Norbert Kröcher
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Norbert Kröcher (born 1950) was a West German terrorist and member of J2M. He was also strongly associated with the second generation of the Red Army Faction. He was the husband of the terrorist Gabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann.
[edit] As a Terrorist
In 1976 Kröcher planned to kidnap the Swedish politician 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 police and Kröcher was arrested on the 31st March in Stockholm. He was deported from Sweden in 1977 and jailed in Germany. He was released in 1989 and did not rejoin the RAF.
