Rotter kidnapping
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The rock in the ravine where Alfred and Gertrud Rotter fell to their deaths. | |
| Location | Gaflei, Liechtenstein |
| Date | 5 April 1933 |
Attack type | Kidnapping |
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| Motive | Nazism |
| Verdict | Pleaded guilty |
| Convictions | Between three months and one year in prison |
The Rotter kidnapping (German: Rotter-Entführung) was a failed kidnapping in Liechtenstein of Fritz Rotter and Alfred Rotter, German film directors and theatre managers of Jewish background, by Liechtenstein citizens sympathetic to Nazi Germany. The attack was additionally supported by five German nationals within the country.