The story
Derived from the 1978 film "Deutschland im Herbst" (Germany in Autumn).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
German Autumn
Today it means: A set of events in late 1977, revolving around the kidnapping and murder of industrialist Hanns-Martin Schleyer, by the Red Army Faction (RAF), and the hijacking of the Lufthansa aeroplane Landshut by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Full definition →