Topic summary
The Breda Two
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Breda Four.
Release (1982–1989)
In 1982, Frits Korthals Altes (VVD) became Minister of Justice. Like his party, he was against release. His strategy was to address the topic of the Breda Two as little as possible in order to prevent unrest among victims. Nevertheless, there was publicity, especially when the Bundestag unanimously adopted a motion tabled by Alois Mertes (CDU) in 1982, which urged the release of amongst others Fischer and Aus der Fünten. On the advice of the German ambassador to the Netherlands, Otto von der Gablentz, this motion was not carried out, and Germany largely refrained from raising the issue. This approach was intended to convince the former resistance that there was no German pressure.