Siegfried Buback
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Siegfried Buback (January 3, 1920 in Wilsdruff – April 7, 1977 in Karlsruhe) 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 (RAF) 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 Bundesgerichtshof in Karlsruhe; while Buback's Mercedes was stopped at a traffic light a motorcycle pulled alongside and the passenger on the rear of the motorcycle opened fire with an automatic weapon at the vehicle.
