Overview
Hans-Joachim Klein
Known For
Operation OPEC - Terroranschlag in Wien
"Operation OPEC - Terror Attack in Vienna" - On December...
The RAF: The Red Army Fraction
From the inner workings of the RAF. Former RAF-member Peter-Jürgen...
De terrorist Hans-Joachim Klein
On December 21, 1975, six terrorists from the Revolutionary Cells,...
Biography
Hans-Joachim Klein is a former member of the German left-wing militant group Revolutionary Cells (RZ). In 1975 Klein participated in an attack on OPEC headquarters in Vienna organized by Carlos the Jackal, in which he was seriously injured. He publicly renounced political violence two years later. After decades in hiding, he was arrested in 1998 and prosecuted for his role in the OPEC attack. Klein was sentenced to nine years imprisonment and paroled in 2003.