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The Killing of Benno Ohnesorg

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Unveiling the Hidden Legacy of a Protest Shooting

This chapter examines the shooting of Benno Ohnesorg during a protest in West Berlin, revealing new insights about the policeman Karl Heinz Koros, who was an undercover Stasi spy. It also discusses the impact of Ohnesorg's death on Germany's youth activism and ongoing debates about the underlying motivations behind the incident.

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