for the rise of left-wing terrorism in West Germany during the 1970s, culminating with the Movement 2 June and the Red Army Faction. In 2009, it was revealed that he had also committed espionage for the East German Stasi during the 1950s and 1960s, but due to the publicity Kurras was receiving for his trials, the Stasi cut its ties to him.