Attempted Kidnapping of Filmmakers

Date: April 5, 1933 • Location: Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Nazi sympathisers attempted to kidnap two German-Jewish filmmakers in Liechtenstein.

On 5 April 1933, Liechtenstein citizens sympathetic to Nazi Germany attempted and failed to kidnap Fritz and Alfred Rotter, German film directors and theatre managers of Jewish background, in Liechtenstein. The attack was supported by five German nationals within the country.