# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-heinz-kurras
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:56:58.229Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-heinz-kurras"
name: "Karl-Heinz Kurras"
slug: "karl-heinz-kurras"
description: "Karl-Heinz Kurras was a West German police inspector, known primarily for fatally shooting unarmed student Benno Ohnesorg in the back of the head during a demonstration on 2 June 1967, outside Deutsche Oper against the state visit of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. Kurras was acquitted of any wrongdoing in a series of controversial trials, due to which he became a prominent hate figure of the left-wing German student movement of the 1960s as well as the German New Left. They suspected that Kurras was under protection from many right-wing figures in the West German police and justice system and who were resentful towards the left-wing students. The incident is considered pivotal for the rise of left-wing terrorism in West Germany during the 1970s, culminating with the Movement 2 June and the Red Army Faction."
tagline: "German police officer (1927–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludwig_Binder_Haus_der_Geschichte_Studentenrevolte_1968_2001_03_0275.4239_(17060245986)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1927-12-01"
deathDate: "2014-12-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.847503373819163
  historical:           10.50657066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Куррас, Карл-Хайнц"
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    title: "Karl-Heinz Kurras"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Kurras"
    title: "Karl-Heinz Kurras"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Kurras"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump