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29/04/2013 GMT

The Shooting of Rudi Dutschke

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In 1968 German students called for a revolution when their leader Rudi Dutschke was shot

In 1968 German students were calling for a revolution when their leader Rudi Dutschke was shot by a right-wing extremist.

In May 1968 Europe was rocked by demonstrations by students calling for a revolution. The protests had started a few weeks earlier in West Berlin, following the shooting of German student leader Rudi Dutschke. 

(Image: Gretchen Klotz-Dutschke(L) Rudi Dutschke(R) Credit: Keystone/Getty Images)

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