Norbert Kröcher & Operation Leo

Following the 1975 West German Embassy siege in Stockholm, the German Red Army Faction (RAF) terrorist Norbert Kröcher allegedly planned to kidnap Anna-Greta Leijon. The goal was to exchange Leijon for 8 of his comrades held in German prisons. The plan, known as Operation Leo, was intercepted by the Swedish Security Service (Säpo) and Kröcher and other team members was arrested on 31 March in Stockholm.

• Release date
• April 1, 1977
• Runtime
• 8 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Bo Holmström

Cast

Norbert Kröcher RAF 2nd generation, team leader

A

Anna-Greta Leijon Minister of Migration

A

Anna-Karin Lindgren Team member

L

Lennart Warring Team member

P

Pia Laskar Team member

E

Eive Tungstedt Team member

K

Karl Gratzer Team member

C

Carl Persson Chief of Police